Samuel Wilkinson Moore (7 February 1854 – 15 February 1935) was a politician and mine manager in New South Wales, Australia, a member of the

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parties, serving in the Legislative Assembly. He served as Secretary for Mines and Agriculture and Secretary for Lands.

Early life

Moore was born in Bua, on Vanua Levu (Sandalwood Island), Fiji, the son of the Reverend William Moore, Wesleyan

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and missionary and his wife Mary Ann Ducker. The family arrived in Sydney in 1864 and Moore attended Newington College (1865–1869), when it was located at Newington House on the Parramatta River at

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. From 1870 until 1872 he was a student teacher at the private

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who had been his Headmaster at Newington. In 1873 he went to the Tingha tinfields as secretary and manager of the Britannia Tin Mining Company. Moore married Isabella Sawkins on 18 June 1876 and had four daughters and a son. He was commissioned as a

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in 1879 and was a member of Board of Technical Education from 1886 until 1887. In 1896, Moore was elected the second President of the Old Newingtonians' Union. He served again in that position in 1898, 1904 and 1916.

Parliamentary service

Moore was a member of the Legislative Assembly for a total of 24 years, ten months and 27 days. He was elected for Inverell from 19 October 1885 to 19 January 1889, when he retired. He returne dto politics in 1894 and was elected to represent Bingara serving from 17 July 1894 until 14 September 1910 when he was defeated. He served as Secretary for Mines and Agriculture in the

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from 29 August 1904 to 1 October 1907 and as Secretary for Lands in the Wade ministry from 2 October 1907 until 20 October 1910.

Post-Parliamentary career

After Moore was defeated at the 1910 election, he was appointed Commissioner of the Western Lands Board and retired from that position in 1922. Moore died in the

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on .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Samuel Wilkinson 1854 births 1935 deaths Expatriates in Fiji Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Methodists People educated at Newington College Old Newingtonians' Union presidents