The Reverend Dr Tom Frame AM was born in Sydney in 1962, and raised in Wollongong.

Tom Frame has led worship in the Mulwaree Mission District since 2012. He is a former rector of Bungendore (1999-2001) Anglican Bishop to the Defence Force (2001-07) and theological college principal (2007-14). The author or editor of 54 books, he retired in 2023 from the University of NSW where he had been a research professor since 2014.
Tom has lived in Tarago since 2010 and runs both sheep and cattle at a property on the Mayfield Road. He was a naval officer before ordination at Goulburn in 1993 and received the Centenary of Federation Medal in 2002 for services to the nation, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 for his service to the Anglican Church, the Defence Force and higher education.