John Thomas Cole (2 November 1854 – 13 May 1927) was an Australian dairy farmer and cattle breeder.
In 1895 he moved to Nowra, and he later relocated to Sydney, where he promoted the dairy industry, particularly co-operation across the colony.
[2] From 1899 he was manager of the Scottish Australian Investment Company's farms near Adaminaby, where he integrated his own Illawarra stock.
[2][4][5] A 1915 account in The Sydney Morning Herald noted: It is a sad thing when brothers disagree; yet you could never get Mr. Jim Cole, of Coleville, Jamberoo, to agree that Mr. Tom Cole of Darbalara, Gundagai, has produced a better Shorthorn milker than Gold II., whose mother was Old Gold, past champion and heroine of many shows.
One of his cows broke world production records twice, and he was awarded by the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture in 1925 for eminent service.