MOORE, THOMAS BATHER (1850-1919), prospector and explorer, was born on 26
November 1850 at New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land, fourth child of John Anthony
Moore, surgeon from Northumberland, England, and his wife Martha Anne, née Read,
of New Norfolk. After elementary schooling in the colony, Moore completed his
education at Windermere College in the English Lake District under the
guardianship of an uncle. He returned to Tasmania in 1868.
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Thomas Bather Moore, a prospector, amateur botanist and geologist, explored many areas of Tasmania, particularly the west. He also collected plant specimens for F. Mueller.
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1886
Career event - Presented Report on the West Coast to the Geographical Society of Australasia
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1886
Taxonomy event - Described the eucalyptus muelleri T.B. Moore. (1886) F. muelleri T. B. Moore (1886) (=Eucalyptus johnstonii Maiden (1922))
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