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Moores Pocket

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Mr and Mrs George Schmitt were among the first settlers at Moores Pocket. Their daughter, Annie Margaret Schmitt died on 4 January 1934 aged over seventy. Annie was born in Germany and came to Australia with her family when she was an infant. After the death of her parents and her brother, Annie and her sister Mary Catherine Schmitt ran the family farm.

The flood of 1893 impacted the residents of Moores Pocket with many having to leave their homes. Luke Power's and G. Woods homes were carried away by flood waters as was the kitchen of Mr. W. G. Walker. Others affected were W. Perry, P. Erskine, J. Hefferan, G. Schmidt, W. Woods and Edding.

In 1943 Francis James Stephens celebrated his 86th birthday. Born at Moores Pocket in 1857 he was considered to be the oldest living early settler at the time.

References (online)86th Birthday - Ipswich NativeMoores PocketLate Miss A. M. E. Schmitt

Histories

Industrial - Moores Pocket - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2

Ipswich Heritage Register, 1991

Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2: Inventory of Heritage Items: Aboriginal and Industrial

Ipswich Heritage Study, 1992, Volume 4: Inventory of Heritage Items: Public, Commercial and Residential (Leichhardt to Woodend)

Moores Pocket - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 4

Maps & Plans

Cadastral map of Ipswich, 1977

Map of Ipswich, c.1850

Map showing Ipswich suburbs, 1978-1979

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2521, 1930

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2521, 1957

Documents

1985 Commercial Inventory - Update to 30 August 1985

Universal Street Directory for Ipswich City and suburbs, 1958

Universal Streets Directory of Ipswich City & suburbs, 1964

Your home Universal Business and tourist guide for Ipswich [and] Boonah, 1961

Images - Queensland Times

Bremer River in flood, Moores Pocket, Basin Pocket, and North Ipswich, January 2013

Evacuating from rising flood waters, Moores Pocket, Ipswich, January 2013

Military vehicle assisting with evacuation during flooding event, Moores Pocket, Ipswich, January 2013

Transcriptions

Transcript of interview with Councillor Heather Morrow, Division 5, Ipswich City Council, on her experiences during the Ipswich flood of January 2011, Ipswich, 2012

Transcript of interview with Margaret Pawson, resident at Moore's Pocket, on her experiences during the Ipswich flood of January 2011, Ipswich, 2012

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Bremer River towards Moores Pocket, Ipswich, 1985

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Moore Family

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