George Fletcher Moore George Fletcher Moore i(A36709 works by) (a.k.a. G. F. Moore; G.)
Born: Established: 10 Dec 1798 Tyrone (County),
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Northern Ireland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 30 Dec 1886 Kensington, London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 30 Oct 1830 Departed from Australia: 1852
Heritage: Irish
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1 y separately published work icon The Millendon Memoirs: George Fletcher Moore's Western Australian Diaries and Letters, 1830-1841 George Fletcher Moore , J. M. R. Cameron (editor), Carlisle : Hesperian Press , 2006 Z1600053 2006 single work diary

After having been approached to write an article on George Fletcher Moore's contribution to Western Australia in the pre-convict period (published as Ambitions's Fire: The Agricultural Colonization of Pre-Convict Western Australia (1981)), J. M. R. Cameron went back to Moore's original letters held by the J. S. Battye Library of Western Australian History in Perth, Western Australia. Here Cameron found much material not published in the 1834 version edited by Martin Doyle, or the 1880-1882 serialisation edited by Thomas Cockburn-Campbell and the subsequent selected work compiled by Moore and published by Walbrook in 1884.

Source: J. M. R. Cameron, 'Introduction' The Millendon Memoirs: George Fletcher Moore's Western Australian Diaries and Letters, 1830-1841 (2006): x.

1 The Colony : Perth, February 1834 George Fletcher Moore , 2003 extract diary (Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines)
— Appears in: Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 The Colony : Servants - Farming - The Natives - Sheep - White Ants - Depredations of the Natives - Wool - A Boy Killed - Death of Yagan George Fletcher Moore , 2003 extract diary (Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines)
— Appears in: Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 Preface to 'A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines' George Fletcher Moore , 2003 extract criticism (A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country)
— Appears in: Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 Yagan (from Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia) George Fletcher Moore , 1979 extract diary (Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines)
— Appears in: Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979; (p. 44-45) The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 84-85)
1 First Day of the Shooting Season i "Oh, what a spirit-stirring day", George Fletcher Moore , 1884 single work poetry
— Appears in: Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines 1884; (p. 14)
1 A Native Karobberee i "Come, I'll describe you a native Karobberee :-", George Fletcher Moore , 1884 single work poetry
— Appears in: Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines 1884; (p. 210) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 y separately published work icon Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia; and, Also a Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines George Fletcher Moore , London : M Walbrook , 1884 Z844670 1884 selected work diary criticism poetry

In his 'Preface: Introductory and Explanatory' to this 1884 version of his Diary, Moore describes 'the "Diary or Journal" herinafter contained ... It was commenced soon after my embarcation from Dublin ... for the space of ten years in the colony, until my first return home on leave of absence. It was not continued after that time. ' (vi) The 'original letters' were first 'carefully preserved by those to whom they were sent in [Ireland]' and later 'confided to the care of a near relative in the colony, who had expressed a great desire to see them.' (vii). They were shown to Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, half owner and editor of the West Australian newspaper who requested permission from Moore to 'publish extracts from them seriatim in his paper, according as space would admit of.' (vii). Cockburn-Campbell sent Moore 'a copy of each paper which contained an extract.' Moore 'cut out those extracts and gummed them into an album ... enabl[ing] me to publish them all here afresh.' (vii)

With the Diary of Ten Years, Moore added 'a "Descriptive Vocabulary" of the language of the Aborigines...' (vii) originally published in 1842 and 'long out of print'. (ix)

J. M. R. Cameron in his introduction to The Millendon Memoirs (2006) notes that the Diary 'brought together the 1834 Extracts as they appeared originally, edited by Doyle not Campbell, and Campbell's edited excerpts for the later period.... [However] Moore deleted entries for the period from 10 April to 11 June 1836 which had appeared in the [West Australian] newspaper on 4 April 1882. (viii-ix)

1 Letters Illustrative of the Early History of the Colony Diary Illustrative of the Early History of the Colony George Fletcher Moore , Thomas Cockburn-Campbell (editor), 1880-1882 single work diary
1 Moore's Descriptive Vocabulary George Fletcher Moore , 1842 extract criticism (A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country)
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 20 August vol. 10 no. 498 1842; (p. 2-3)
1 1 y separately published work icon A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia, with Copious Meanings, Embodying Much Interesting Information Regarding the Habits, Manners and Customs of the Natives and the Natural History of the Country George Fletcher Moore , London : William S. Orr and Co. , 1842 Z1595679 1842 single work criticism
1 Aborigines of New Holland : Taken from Sketches illustrative of the Character, Habits, and Manners of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia : Sketch, No. 2 George Fletcher Moore , 1840 single work prose
— Appears in: Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser , 2 December vol. 15 no. 1734 1840; (p. 2)
G. F. Moore intervenes in an attempted revenge killing. One of the Indigenous protagonists questions why the 'white man' needs to interfere.
1 Aborigines of New Holland : Taken from Sketches illustrative of the Character, Habits, and Manners of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Western Australia : Sketch, No. 1 George Fletcher Moore , 1840 single work prose
— Appears in: Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser , 2 December vol. 15 no. 1734 1840; (p. 2)
G. F. Fletcher recounts the actions of Tomghin, an Indigenous man seeking vengeance for the death of his brother, Yedomarra.
1 Return of the 'Champion' George Fletcher Moore , 1840 single work diary
— Appears in: Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 1 February vol. 8 no. 369 1840; (p. 18-19)
1 Resemblance between the North American Indians and the Aborigines of Australia George Fletcher Moore , 1840 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 19 December vol. 8 no. 411 1840; (p. 2-3)
1 Untitled George Fletcher Moore , 1839 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 7 September vol. 7 no. 348 1839; (p. 143)
George Fletcher Moore in a letter to the editor recounts a story told to him by Weenat.
1 Aaorigines [sic] George Fletcher Moore , 1838 single work prose
— Appears in: Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 1 December vol. 6 no. 309 1838; (p. 191)
1 Untitled George Fletcher Moore , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 5 May vol. 6 no. 279 1838; (p. 71)
1 Recent Tour of the Eastward and Northward of Northam George Fletcher Moore , 1836 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 18 June vol. 4 no. 181 1836; (p. 713-714, 711)
1 Untitled George Fletcher Moore , 1836 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 21 May vol. 4 no. 177 1836; (p. 698)
Outlines typographical errors in the preceding instalment of 'A New River Discovered, by the Hon. G. F. Moore, Esq., on a Recent Excursion to the Northward'.
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