The Moore Family: Early European Settlers In Wangaratta And Its Surrounds - Paperbackby Garry Moore (Author) John Moore and his wife, Margaret Moore (ne Considine), were early European pioneers who settled in around 1843 in the North East of what was then known as the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales and is now the State of Victoria. Like the great majority of their fellow settlers, neither John nor Margaret was born in Australia. John Moore was born in Woodchurch, Kent in 1816. He emigrated from England to New