Frank Scarrabelotti (4 August 1897 – 12 June 2007) was

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's oldest man at the time of his death, aged . Australia's oldest person at the time of his death was Myra Nicholson, who died later in 2007 aged 112. Scarrabelotti was the son of

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immigrants who arrived in Australia in 1880.Northern Star Australia's oldest man dies at 109
, Northern Star, 13 June 2007 He was born in Bungawalbin near

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. Scarrabelotti lived in the

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area of

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for all of his life. He played

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for the Bangalow Royals and was a keen horseman participating in

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events.ABC North Coast "Frank Scarrabelotti dies aged 109", 13 June 2007
/ref> He was one of the trustees of St Kevin's

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when it was built in the 1920s. Scarrabelotti ran a

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in Nashua before retiring to Bangalow in the 1960s.

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