(1819 – 6 December 1884) born in Cork, Ireland, was a prominent surgeon and medical practitioner in the early days of the colony of South Australia.
He began the study of medicine in the South Infirmary at Cork in 1835, and in 1840 he commenced working at the Charing Cross Hospital, London, where two years later he was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy.
This was shortly before the gold rush to Victoria, when around 1,500 men left South Australia for the goldfields, and a report published about the time states that the "streets of Adelaide were deserted, houses were abandoned by their tenants, property was unmarketable, and a general arrest put on all business".
In 1869 Dr. Moore resigned from the post of Colonial Surgeon, being succeeded by Dr. Paterson, and went into private practice, but continued as President of the Medical Board and official visitor with the Lunatic Asylum.
[1] He married Luduvine Charlotte Jane Dutton (1833 – 14 May 1868) on 3 December 1851; their children included: He was in failing health the last few years of his life; he consulted physicians in Melbourne and Sydney to no avail.