H. Byron Moore
Henry Byron Moore (11 February 1839 – 22 June 1925) was an Australian businessman, remembered as secretary of the Victorian Racing Club (VRC) for 45 years, from 1881 to 1925, a few weeks before his death. Biography Moore was born in Surrey, England on 11 February 1839. He was brought by his family to Victoria in 1852, aged 13, settling first at Geelong, then Ballarat, at the time of the gold rushes. The following year he joined the public service, where in time he was producing maps for the Land Office, where John Walter Osborne was at the forefront of the nascent art of photo-lithography, and rose to the position of Surveyor-General. He was sacked in 1878 as one of the "Black Wednesday" dismissals instigated by Graham Berry and Peter Lalor in their policy of scorched earth political reprisals. Most other sacked public servants were reinstated, but Moore re-invented himself a financial agent and broker, founding the Melbourne Stock Exchange in Collins Street. He also founded the Melbourne Electric Light Company, and the Melbourne Telephone Exchange Company, both of which were eventually purchased by the Government. In 1881 Moore, who knew little about horse racing and never made a bet,