HANSARD EXTRACT
| Statements
by Members: Mr Ron Moore OAM |
| 10 August 2006 |
Mr HAYES
(Werriwa) (9.54 a.m.)—As
you would appreciate, Mr Deputy Speaker, it is pretty rare that an
individual can come into your life and make a significant
difference, but what is rarer is for an individual, a single person,
to make a significant difference to their local community. Today I
would like to take a little of the House’s time to talk about
Ron
Moore as one such person. When I moved into Campbelltown some 30
years ago, as with most young families I certainly did not have the
money to pay people to do things around the house such as
maintenance and improvements. This is where Ron comes in.
Ron
and Joy Moore started their hardware business in Campbelltown in
1956 with a store in Queen Street, Campbelltown. They relocated in
1960 to Ingleburn and subsequently in 1977 to Minto. When you seek
to make improvements, you obviously go to the hardware store and
have someone help you. But, in the case of Ron’s hardware, apart
from being able to sell you anything from a single screw through to
paint and up to heavy hardware, he was always on hand to give
technical advice. He taught a whole generation of people who became
handymen solely by necessity and then went on to teach many of their
kids, many of whom became professional tradesmen.
Ron
and Joy have been a significant part of the Campbelltown community.
Ron is also patron of the Campbelltown Historical Society. Within
our community, he has received many honours. I would quickly like to
name a few. He was Campbelltown’s Citizen of the Year. He was
inducted into the Hardware Hall of Fame. He was a finalist in the
New South Wales Hardware Industry Awards. But his most treasured
award is his Order of Australia Medal, which he received in 1994.
Ron
and his wife Joy together started this community hardware business
and serviced a community in all our needs. We are sorry that at this
stage
Joy
is suffering poor health and
Ron has now had to close his store. After 50
years, this is very significant to my area. I wish
Ron
and Joy well for their future. Hopefully they will spend a little
more time with their three adult children and their seven
grandchildren and reflect upon what they have given to the area of
Campbelltown.
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