Thomas Bather Moore (1850 – 1919) was a pioneer explorer ofWestern andSouth West,Tasmania, Australia.
He was born atNew Norfolk,Van Diemen's Land and died atQueenstown. He was buried at the graveyardStrahan overlookingMacquarie Harbour.[1][2]
He was appointed as a Fellow of theRoyal Geographical Society. He had been a prospector,[3] track cutter, botanist, geographer and geologist – all mainly inWest Coast, Tasmania area.[4][5]
His tracks were legendary routes through parts of the South West Wilderness, as well as theWest Coast Range.[6] He had been considered one of the most experienced ofMount 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 dedicationCharles Whitham states:
Thomas Moore was the first in place, though not in time, of those who have explored Western Tasmania. He traversed every portion of the territory, sometimes as a prospector.... his knowledge of this region was never equalled by any other, and will never be surpassed.
He named many features includingMount Strahan, theThureau Hills and theTofft River which runs between those hills andMount Huxley.[7]
Whitham says in his bookT.B. Moore that Moore "laid it down that all western lakes must have feminine names", which Whitham guessed would be ignored by bureaucrats inHobart.Hydro Tasmania has since created lakes which have names that do not follow Moore's suggestion.
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