- Samuel Wilkinson Moore
The Hon. Samuel Wilkinson Moore (
7 February 1854 -15 February 1935 ) was anAustralia n Freetrade and Liberal Party parliamentarian who served in theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly . He was the Secretary for Mines and Minister for Agriculture from 1904 until 1907 and from then, until 1910, Secretary for Lands.Early life
Moore was born in Bau, the son of the Reverend William Moore,
Wesleyan Minister andmissionary inFiji , and his wife Mary Ann Ducker. The family arrived inSydney in 1864 and Moore attendedNewington College (1865-1869) [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 138 ] when it was located at Newington House on theParramatta River at Silverwater. From 1870 until 1872 he was a student teacher at the private high school in Goulburn run byGeorge Metcalfe , who had been his Headmaster at Newington. In 1873 he went to the Tingha tinfields as secretary and manager of a land company. Moore married Isabella Sawkins in 1876 and had four daughters and a son. He was commissioned as aJustice of the Peace in 1879 and was a member of Board of Technical Education from 1886 until 1887.cite web
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title =Moore, Samuel Wilkinson (1854 - 1935)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100556b.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-23 ] In 1896, Moore was elected the second President of the Old Newingtonians' Union. He served again in that position in 1898, 1904 and 1916. [Newington Across the Years, A History of Newington College 1863 - 1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 347 ]Parliamentary Service
Moore was a Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for a total of 24 years, ten months and 27 days. He was elected by Inverell from
19 October 1885 to19 January 1889 and Bingara from17 July 1894 until14 September 1910 . In the ministry he served as Secretary for Mines and Minister for Agriculture from29 August 1904 to1 October 1907 and as Secretary for Lands from2 October 1907 until20 October 1910 .cite web
title =The Hon. Samuel Wilkinson Moore (1854 - 1935)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/af93925b27b72587ca256e4a0014dffa!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-08-23 ]Post-Parliamentary Career
After Moore was defeated in the elections of 1910, he was appointed Commissioner of the NSW Lands Board and retired from that position in 1922. Moore died in the
Sydney suburb ofRoseville, New South Wales .References
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