Dictionary of Sydney

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Moore College

Anglican theological college that has trained Anglican ministers in Sydney since 1856.

Milestone
Formed
1856
Name
Alternate
Moore Theological College
Commemorates
Position
1856 - 1858
Type

Moore College

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Endowed with the estate of Thomas Moore, who died in 1840, the college began operation in 1856, in Moore's house at Liverpool. By the end of the nineteenth century it had moved to Newtown, near the University of Sydney, and had trained 199 ministers.