Charles Harold Moran Charles Harold Moran i(A85218 works by)
Born: Established: 8 Jul 1930 Kempsey, Kempsey area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Apr 2019 Casino, Casino area, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Bundjalung
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BiographyHistory

Charles was born at Kempsey, NSW and spent most of his life wandering around New South Wales and ventured over the border into Queensland in search of work. Soon after his birth his Mother left his father, Charlie Moran, and moved to Pretty Gully, North of Tabulam, NSW where they lived in a bark hut. He did several occupations during his working life, such as sawmill work, brickworks, railway worker, and council worker which included grave digging. He later join the army, and did his initial training in Wagga Wagga, and then was commissioned at Kapooka, and later to the Army Engineering Base at Casula in Sydney. After he left the Army he went to Queensland where he eloped with his future wife, before they could get legally married they had to have exemption cards. He worked for the Ipswich Council. After his stint with the Council, he returned to the Queensland Railways. Charles was constantly moving towns, and jobs.( Source: Koori Mail 6 June 1991)

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