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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-20 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007655b.htm person Moore Malcolm Stewart CBE AACR2 8 February 1888 24 November 1969 Place of Birth Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Toorak, Victoria, Australia Engineer Industrialist Inventor Malcolm Moore, CBE MInstCE MIEAust AMAusIMM, was an innovative engineer who established Malcolm Moore (Industries) Ltd in 1920, that grew to become a leading manufacturing firm specialising in the design and manufacture of mechanical-handling and construction equipment. Early in his career Moore was inventive and designed an improved crane operated grab. Over many years, he and his firm, successfully registered and manufactured many new inventions, some of which are detailed below. The firm also took advantage of the emerging use of electric arc welding in fabrication and employed some of the leading engineers in this field to make a wide range of equipment - from small tractors to large industrial cranes and conveyors, as well as hundreds of road rollers and road graders. Branches of the firm were progressively opened in every State capital and several provincial centres. During the Second World War, Moore was a consultant engineer to the Commonwealth Department of Supply and Development, and a member of the Australian Army Mechanisation Board. He experiences in manufacturing in Great Britain before and during the First World War were invaluable. Based on his inventions, his firm manufactured many narrow-gauge rail tractors for the Army, and these were later reused in forestry, sugarcane and irrigation industries. Moore was also a director of many other emerging industrial enterprises, and from 1939 he took a leading role in promoting industrial management training and establishing the Industrial Management Association of Australia, that later became the Australian Institute of Management. After he retired in 1953, Moore devoted himself to philanthropy and improving technical education. He was an active leader of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service and establishing it as the Flying Doctor Service of Australia in 1942. His significant and valued contributions to engineering, management and society were recognised when he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1958; awarded the John Storey Medal, Australian Institute of Management in 1963; and the Jack Finlay Memorial Award, Institution of Production Engineers in 1968. 1910 1910 Career position - Assistant engineer, Assistant manager, Anchor Tin Mines Ltd, Tasmania [under J B Lewis MInstCE] 1911 Career position - Assistant engineer, Construction Branch, Victorian Railways [designing and inspecting railway construction works, and the machinery and plant required, under M E Kernot MInstCE] 1911 1911 Education - Bachelor of Mining Engineering (BME), University of Melbourne 1912 1912 Career event - Associate Member (AMAusIME), Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers [from 1919 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy] 1912 1912 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1912 1914 Career position - Assistant engineer, Construction Branch, Victorian Railways [In charge of steel and concrete bridge erection] 1 Dec 1914 1 Dec 1914 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1915 1915 Life event - Moved to the United Kingdom 1915 1916 Career position - Assistant to Machine Shops Manager, William Beardmore and Co, Glasgow [Gun and shell manufacture] 1916 1916 Career position - Assistant manager, National Projectile Factory, Cardonald. Ministry of Munitions [Overseeing 2000 hands, capacity of 15,000 8-inch high explosive shell cases per week] 1916 1917 Career position - Assistant to general manager, National Projectile Factories, Glasgow. Ministry of Munitions [Administering three main factories] 1917 1918 Career position - Director, National Ordnance Factories Section, London. Ministry of Munitions [under MacLean Controller, later under V B Stewart] 1918 1918 Life event - Returned to Australia, on account of his health 1918 1920 Career position - In general consulting practice, Melbourne 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 Career position - Established Malcolm Moore Pty Ltd, engineer and manufacturer's agent 1927 1927 Career position - Established the manufacturing centre for Malcom Moore (Industries) Ltd in Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne 11 Jan 1927 11 Jan 1927 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1931 Career position - Director, Moulded Products (Aust) Pty Ltd 1937 Career position - Foundation Director, Diamond Cutlery Co Pty Ltd 1937 1937 Career event - With other industrialists, lobbied the Education Department to introduce courses for foremen at the Melbourne Technical College c. 1937 c. 1938 Career position - Committee member, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1939 Career position - Foundation Member, Melbourne Technical College Foremanship Association [later the Industrial Management Association of Australia, the Institute of Industrial Management of Australia, and the Australian Institute of Management] 1939 1945 Career position - Engineering consultant, Commonwealth Department of Supply and Development (Shipping) 1939 1945 Career position - Member, Australian Army Mechanisation Board 1941 1941 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1942 1942 Career event - Helped establish Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service and the Flying Doctor Service of Australia 1945 Career position - Australian representative on the Council, Institute of Civil Engineers, London 1947 1951 Career position - President, Victorian section, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia 1950 1950 Career event - Stepped down as Managing Director, Malcolm Moore Industries Ltd, but remained a director 1953 Career position - Member, Weapons and their Equipment Industry Advisory Committee, Minister for Defence Production 1953 1953 Life event - Retired. [Devoting himself to educational and philanthropic interests] 1956 1958 Career position - President, Australian Institute of Management 1956 1958 Career position - Variously secretary, treasurer, consultant and president, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia 12 Jun 1958 12 Jun 1958 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - for Public Service 1960 Career position - Inaugural President, Indo-Council of International Congress of Scientific Management (CIOS) 1961 1964 Career event - Major benefactor to Australian Institute of Management. [Providing donations to help build Management House, Brisbane] 1963 1963 Award - John Storey Medal, Australian Institute of Management 1965 1965 Award - Jack Finlay National Award, Australian Council, Institution of Production Engineers, UK Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928 - )

Moore was an active leader in establishing this service. President, Victorian section 1947 - 1951.

 Malcolm Moore Ltd (1921 - )

Founder of the company.

 Calcutt, Francis Macnamara (1870 - 1950)

Francis Calcutt MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for MInstCE 1927

 Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871 - 1956)

Edgar Ritchie MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for MInstCE 1927

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Calder Oliver MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1914

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1914

 Monash, John (1865 - 1931)

John Monash MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1914

 Higgins, George (1856 - 1943)

George Higgins MInstCE proposed Malcolm Moore's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1914, and endorsed his nomination for MInstCE in 1927

 'Moore, Malcolm Stewart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Moore, Malcolm Stewart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Bairnsdale to Orbost railway (Paper & Discussion) Kernot, Maurice Edwin Bairnsdale to Orbost railway (Paper & Discussion) 1917 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XVI 163-193, 201-202, 278-280 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Journal Article: Malcolm Moore & Albert Longoni: a tale of two innovative engineers Radcliffe, David F. Malcolm Moore & Albert Longoni: a tale of two innovative engineers 2021 Engineering heritage Australia magazine 3 7 23-30 Journal Article: Machines and appliances for concrete mixing [Part 1] Moore, Malcolm S. Machines and appliances for concrete mixing [Part 1] 1913 Commonwealth Engineer 1 1 22-25 Journal Article: Machines and appliances for concrete mixing [Part 2] Moore, Malcolm S. Machines and appliances for concrete mixing [Part 2] 1913 Commonwealth Engineer 1 2 49-53 Journal Article: Control of divers and diving work (Illustrated) Moore, Malcolm Control of divers and diving work (Illustrated) 1920 Commonwealth Engineer 7 12 358-359 Journal Article: Report on the tin field of the Blue Tier District, Tasmania Moore, Malcolm S. Report on the tin field of the Blue Tier District, Tasmania 1912 Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers 8 24- Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Notes and personals Notes and personals 1915 Commonwealth Engineer 3 2 31-32 Journal Article: Notes and personals Notes and personals 1916 Commonwealth Engineer 3 12 341-342 Journal Article: Notes and personals Notes and personals 1918 Commonwealth Engineer 5 8 215-217