Jordan, Ernest Talbot, 1905–1997 (Person)

SummaryAlso known as Jim Jordan.

Katikati farmer, education advocate, and local historian. Known in print as E. T. Jordan. Came to Katikati in 1926 to work on a farm. From 1932 farmed with his wife Lois at Thompson’s Track. Active in local education: District High School Committee; Katikati College Board. Took up historical writing in the 1960s. Wrote on Katikati schooling, transport, settlement memory, and local tradition. Published Hours of Minutes: the inside story of schooling in Katikati through its first century, 1877–1977 in 1979. Wrote “Early Katikati” for Ohinemuri Regional History Journal in 1983. Published Katikati in Legend & History in 1989. Also associated with reminiscence material on Katikati School reunions and education, 1945–1977, held by the Alexander Turnbull Library.SourcesWestern Bay of Plenty District Libraries Recollect SiteEarly Katikati: Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 27, September 1983

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Date of Birth1905Date of Death1997

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Jordan, Ernest Talbot, 1905–1997 (Person)