Mr Charles Moore (1820 - 1895)

Date of birth:

Tue 29 August 1820

Place of birth:

Ballymacarne, County Cavan, Ireland

Date of death:

Thu 04 July 1895

Place of death:

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary activity

Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.

Positions
PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council Wed 15 December 1880Thu 04 July 189514 years 6 months 20 daysLife Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 10 December 1880
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 Tue 03 November 1874Tue 03 November 18741 day
Member for East Sydney Wed 15 July 1874Sat 28 November 18744 months 14 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly Wed 15 July 1874Sat 28 November 18744 months 14 days
Biography

Local Government activity

Alderman of the Randwick Municipal Council 1860 - 1886. Mayor 1863. Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Bourke Ward, 1 December 1865 - 22 April 1869, and 1 December 1871 - 1830 November 1886. Mayor 1867 - 1869.

Personal information

Son of James Moore, farmer, and Catherine Rogers. Married (1) Sarah Jane Wilcox and had no issue. Married (2) Annie Hill Montgomery in 1883 at Kingston, Ireland. Church of England.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Draper and auctioneer. Educated at Drumkeen School, Fermanagh, Ireland. Apprenticed to a draper in Cavan, completed indentures and worked as a buyer for Dublin drapery firm, then worked at trade in Dublin. Sailed for South Australia with a shipment of drapery. Visited Melbourne and settled in Sydney in 1850. Opened a drapery which prospered in the gold boom. Purchased an auctioneering business. Active evangelical.

Additional information

Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] ,
page 312

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