Thomas Woore (29 January 1804 – 21 June 1878) was a Royal Navy officer, grazier, railways leader and surveyor. Woore was born in Derry, County Londonderry, Ireland and died in Double Bay, Sydney, Australia.[4]
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| Born | 29 January 1804 Ireland |
| Died | 21 June 1878 (aged 74)[1] Australia |
| Spouse | Mary A. Dickson (1835)[2][3] |
| Relatives | William Busby (son-in-law) |
Moore joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old in 1819, and served on various ships, including HMS Alligator,[5] before retiring in 1834. On 1 January 1835, he married Mary Dickson, daughter of John Dickson. From 1846 until 1848 he worked, on his own volition, surveying possible routes for the proposed railway line being put forward by the predecessor of the Sydney Railway Company. In 1867 he was commissioned, with others, to search for a solution to the water shortage of Sydney.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Family Notices". Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 24 June 1878. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ NSW BDM – marriage
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 January 1835. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ Abbott, G. J. (1966). "Woore, Thomas (1804–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Photograph, 'Lieut. Thomas Woore, R.N.'" (Document). State Library of New South Wales. 1850.
- ^ "The Government Gazette". Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LVI, no. 9159. New South Wales, Australia. 28 September 1867. p. 7. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
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- G. P. Walsh (1966). "Dickson, John (1774–1843)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- G. P. Walsh (1969). "Busby, William (1813–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- Woore, Thomas (1876), Supply of water from the Warragamba River : sewerage of Sydney, irrigation of Cumberland, relief of the Hawkesbury, suburban railway, and defence of the North Shore of Botany Bay, combined in one scheme, s.n.], retrieved 22 May 2016
- Woore, Thomas; Goulburn Mechanics' Institute (1855), Substance of a lecture on railways : delivered at the Goulburn Mechanics' Institute, on Friday July 6, 1855, Published by members of the Institute, retrieved 8 July 2014
- Woore, Thomas (1876). Errors in the Great Western Railroad New South Wales. Printed by W.R. Riley, Herald Steam Printing Works. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- Woore, Marjorie (1990). Just another pioneer : Thomas Woore of Goulburn. [M. Woore]. ISBN 978-0-646-03906-0.
- "Pomeroy Mill ruins".
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