William Dalgety Moore
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| Born | 30 August 1835 |
| Died | 22 April 1910 (aged 74) |
William Dalgety Moore (30 August 1835 – 22 April 1910) was a businessman in Fremantle, Western Australia, and also a pastoralist and politician.
Moore was born in the Swan River Colony in 1835, the eldest child of Samuel Moore and his wife Dorothy (née Dalgety), at his father's estate, 'Oakover', near Guildford.
In 1850, when he was 15, Moore started employment in the surveyor-general's office, remaining for four years there before moving to the North-West to work on a Hamersley & Co. station near Irwin River, where he went on to become the station manager. During his eight years at the station, Moore joined Francis Thomas Gregory and others (in 1858), exploring the Gascoyne and Murchison districts. He also married his first wife, Susanna Dora Monger (on 19 July 1860)
In 1862, at 27 years of age, he headed back south to Fremantle, and joined in business with John Monger. Five years later, in 1867, he founded W. D. Moore & Co., a business that he remained involved with until 1900, and which then continued until the 1970s. The extant W D Moore & Co Warehouse, in Henry Street, Fremantle, still bears the name of this firm.
In 1870, Moore was elected to the Legislative Council, representing the seat of Fremantle alongside Edward Newman. However, due to business concerns, he retired after only two years. The State Heritage Register records that he was the first president of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce, from 1873 to 1875, but the Chamber's own information disagrees with this, and suggests that it was William Marmion.
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