"Tom" Thomas Patrick Joseph FARRELL

Born 1882 in Huntly, Victoria, Australia ^[15]
Son of George FARRELL and Margaret BURNS ^[15]
His given names were registered at birth as Thomas Patrick ^[15], but he appears to have mostly gone by Thomas Joseph ^{[19] [50] [54]}
On at least one occasion, at his marriage in 1943, he gave his given names as Thomas Patrick Joseph ^[66]
He and his brothers Matthew J. FARRELL and William J. FARRELL worked as contractors along the Midland Railway line ^[152]
     They went to what was to become the Perenjori district looking for land to take up as they wanted some for a horse run ^[152]
     In about 1908 himself and his brothers took up land "East of Carnamah" which later became Perenjori ^{[44] [152]}
     He and his brothers Matthew J. FARRELL and William J. FARRELL were the first people to take up land in Perenjori ^[152]
Sharefarmer with his brothers as "Farrell Bros" in Mingenew 1908-1914 ^{[9: 22-Jan-1909] [81: 1-Feb-1914] [152]}
     They share-farmed part of George J. GOOCH's 23,000 acre Bacton Station in Mingenew ^{[9: 22-Jan-1909] [81: 1-Feb-1914] [152]}
     Through George J. GOOCH himself and his brothers donated £1 to the Children's Hospital in Perth in November 1908 ^{[39: 7-Nov-1908]}
     They advertised in December 1908 that they had good seed wheat, skinless barley, oats and wheaten chaff for sale ^{[39: 15-Dec-1908]}
     A photograph of Calcutta oats they grew in Mingenew was featured in The Western Mail newspaper on 11 December 1909 ^[120]
     Their average wheat yield from five years on Bacton Station in Mingenew was 15 bushels per acre ^[152]
     A fire went through Bacton C.1912 and he lost about £1,500 worth of stuff, as did his brothers and George J. GOOCH ^{[39: 9-Dec-1915]}
     It was reported in The Sunday Times newspaper that their 1913 crops had performed much better than the year before ^{[81: 1-Feb-1914]}
     Among their crops on Bacton Station in Mingenew in 1913 they reaped 800 bags of wheat from an 80-acre plot ^{[81: 1-Feb-1914]}
"Farrell Bros" were also listed as Farmers & Contractors in Carnamah 1910-1917 ^[6]
     He and his brothers were said to have sunk a lot of the early dams in the Carnamah district ^[P399]
     It is likely that they were contracted by the Midland Railway Company to build dams on Ready-Made Farms ^[P1]
     In 1913 he took up the expired contract to deliver mail to Perenjori ^{[31: 4-Jul-1913]}
Farmer of Rosedale Farm in Perenjori 1914-1953 ^{[19] [486]}
     He was the freehold owner of Victoria Location 3591 in Perenjori ^[61]
     Unsuccessfully tendered to contract harvest some of the Midland Railway Company's crops in Carnamah in 1915 ^[34]
     In addition to Perenjori he was also listed as a Farmer in Carnamah in 1918, 1919 and 1920 ^[6]
     He had the registered horse and cattle firebrand of TF5, which he used in Perenjori and previously on Bacton Station in Mingenew ^[486]
Member of the Perenjori branch of the Primary Producers' Association - was Vice Chairman in 1918 ^{[353: 19-Jul-1918]}
Donated 10/6 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 ^[124]
From Perenjori on 16 July 1920 he wrote a letter to the Midland Railway Company asking about land for sale or lease ^[34]
     He was interested in Salmon Gum country south east of Dampawa or land north of Carnamah and Perenjori ^[34]
     Also requested permission to cut posts from timber on the Company's land and asked what royalty they would charge ^[34]
     The Company responded stating they wouldn't issue a permit to cut posts from timber on their lands ^[34]
Married (1) "Winnie" Annie Winifred DAVIESON in Perth 1921 ^[66]
    His wife, late of the Perth suburb of Victoria Park, died on 12 January 1926 aged 35 years ^{[2] [39: 14-Jan-1926]}
He grew 600 acres of crop on his Perenjori farm in 1923 ^{[86: 7-Jun-1923]}
It was said that the quantity and quality of his wheat crops could always be relied upon as he worked his land so well ^{[39: 15-May-1929]}
Purchased a Case tractor through Westralian Farmers Ltd in April 1927 ^{[4: 23-Apr-1927]}
Sold two bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co on 18 October 1929 - one at 11d. and the other at 10¾d. per pound ^{[4: 19-Oct-1929]}
Foundation Vice President of the Perenjori Golf Club 1929-1934 ^{[39: 24-Apr-1934] [468: 22-Jun-1929]}
Grew just over 1,600 acres of crop on his farm in Perenjori in 1930 ^{[39: 22-May-1930]}
Vice President of the Perenjori Football Club in 1934 ^{[39: 4-Apr-1934]}
Member and Patron of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1935-36 to 1940-41 ^{[5: 4-Oct-1935] [89]}
Married (2) Margaret Augusta DARLEY at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Perth on Saturday 3 April 1943 ^{[39: 3-Apr-1943]}
He and his wife had left Perenjori by 1954 and were living at 13 Lillimur Road in the Melbourne suburb of Ormond ^[50]
Died 1958 in the Melbourne suburb of Ormond, Victoria, Australia ^[54]
Also known as Thomas Patrick FARRELL ^[15] but mostly as Thomas Joseph FARRELL ^{[19] [50] [54]}

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