Thomas Woore b. 29 January 1804

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Thomas Woore was a sketcher, modeller, naval officer, surveyor and pastoralist. He visited Sydney for the first time in 1829. Woore's sketches of houses are of particular interest to architectural historians.
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Name
Thomas Woore
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540)
  • pastoralist (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • modeller (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
29 January 1804
Birth place
Londonderry, Ireland
Birth note
Also given as 1803?
Death date
21 June 1878
Death place
Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Burial place
St Jude's Anglican Cemetery, Randwick, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1829 - 1877
Arrival
  • 1829 (Sydney, vessel; Zebra)
Residence
  • near Goulburn, New South Wales
  • UK
  • Sydney, New South Wales
  • Ireland, UK
Training
  • Foyle College, Londonderry, Ireland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Abbott, G. (1976), 'Thomas Woore', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 6, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Griffiths, N. (1949), 'Some Houses and People of New South Wales', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Lane, T. and Serle, J. (1990), 'Australians at Home', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: 'Woore Family Papers', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Griffiths, N. (1952), 'Some Southern Homes of New South Wales', Sydney, New South Wales.>]