Frank Scarrabelotti

{{Short description|Australian centenarian}}

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Frank Scarrabelotti (4 August 1897 – 12 June 2007) was Australia's oldest man at the time of his death, aged {{age in years and days|4 Aug 1897|12 Jun 2007|sep=and}}. 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 Italian immigrants who arrived in Australia in 1880.[http://www.northernstar.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3737814&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= Northern Star Australia's oldest man dies at 109] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928034110/http://www.northernstar.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3737814&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= |date=28 September 2007 }}, Northern Star, 13 June 2007 He was born in Bungawalbin near Lismore, New South Wales.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canberraliberals.org.au/default.cfm?action=news_detail&ID=7152 |title=Vicki Dunne media release, "Australia mourns pioneer son: Frank Scarrabelotti dies at 109", 13 June 2007 |access-date=13 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831105757/http://www.canberraliberals.org.au/default.cfm?action=news_detail&ID=7152 |archive-date=31 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Scarrabelotti lived in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales for all of his life. He played rugby union for the Bangalow Royals and was a keen horseman participating in dressage events.[http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s1949694.htm?nsw ABC North Coast "Frank Scarrabelotti dies aged 109", 13 June 2007] He was one of the trustees of St Kevin's Catholic Church in Bangalow when it was built in the 1920s.

Scarrabelotti ran a dairy farm in Nashua before retiring to Bangalow in the 1960s.