[Index]
James Courtney MOORE (1881 - 1962)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Harold Colin MOORE (1914 - )
Donald McKenzie MOORE (1915 - )
Marjorie Catherine MOORE (1917 - )
Minnie Helen Kathleen MOORE (1920 - )
Curtis James Bass MOORE (1922 - )
 James Courtney MOORE (1881 - 1962)

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Minnie Frances MURTY (1881 - 1961)
 William MOORE (1840 - 1913) Richard MOORE (1814 - 1883) Jason MOORE
Esther MEREDITH
Margaret COURTNEY (1810 - 1892) James COURTNEY
Mary GIBSON MAGILL
Catherine MCKENZIE (1844 - 1914) Alexander MCKENZIE (1817 - 1898) Alexander MCKENZIE


Elizabeth Louisa BASS (1821 - 1908) Henry BASS
Mary (BASS)
James Courtney MOORE Minnie Frances MURTY
James Courtney MOORE James Courtney MOORE James Courtney MOORE
James Courtney MOORE Minnie Frances MURTY James Courtney MOORE James Courtney MOORE James Courtney MOORE
Pic 2. Colin, Curtis, Don; Helen and Marjorie

Pic 3. James c., Curtis, Colin, Don, [unknown]

b. 29 Dec 1881 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
m. 13 Oct 1913 Minnie Frances MURTY (1881 - 1961)
d. 1962 at Manly, New South Wales, Australia aged 81
Near Relatives of James Courtney MOORE (1881 - 1962)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Richard MOORE 16 May 1814 Co Cavan, Ireland 03 May 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 68
Grandmother Margaret COURTNEY 02 Jul 1810 Co Cavan, Ireland 05 Jan 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 81
Grandfather Alexander MCKENZIE 1817 Dundee, Scotland 14 Dec 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 81
Grandmother Elizabeth Louisa BASS abt 1821 Dublin, Ireland 15 May 1908 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 87

Father in Law Donald MURTY 04 Aug 1853 Canberra, ACT, Australia 19 Apr 1928 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 74
Mother in Law Fanny Francis PLUMMER 1856 Cambridgeshire, England 08 Jul 1889 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 33

Father William MOORE 16 Dec 1840 Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia 28 Jan 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 72
Mother Catherine MCKENZIE 1844 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17 Feb 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 70

Self James Courtney MOORE 29 Dec 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1962 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 81

Wife Minnie Frances MURTY 16 Feb 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Jun 1961 80

Adopted Son Walter Donald MURTY 1911 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Son Harold Colin MOORE 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son Donald McKenzie MOORE 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Marjorie Catherine MOORE 1917 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Minnie Helen Kathleen MOORE 1920 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son Curtis James Bass MOORE 1922

Sister Elizabeth Louisa MOORE 17 Aug 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 08 Mar 1959 Sutton, New South Wales, Australia 94
Brother Richard MOORE 01 Jan 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1958 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 91
Sister Sarah Jane MOORE 21 Jan 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 May 1955 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 86
Sister Margaret Courtney MOORE 21 Aug 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 71
Brother William MOORE 19 Oct 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jun 1967 Canberra, ACT, Australia 92
Brother Alexander MOORE 22 May 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1958 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 79
Brother Henry McKenzie MOORE 20 Feb 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Catherine Bass MOORE 17 Jul 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Sister Emily Ruth MOORE 25 Jun 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 71

Aunt Eliza MOORE 1833 Ireland 1840 At sea 7
Aunt Eliza MOORE 1842 New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Mary MOORE 1844 New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Richard MOORE 1846 New South Wales, Australia 01 Sep 1923 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 77
Aunt Agnes NAYLOR 1850 New South Wales, Australia 07 Feb 1932 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Uncle James MOORE 1847 New South Wales, Australia 30 Jun 1927 Burra, New South Wales, Australia 80
Aunt Catherine MCDONALD 1858 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Nov 1894 Burra, New South Wales, Australia 36
Aunt Margaret MOORE 1849 New South Wales, Australia 1922 Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia 73
Uncle Andrew CRAWFORD
Aunt Sarah (Mary Ann) MOORE 1852 New South Wales, Australia 24 Jan 1891 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 39
Uncle William ELLIOTT 1845 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jun 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 84
Aunt Sarah Ann MCKENZIE 1843 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1920 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 77
Uncle John BLUNDELL 1843 Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1927 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 84

Cousin Ernest Oscar MOORE 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1952 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin Alice Emily MOORE 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Cousin Arthur James MOORE 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17 Mar 1953 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Frederick William MOORE 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Thomas MOORE 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Albert Edward MOORE 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 28 Apr 1954 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 70
Cousin Elizabeth Margaret (Lizzie) MOORE 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Dec 1928 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia 42
Cousin Alice Eliza MOORE 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Y
Cousin Walter John MOORE 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Y
Cousin Agnes Mary May MOORE 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Y
Cousin Cyril Richard MOORE 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 69
Cousin Alexander Richard MOORE 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25 Sep 1944 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 65
Cousin Margaret Elizabeth MOORE 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12 Jun 1956 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin James Jason MOORE 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 05 Oct 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
Cousin John Thomas MOORE 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jun 1963 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 78
Cousin Janet Eliza MOORE 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William Courtney MOORE 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Ester Moore CRAWFORD 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Eliza J CRAWFORD 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Andrew J J CRAWFORD 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2
Cousin Georgina A CRAWFORD 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Margaret F CRAWFORD 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sarah A CRAWFORD 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William James ELLIOTT 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1956 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin Albert Harold ELLIOTT 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Margaret Courtney ELLIOTT 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jun 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 83
Cousin Ann May ELLIOTT 1881 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Richard Moore ELLIOTT 1883 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1883 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Matilda E ELLIOTT 1884 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sarah J ELLIOTT 1886 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1898 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12
Cousin Ruth M ELLIOTT 1887 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Charlotte M ELLIOTT 1889 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Alexander BLUNDELL 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin John BLUNDELL 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Mary A BLUNDELL 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Joseph BLUNDELL 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jan 1955 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 87
Cousin Henry BLUNDELL 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Eliza J BLUNDELL 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Catherine BLUNDELL 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sarah Louisa BLUNDELL 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1923 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 47
Cousin Margaret BLUNDELL 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Eleanor BLUNDELL 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Florence M BLUNDELL 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Howard Norman SCHUMACK BLUNDELL 1886 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1920 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 34
Cousin Muriel Pearl BLUNDELL 1888 New South Wales, Australia 1963 Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Naomi Edith Sylvia BLUNDELL 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1990 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 99
Cousin Everard Vivian Abraham BLUNDELL 1895 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1964 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 69
Cousin Bernice Sophia Hyacinth BLUNDELL 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17
Cousin Audrey Esmerelda Phoebe Merle BLUNDELL 1902 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1996 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 94

Nephew Philip H HARDY 1902 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew William Charles HARDY 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1963 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 60
Niece Catherine M B HARDY 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Norman McKenzie MOORE 1896 Burra, New South Wales, Australia 10 Jul 1965 Croydon Park, New South Wales, Australia 69
Nephew Karl N OLDFIELD 1902 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Athol W OLDFIELD 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Cecil Lindsay MOORE 1894 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 22 Aug 1969 Canberra, ACT, Australia 75
Niece Lavinia Catherine MOORE 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12 Nov 1979 Canberra, ACT, Australia 83
Niece Louisa Jane MOORE 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew William Alexander McKenzie MOORE 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew John James Robert MOORE 1902 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Walter Donald MURTY 1911 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law William Garrett MURTY 13 Aug 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 88
Brother in Law John Stanley MURTY 28 Jan 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18 May 1912 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 30
Brother in Law Walter Archer MURTY 29 Jun 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 Dec 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2
Brother in Law Harold Eustace MURTY 23 Apr 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19 Apr 1904 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16
Brother in Law Cecil Herbert MURTY 13 Dec 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13 Dec 1888 0
Brother in Law William HARDY 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14 Aug 1940 Sutton, New South Wales, Australia 79
Sister in Law Helen HADDEN 19 Sep 1871 Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 23 May 1947 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 75
Brother in Law William Edward OLDFIELD 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jul 1906 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 39
Brother in Law George GRIBBLE abt 1868 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1947 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 79
Sister in Law Annie Eliza (Dolly) MCINNES 10 Dec 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1942 Canberra, ACT, Australia 72
Sister in Law Caroline LUSCOMBE
Events in James Courtney MOORE (1881 - 1962)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
29 Dec 1881 James Courtney MOORE was born Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26754/1882 6
1911 30 Birth of adopted son Walter Donald MURTY Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 15670/1911
28 Jan 1913 31 Death of father William MOORE (aged 72) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3826/1913 6
13 Oct 1913 31 Married Minnie Frances MURTY (aged 32) 80
1914 33 Birth of son Harold Colin MOORE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
17 Feb 1914 32 Death of mother Catherine MCKENZIE (aged 70) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3139/1914
1915 34 Birth of son Donald McKenzie MOORE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
1917 36 Birth of daughter Marjorie Catherine MOORE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
1920 39 Birth of daughter Minnie Helen Kathleen MOORE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
1922 41 Birth of son Curtis James Bass MOORE 80
Jun 1961 79 Death of wife Minnie Frances MURTY (aged 80) 80
1962 81 James Courtney MOORE died Manly, New South Wales, Australia 15099/1962
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 225 (Birth)
- Reference = 225 (Name, Notes)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2273/james-courtney-moore.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: James Courtney Moore

Born: 1881; Died: 1962; Married: Minnie [Murty]

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James Courtney Moore was born on 29.12.1881 at 'Fairvale', Bulgar Creek, the property of his father, William Moore. James was the seventh of ten children born to William and Catherine Moore and the fourth of five sons. James' grandparents, Richard and Margaret Moore, were born in County Cavan, Ireland and had arrived in the Canberra/Queanbeyan district in 1841. James' father, William, was Richard and Margaret's oldest son.

James's mother, Catherine, was the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth McKenzie who were married at Lanyon on 22.4.1842. Alexander was from Dundee, Scotland, arriving in Australia in 1835 and Elizabeth Louisa Bass was from Dublin, Ireland, arriving in Australia in 1840. Alexander and Elizabeth spent their married life in the district and retired to a three room slab cottage on 'Fairvale'.

Numerous relatives lived in the immediate area of Bulgar Creek. Across the Murrumbidgee, at Condor Creek lived Catherine Moore's sister, Sarah, who was married to John Blundell. 'John and Sarah were married at St. John's Church, 23.10.1862 when they were both only 19 years of age. They raised a family of ten children on their isolated land at the foot of the mountains'. (Cotter Country by B. Moore). On the nearby property of 'Greenhills', lived William Moore's brother Richard, his wife Agnes and his family of eleven children. Cousins were in ready supply close by and many more were scattered throughout the Canberra/Queanbeyan district.

The Bulgar Creek Provisional School was opened in 1878. All local children attended. James McGee and John Clough were the teachers. The school was closed in 1906. (Warm Corner by B. Moore)

As was typical of the times, the children soon learned to be useful workers as all members of the family were involved in the workings of the family farm. During James's childhood, his father had land at Bulgar Creek and at 'Warm Corner', the Burra, an area south of Queanbeyan. William and his sons worked both properties, often travelling between the two locations. As teenagers, James and Harry also took stock to the high country for summer pasture. Shearing was another source of funds for the young men. Both James and Harry spent several months of each year shearing in the district and as far away as the Riverina region. Both were expected home in time for the shearing of the families' flocks of sheep and harvesting of crops.

Life at Fairvale was not without its lighter side. 'The Fairvale home of William Moore was the centre of social evenings, especially after additions were built to cope with the growing family. The long verandah extending the full length of the building proved to be an ideal location for dances. Music was supplied by Frank McGee and Ernie Moore on violin and Vern Buckmaster on accordion'. (Warm Corner by B. Moore) . Cricket was very much a part of any recreational activity which occurred during summertime in the district and Bulgar Creek fielded its own cricket team at district matches. Although organised sport was not a part of James' life, he was a good lef-handed bowler and respectable batsman whenever he had the chance to play.

James had four brothers. Richard was the eldest, 14 years James' senior; then William, 7 years older than James; Alexander was 2 years older and Harry was 4 years younger. Richard and William, the two older brothers, bought out the family interests at Burra. Richard stayed on the Burra property until 1917, but William sold to Richard and moved on to employment at Gungahlin station in the Ginninderra area. Alexander left the land and joined the police force in 1903. Harry was to become James's partner in their farming pursuits.

In 1907, James's father, William, built himself a new house in Queanbeyan, on Lowe Street, to which he and Catherine retired. At this time James and Harry signed an agreement with their father to lease 'Fairvale' (867 acres). William had been at 'Fairvale' since the early 1870s when the land had first become available for lease. At 'Fairvale' wheat and oats crops were grown and wool sheep were bred. James and Harry also held the lease of their father's 400 acres at 'Sunnybrae' on the Queanbeyan River. In the early 1900s, James and Harry had purchased their own land in the Burra district. James had 686 acres known as "The Bend" and Harry had 'Calabash', which was 1850 acres. These blocks were mostly unimproved land used for grazing in the summer.

James lived all his life at Bulgar Creek until his marriage to Minnie Frances Murty, 13.10.1913 at St. John's Church, when he moved to the Murty home, 'Gledeswood', near Hall. James, better known as 'Jim' or 'J.C.' in his adult life, continued to work 'Fairvale' with his brother Harry. Jim's father, William, died in January of 1913 and his mother, Catherine, died in 1914. Harry and Emily continued to live at Fairvale for a number of years.

Jim and Minnie started married life with a baby already part of the family. Minnie was caring for Walter Murty, the baby son of her brother, John, who died in 1912 as a result of an accident. Walter's mother, Daisy, was unable to cope with single parenthood and had left Walter in the care of Minnie. Also living at 'Gledeswood' were Minnie's father, Donald Murty and his brother Jim. Jim Murty was often away either working as a shearer or as a hauler of goods.

Jim and Minnie's first child, Harold Colin (known all his life as Colin) was born in 1914. A year later, there were three little boys in the family when Donald McKenzie was born. In 1917, Marjorie Catherine was born, followed by Minnie Helen Kathleen (known as Helen) in 1920 and Curtis James Bass in 1922. With the growth in the family came improvements to the homestead at 'Gledeswood'. The home which had started out as a slab hut in the 1870s became a fine residence in the 1920 when additions were made to the improvements started in 1913.

Jim and Minnie's children all attended the Hall school, which opened in 1911, for the first seven years of their education, then the boys went on to two more years schooling at Telopea Park School. The girls attended Church of England Girls Grammar School in Canberra as boarders. Walter went to school at Fort Street Boys School in Sydney and later in 1931, took up a position as a teacher at Telopea Park School. Walter purchased a car when he started work at Telopea and was able to transport Donald and other local boys to school each day.

Minnie was frequently heard to say that 'Jim was sending boys to do man's work' and maybe she was right, although hard work was how Jim had been brought up by his own father. When Jim decided to move his flocks from 'Fairvale' to 'Gledeswood' in the early 1920s, Walter, at 9 years of age, was considered old enough to assist. The trip took two days and the first night they camped in the Coppins Crossing area. They finally reached 'Gledeswood', late on the second night of their trip. (Gledeswood Memories by W. Murty)

In 1926, Jim and Harry bought Block 34 from McCarthy and the Belconnen Block from Palmer. The brothers named their new land 'Glenmoor'. Jim also bought property north of 'Gledeswood' at Nanima creek about 12 miles by road from 'Glenmoor'. With the purchase of 'Glenmoor', Jim and Harry ceased to lease 'Fairvale', which had been resumed by the Federal Government in 1912, and also relinquished lease rights to several other paddocks in the Yarrolumla area to which they had had short term rights. Harry and Emily left 'Fairvale' to live in the newly constructed house at 'Glenmoor'.

The land at 'Glenmoor' was considered to be 1st class grazing land but also suitable for dual purpose farming. As a breeder of strong Merino wool, Jim went as far away as South Australia to purchase rams. One of the early trips is well remembered by Don. The trip was made by Jim, his friend Dudley Kruger and Don, in the Buick Tourer, and was weeks in duration. Travel by car was slow due to the poor condition of roads. Don remembers the outward trip was to "Koonoona" stud, near Burra, in South Australia with the return via Melbourne, well over two thousand miles. The family made buying trips to South Australia for many years, the last trip being in the early 1960s. 'The 'Koonoona' stud was known for breeding the strongest, most robust-woolled stud flocks, suitable to the harshest of environments'. (Massey, 'The Australian Merino') These large framed, strong wool sheep were quite unpopular with the local shearers.

In the 1920s it was possible to hire your own shearing gang. One year, J.C. decided he would do his own contracting and would thus be able to set the standard of work he desired. Shearers were mostly hired from Queanbeyan. Following the first week in which there were a number of hirings and firings one shearer, who obviously had made the grade, was heard to comment ;'I would do better running a taxi service between Queanbeyan and Glenmoor than I am shearing! (D.Moore)

As Jim's sons grew they were encouraged by their father to work on their cricket skills and the two older boys and Walter, were to become known in the district as talented sportsmen. Don says that 'Jim considered Walter to have considerable cricketing talent and when Walter was a student of Fort St. Boys School in Sydney, Jim paid Walter's fare home each weekend in order that Walter could play for the Manuka Cricket team'. Colin and Don were bowlers on the Hall cricket team which won the A.C.T. Premiership three years in a row, from 1927 – 1929. Ironically, Walter was on the defeated Manuka team in 1927 and again in 1929. Colin and Don also played Aussie Rules for many years for Ainslie Football Club and were on the Premiership Ainslie team in 1936. Jim was a Patron of Ainslie Football Club. Curtis also played football for Ainslie.

Sporting prowess was not the exclusive preserve of the boys in the Moore family. Daughter, Marjorie, was to rise to great heights as a cricketer. Marjorie was captain of the N.S.W. Country team for a number of years and was named captain of the Touring Australian team in the late '30s, although sickness prevented her touring.

Two sons, Donald and Curtis volunteered for service in the Armed Forces during the Second World War. Donald saw service in Egypt, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and New Guinea between 1941 and 1945; Curtis served in Darwin. Minnie was always very proud of the special pin given to the mothers of serving men and wore the pin constantly.

Jim took an active part in local affairs. He was an active member for many years of the F.C.T. Pastoral and Agricultural Society, who honoured him with a Life Membership upon his retirement. The Moore and Murty families had always been strong supporters of their religion and regular attendance at church was a part of the upbringing of all the children. J.C. was a driving force behind the financing and construction of St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, at Hall, which was officially opened in 1948. In the book St. Michael and all Angels by Neil Manton, the following was noted by the Rector of the day: "Even so, the completion of the church was not without difficulties. In particular, problems arose in obtaining necessary materials...but by the patience and persistence of a faithful Hall churchman, James Courtney Moore, these problems were overcome". Upon completion of the building, J.C. Moore, along with his son, Colin, served as churchwardens for a number of years.The Moore family is prominent amongst those who made donations of church fittings and utensils - altar candlesticks, altar cross, Priests chair, side table, and a pew.

Retirement in 1951 took Jim and Minnie to Manly but not away from the running of the properties. Colin and Don were now responsible for the management of "Glenmoor" and Curtis looked after the interests at 'Gledeswood'. Jim regularly phoned his sons on Friday night for a report of the week's activities and always spent part of each shearing season at 'Glenmoor'. Many changes had taken place in farming during Jim's tenure in the district – from horses to automobiles! His land was known for producing good quality strong Merino wool and Hereford cattle.

Sadly, Minnie passed away in Manly in June of 1961, followed by Jim in June of 1962. Their passing was mourned by their five children and their spouses, and eighteen grandchildren. They had led a long and fruitful life serving their family, church and community. Both Jim and Minnie are buried at St. John's Church, Canberra.

Children of William and Catherine Moore, and their spouses were:

Elizabeth Louisa, 17.8.1864 (Mrs.William Hardy);
Richard, 1.1.1867 (Helen Hadden);
Sarah Jane, 21.1.1869 (Mrs.Edward Oldfield);
Margaret Courtney, 21.8.1871 (Mrs.George Gribble);
William, 19.10.1874 (Annie McInnes). All born at 'Warm Corner', Burra;
Alexander, 22.5.1879 (Caroline Luscombe);
James Courtney, 29.12.1881 (Minnie Murty);
Henry McKenzie, 20.2.1885 (bachelor);
Catherine Bass, 17.7.1888 (died as a baby);
Emily Ruth, 25.6.1890 (did not marry). All born at 'Fairvale', Bulgar Creek.
[From family records compiled by Kay Jones (nee Moore)]

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References
Gillespie, L. L. 1992. Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra. The Wizard (Canberra local history series): Campbell
Manton, N. 1999. St Michael and All Angels: the History of a Village Church. Privately published: Charnwood
Moore, B. 1981. The Warm Corner: a History of the Moore Family and Their Relatives, Early Pioneers of the Queanbeyan-Canberra District. Privately published: Pearce
Moore, B. 1999 (2006 reprint). Cotter Country: a History of the Early Settlers, Pastoral Holdings and Events in and Around the County of Cowley, NSW. Privately published: Yamba
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