Charles Moore (29 August 1820 – 4 July 1895) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Ballymacarne in

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

to farmer James Moore and Catherine Rogers. He was educated at

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and became an apprentice draper, eventually in

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. He came to

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with a drapery shipment and settled in

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in 1850, where he opened his own drapery. He married twice: first to Sarah Jane Wilcox, and second to Annie Hill Montgomery in 1883. He was a Randwick alderman from 1860 to 1886 and mayor in 1863, and a

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lor from 1865 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1886, serving as

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from 1867 to 1869. Moore was elected to the Legislative Assembly for East Sydney at the July 1874 by-election, but he was defeated at the general election in December that year. In 1880 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, where he served until his death. He died at

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on . Moore Park and

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are named for him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Charles 1820 births 1895 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney 19th-century Australian politicians Mayors of Randwick