T. B. Moore Explained
Thomas Bather Moore (1850 1919) was a pioneer explorer of Western and South West, Tasmania, Australia.
Biography
He was born at New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land and died at Queenstown. He was buried at the graveyard Strahan overlooking Macquarie Harbour.[1]
He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He had been a prospector,[2] track cutter, botanist, geographer and geologist – all mainly in West Coast, Tasmania area.[3] [4]
His tracks were legendary routes through parts of the South West Wilderness, as well as the West Coast Range.[5] He had been considered one of the most experienced of Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company's track cutters.
Western Tasmania: A land of Riches and Beauty, was dedicated to his memory. In part of the dedication Charles Whitham states:
Naming of Tasmanian landscape
He named many features including Mount Strahan, the Thureau Hills and the Tofft River which runs between those hills and Mount Huxley.[6]
Whitham says in his book T.B. Moore that Moore "laid it down that all western lakes must have feminine names", which Whitham guessed would be ignored by bureaucrats in Hobart. Hydro Tasmania has since created lakes which have names that do not follow Moore's suggestion.
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References
- Book: Binks, C.J.. Explorers of Western Tasmania . Mary Fisher Bookshop . Launceston. 1980 . 0-908291-16-7.
- Book: Blainey, Geoffrey. . 6th . St. David's Park Publishing . Hobart. 2000. 0-7246-2265-9.
- Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.
- Book: Whitham, Lindsay. Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Sandy Bay. 2002. 0-909479-21-6.
- Book: Stoddart, D.Michael. Walk to the West. The Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1993. 0-9598679-9-6.
External links
- http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/archives/P001263a.htm – correspondence between Moore and Ferdinand von Mueller
Notes and References
- News: Family Notices. . . Tas. . 16 August 1919 . 30 October 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- News: WEST COAST SILVERFIELD. . . Tas. . 2 October 1888 . 11 July 2011 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
- Ian . McShane . 1983 . T. B. Moore : a bushman of learning . Thesis (B.A.(Hons.)) . University of Tasmania .
- News: WEST COAST NEWS. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 17 September 1932 . 11 July 2011 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
- Book: Binks, C. J. . The Last Explorer . 219–230 . Explorers of Western Tasmania . Launceston . Mary Fisher Bookshop . 1980 . 0-908291-16-7 .
- For a letter by Thomas Bather Moore regarding the naming of the features along the south west coastline see – News: PORT DAVEY TO MACQUARIE HARBOUR. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 13 August 1898 . 11 July 2011 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
