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Bruce Richard MOORE (1913 - 1985)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living Living Living Living	Bruce Richard MOORE (1913 - 1985) + Doreen Emily ROWLEY (1916 - )	Arthur James MOORE (1878 - 1953)	Richard MOORE (1846 - 1923)	Richard MOORE (1814 - 1883)
				Margaret COURTNEY (1810 - 1892)
			Agnes NAYLOR (1850 - 1932)	Peter NAYLOR (1814 - 1884)
				Elizabeth Meeton GIBBS (1826 - 1902)
		Dinah Harriet GIFFORD (1879 - 1932)	Samuel GIFFORD (1855 - 1930)	George GIFFORD (1826 - 1898)
				Frances SMITH (1834 - 1907)
			Margaret MCINTOSH (1857 - 1947)	John MCINTOSH (1826 - 1892)
				Eliza MCPHERSON (1825 - 1906)

b. 1913 at Canberra, ACT, Australia

m. 1938 Doreen Emily ROWLEY (1916 - ) at Canberra, ACT, Australia

d. 16 Jul 1985 at Canberra, ACT, Australia aged 72

Near Relatives of Bruce Richard MOORE (1913 - 1985)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Richard MOORE	1846	New South Wales, Australia	01 Sep 1923	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Grandmother	Agnes NAYLOR	1850	New South Wales, Australia	07 Feb 1932	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Grandfather	Samuel GIFFORD	1855	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Aug 1930	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandmother	Margaret MCINTOSH	1857	Majura, New South Wales, Australia	04 Jul 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	90
Father in Law	Frederick ROWLEY	1889	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	19 Jan 1956	Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia	67
Mother in Law	Millicent Maud MCINNES	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	07 Jan 1972	Canberra, ACT, Australia	82
Father	Arthur James MOORE	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Mar 1953	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Mother	Dinah Harriet GIFFORD	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Dec 1932	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	53
Self	Bruce Richard MOORE	1913	Canberra, ACT, Australia	16 Jul 1985	Canberra, ACT, Australia	72
Wife	Doreen Emily ROWLEY	1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother	Eric Vivian MOORE	1909
Sister	Amy Joyce MOORE	1918
Uncle	Ernest Oscar MOORE	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1952	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	77
Aunt	Alice Emily MOORE	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Uncle	Frederick William MOORE	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	81
Uncle	Thomas MOORE	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Uncle	Albert Edward MOORE	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Apr 1954	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	70
Aunt	Kathleen M PURCELL
Aunt	Elizabeth Margaret (Lizzie) MOORE	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Dec 1928	Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia	42
Uncle	Reginald Reeves MCCARTHY	1879	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	80
Aunt	Alice Eliza MOORE	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Y
Uncle	Walter John MOORE	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Y
Aunt	Agnes Mary May MOORE	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Y
Uncle	Cyril Richard MOORE	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1966	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	69
Aunt	Amelia GIFFORD	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Amy Florence GIFFORD	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23
Aunt	May Eveline GIFFORD	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Cesaro Sydney WILLIAMS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	06 Nov 1920	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	35
Uncle	Alexander J GIFFORD	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Eliza Frances GIFFORD	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	49
Aunt	Ada ML GIFFORD	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1913	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24
Aunt	Eva P GIFFORD	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Dorothy Eleanor Anne GIFFORD	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Courtney S MCCARTHY	1913
Cousin	Horace C MCCARTHY	1913
Sister in Law	Fena Lillian ROWLEY	1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Roma Maud ROWLEY	1918	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Hazel Anley ROWLEY	1922	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Bruce Richard MOORE (1913 - 1985)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1913		Bruce Richard MOORE was born	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
27 Dec 1932	19	Death of mother Dinah Harriet GIFFORD (aged 53)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	20237/1932
1938	25	Married Doreen Emily ROWLEY (aged 22)	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
17 Mar 1953	40	Death of father Arthur James MOORE (aged 75)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	5962/1953
16 Jul 1985	72	Bruce Richard MOORE died	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6

Personal Notes:

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-bruce-richard-15001 Moore, Bruce Richard (1913–1985) by Jill Waterhouse This article was published: in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18 , 2012 online in 2012 Bruce Richard Moore (1913–1985), local historian, was born on 26 July 1913 at Cotter Junction, near the newly established federal capital, Canberra, younger son of New South Wales-born parents Arthur James Moore, grazier, and his wife Dinah Harriet, née Gifford. His birthplace, Green Hills, was the home of his paternal grandparents. Educated at Queanbeyan Intermediate High School, Bruce led an eager group of boys selling newspapers at the opening of Parliament House in 1927. In 1931-33 he played rugby league football with the Queanbeyan Blues and, in 1934, with the St George club, Sydney; he was captain-coach of Quirindi (1935) and Holbrook (1936) clubs. A founder in 1937 of Eastern Suburbs (‘Easts’) Rugby Union Club in Canberra, he was often captain of the team. He was a good tackler and a strong defender; in 1938 the Federal Capital Territory Rugby Union presented him with an honour badge. An active administrator and publicist, he was vice-president (1941-42) of Australian Capital Territory Rugby Union. On 4 June 1938 at St John the Baptist Church of England, Reid, Moore married Doreen Emily Rowley, a clerk. In 1945-46 he was honorary secretary–treasurer of the Twilight Cottage Homes committee; the president praised him for his ‘unremitting work’ and ‘unabated enthusiasm’. A house-painter at the time of his marriage, he later worked for Canberra Electricity Supply, Department of the Interior. He was first a linesman and, after qualifying at night school, a draughtsman, which was a reserved occupation during World War II. An excellent bushman and horseman, he helped survey the route through the Brindabella mountains for high-tension electrical lines to Canberra, and he assisted in connecting electricity to rural properties. He retired in 1963. In 1958 Moore had moved to the Williamsdale property, Burraburroo, inherited from his father. There he formed B. R. Moore & Sons, a rural contracting and share-farming business; he also established a service station, and was captain of the Williamsdale volunteer fire brigade. Returning to Canberra in 1973, he became a councillor that year of the Canberra & District Historical Society, vice-president (1983-84) and an honorary life member (1984). In the 1970s he represented the society on the ACT historic sites and buildings committee. He was the first chairman (1979) of the ACT Heritage Committee. Quietly confident and persistent, Moore was one of a close group of local historians, including Errol Lea-Scarlett, Bert Sheedy and Lyall Gillespie. In 1969 and 1981, before interest in local family history became widespread, he organised large Moore family reunions. He published Burra: County of Murray and The Warm Corner (the name of his bounty immigrant great-grandparents’ property). Lanyon Saga followed in 1982 and The Moore Estate in 1984. Cotter Country, completed by his son, was published in 1999. The Commonwealth government’s resumption of Moore land for the federal capital was an important theme in these works. Survived by his wife and their three sons and two daughters, he died on 16 July 1985 in Canberra and was buried in the Tharwa Road lawn cemetery. Select Bibliography Canberra Times, 10 Nov 1973, p 1, 27 Jul 1985, p 35 Twilight Cottage Homes Committee, Annual Report, 1946 family information.

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 224 (Death)

- Reference = 223 (Birth)

- Reference = 223 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 224 (Marriage)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/4089/bruce-richard-moore.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Bruce Richard Moore Born: 1913; Died: 1985 A short biography of Bruce Moore, well-known as a local historian, was authored by Jill Waterhouse for the Australian Dictionary of Biography Related Photos Bruce Richard Moore ⧉ References Jill Waterhouse, 'Moore, Bruce Richard (1913–1985)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-bruce-richard-15001/text26190, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 11 December 2020.

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