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John Moule married Harriet ( – ); they lived in Marlbrough Street, East Adelaide. Their family included: |
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*Dr. Edward Ernest Moule (c. 1869 – 20 July 1940), of [[Wagin, Western Australia|Wagin]] and other towns in [[Western Australia]]. He died after the car he was driving left the road.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46727911 |title=Pingelly Doctor's Death |newspaper=[[Perth_Gazette|The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)]] |location=Perth, WA |date=22 July 1940 |accessdate=6 September 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*Dr. E. E. Moule, of [[Wagin, Western Australia]] |
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*J. W. Moule of the Great Fitzroy mine, Queensland |
*J. W. Moule of the Great Fitzroy mine, Queensland |
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*C. L. Moule, of Moonta |
*C. L. Moule, of Moonta |
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Revision as of 22:55, 5 September 2015
John Moule(10 March 1845 – 22 March 1912) was a wheat merchant and politician in the colony of South Australia.
He was taken to the United States as a young boy, and by the time he was twenty had seen much of the world. He settled in South Australia around 1865 and took up employment, and later partnership, with E. Siekmann storekeeper and grain merchant of Saddleworth and Caltowie. He moved to Adelaide around 1879.[1]
He was elected to the seat of Flinders in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from April 1884 to April 1896, his colleagues being Andrew Tennant followed by William Horn then Alexander Poynton. In 1893 for a short period he served as Commissioner of Public Works in the Downer Administration.
He died on the Melbourne Express, on which he was travelling to Ballarat, Victoria on mining business with the Hon. Sir Edward Lucas. J. H. Howe was an old friend.
Family
John Moule married Harriet ( – ); they lived in Marlbrough Street, East Adelaide. Their family included:
- Dr. Edward Ernest Moule (c. 1869 – 20 July 1940), of Wagin and other towns in Western Australia. He died after the car he was driving left the road.[2]
- J. W. Moule of the Great Fitzroy mine, Queensland
- C. L. Moule, of Moonta
- Miss Moule of East Adelaide
- Miss Moule of East Adelaide
- Miss Moule of East Adelaide
References
- ^ "Mr. John Moule". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 March 1912. p. 19. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Pingelly Doctor's Death". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 22 July 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Category:Australian flour millers and merchants