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Biographical entry Woore, Thomas (1804 - 1878)
- Born
- 29 January 1804
Londonderry, Ireland - Died
- 21 June 1878
Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Pastoralist
Summary
Thomas Woore was a member of the Roay l Navy in England from 1819 to 1934. Part of duties included hydrographic work which eventually brought him to Sydney. In 1939 he bought a station, Pomeroy, near Goulburn in New South Wales and became a leading pastoralist. Woore undertook survey work for the proposed railway at his own expense, for which he received no compensation. In 1867-69 he was a member of the commission on the water-supply of Sydney and its suburbs and in his minority report vainly suggested building a dam at Warragamba.
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Book Sections
- Abbott, G. J., 'Woore, Thomas (1804-1878)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 439-440. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060470b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Woore, Thomas', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-539449. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 18 December 2006