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MOORE Miarus

Gender:	female
Date of Birth:	21 October 1835
Place of Birth:	Congham, Norfolk Country: England
Father:	MOORE William
Mother:	LAWS Mary
Date of Arrival:	1860, 15 Oct
Ship:	Telegraph
Naturalisation:
Marital status:	married
Spouse:	Alice (-1922)
Date Married:
Place Married:	england
Children:
Occupations:	Veterinary surgeon, Auctioneer, Commission Agent
Places of Residence:	Maitland
Date of Death:	23 August 1896
Place of Death:	Maitland
Buried at:	East Maitland Cemetery , Lot No. Congregational Section, Plot 4
Profile:
Miarus Moore was born in Norfolk, England, in about 1835. In 1860, sponsored by his brother, William Moore, Miarus and his wife, Alice, sailed to Australia on the ‘Telegraph’, arriving on 15 October in Sydney. (NSW SRO Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists and Immigration Deposit Journals). In about 1863, the Moores moved to Maitland, possibly attracted to move there by his brother, William, who had moved from Goulburn to Maitland at about this time. William Moore was a homeopathic practitioner. (Armstrong: 2009). In Maitland Miarus Moore practised as a veterinary surgeon. He also worked as an auctioneer and general produce agent and, in 1870, purchased the Northumberland Coach Factory, selling it the following year and then re-purchasing it in about about 1874 (Booker 2012: 13). Moore’s other business interests in Maitland included an iron foundry and a timber business. He was also an agent for cedar-getters in the northern districts, producer of ‘Wilderness’ wines, Greta shale and coal companies, Moore’s Household Remedy, and the Colonial Mutual Life and Mercantile Mutual Fire insurance companies (Booker 2012: 13 and Armstong: 2012). He appears a number of times in the local court including, for example, as consulting veterinary surgeon (MM28 Jun 1881; 19 July 1883), defending his employee and partner, Woodforth (MM 22 Jun 1871), and suing Cobb & Co for money owed (MM 26 Oct 1878). He also stood, unsuccessfully, for election to the municipal council (MM 8 Feb 1879). It appears that Miarus and Alice Moore did not have any children.

Related Records

Documents:
West Maitland Gas Rates, 1878
Local Government Areas:
Maitland City
Sites:
Northumberland Coach and Buggy Factory	Maitland	Maitland City
Towns:
Maitland	Maitland City
Publications, Reports, Theses:
Australian Cemeteries Index Baloh, Jaki, Baseline Archeological Assessment: Maitland Technical College, High Street, Maitland, Carste Studio, Report for Maitland City Council 2012 Booker, Stephen; Evans, Elizabeth and Goddard, Katrina, Conservation Management Plan for the Former Maitland Technical College, High Street, Maitland, NSW, Report for Maitland City Council 2012 Higginbotham, Edward, Historical and Archaeological Assessment for Proposed Redevelopment of Maitland Art Gallery, Report for Maitland City Council. 2008 Martin, Eric and Associates, Former Maitland Technical College: Conservation and Management Plan, Maitland City Council 2003 Morrison, W. Frederic, The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales, 1888, Sydney, The Aldine Publishing Company 1888

Views of Maitland Record No.: P258
Created: 24/10/2012
By: Janis Wilton
Modified: 04/09/2014
By: Janis Wilton