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

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

Fermanagh Historically, Fermanagh (), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of alleged Laigin or ...

and became an apprentice draper, eventually in

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. He came to

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

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 Randwick is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government ar ...

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

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, where he served until his death. He died at

Parramatta Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is co ...

on . Moore Park and Moore Stairs 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