Sir William Harrison Moore, 1902 - 1954


Name: MOORE, WILLIAM HARRISON, SIR (1867–1935) Activity: Academics - Law
Date Range: 1902–1954
Quantity: 4 m. (33 archive boxes)
Description: Personal business correspondence 1903–1935; letters of congratulation on becoming C.M.G. in 1917 and K.C.B.E. (?) in 1925; correspondence relating to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference in Toronto, 1933, and to the Bureau of Social and International Affairs, letters from politicians on a variety of matters, 1914–1935; letters relating to the Institute of Pacific Relations, 1929-32, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1929-1933. Opinions, 1917–1934; papers relating to Moore's work at the University: Trinity College, 1933-1935; lecture notes; Brief in the Victoria South Australia Boundary Case, 1911 (Moore counsel for the Victorian Government): correspondence, notes etc.; papers relating to the Australian Constitution 1913-1930; Arbitration and Conciliation, 1915–1925; Financial Policy and the Depression; the League of Nations, 1919-1933; the Australian Institute for the Study of International Affairs, 1931–1950; the Royal Institute of International Affairs 1928-; 1947; the Round Table, 1912–1935. World War I material: conscription 1917, peace proposals, war savings. Business: Edward Dyason's reports; Robertson & Mullens' balance sheets etc. 1922–1934; Estate papers to 1954; Boobooks Society, 1902-32.
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Accession Number: 63 / 1
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    Accession Number: 63/1

    Name: MOORE, WILLIAM HARRISON, SIR (1867-1935)
    Sex: Male
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    Historical Note: Born in 1867 in London, Harrison Moore spent some time in journalism before proceeding to study law at the Middle Temple, London, and at Cambridge. In 1893 he succeeded Edward Jenks as Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, and became the third Dean of the Faculty. His interests inclded the Australian Constitution and the Imperial Federation League, the Round Table and the League of Nations, being prominent in organizing the Victorian branch of the last-mentioned and attending the Conference in Rome in October 1927. He was also a member of the delegation in 1929 and 1930 and was chosen as Australia's representative at the Imperial Conference. He was President of the Victorian branch of the League of Nations Union, Chairman of the Victorian division of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and as a member of the Execuive Committee of the Institute of Pacific Relations led an Australian contingent to the Institute's Conference in Shanghai in November 1931. He was a director of Robertson & Mullens in the 1920's and 1930's. He married Edith a'Beckett in 1898.

    Earliest Date: 1902
    Latest Date:Access: Open
    Quantity: 4 m. (33 archive boxes)

    Description: Personal business correspondence 1903–1935; letters of congratulation on becoming C.M.G. in 1917 and K.C.B.E. (?) in 1925; correspondence relating to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference in Toronto, 1933, and to the Bureau of Social and International Affairs, letters from politicians on a variety of matters, 1914–1935; letters relating to the Institute of Pacific Relations, 1929-32, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1929-1933. Opinions, 1917-1934; papers relating to Moore's work at the University: Trinity College, 1933-1935; lecture notes; Brief in the Victoria South Australia Boundary Case, 1911 (Moore counsel for the Victorian Government): correspondence, notes etc.; papers relating to the Australian Constitution 1913-1930; Arbitration and Conciliation, 1915-1925; Financial Policy and the Depression; the League of Nations, 1919-1933; the Australian Institute for the Study of International Affairs, 1931-1950; the Royal Institute of International Affairs 1928-; 1947; the Round Table, 1912-1935. World War I material: conscription 1917, peace proposals, war savings. Business: Edward Dyason's reports; Robertson & Mullens' balance sheets etc. 1922-1934; Estate papers to 1954; Boobooks Society, 1902-32.

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