John Dight (1808–1867)
Mr. John Dight, the builder of the mills in Melbourne which still bear his name, died at Bungowannah on Tuesday last, after only four days' illness. He was a native of Windsor, and for some years he was a mill-owner at Campbelltown. In the year 1837 he arrived in Albury, and took up the Bungowannah Station, which he held up to the period of his death. But it appears that the station did not afford sufficient scope for the enterprise and industry of Mr. Dight, for we find him some yours afterwards erecting the well-known Dight's Mills in Melbourne. After residing some time in the Victorian metropolis, Mr. Dight returned to the station, leaving his Melbourne affairs in competent hands. By a life spent in perseverance, energy, and prudence, Mr. Dight amassed a large fortune; and if not exactly a colonial millionaire, he was able to count his possessions by several hundreds of thousands. He was fifty-nine years of age.
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- Dight, Isabella (wife)
- Dight, Hannah (mother)
- Dight, John (father)
- Mitchell, Elizabeth Broughton (mother-in-law)
- Mitchell, William (father-in-law)
- Dight, Sarah (sister)
- Hume, Elizabeth (sister)
- Dight, Mary (sister)
- Howe, Ann (sister)
- Sharp, Jane (sister)
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- Mackay, Frances Elizabeth (sister)
- Dight, Sophia (sister)
- Dight, George (brother)
- Dight, Charles Hilton (brother)
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- Dight, Arthur (brother)
- Hume, Emma (sister-in-law)
- Dight, Emma (sister-in-law)
- Dight, Sophia (sister-in-law)
- Dight, Emma Maria (sister-in-law)
- Dight, Elizabeth Ann (sister-in-law)
- Mitchell, Charlotte (sister-in-law)
- Dight, Janet (sister-in-law)
- Watson, John (brother-in-law)
- Hume, Hamilton (brother-in-law)
- Mackay, George Edward (brother-in-law)
- Sharp, James Burleigh (brother-in-law)
- Howe, James (brother-in-law)
- Mitchell, Thomas (brother-in-law)
- Mitchell, John Francis Huon (brother-in-law)
- Mitchell, James (brother-in-law)
- Brodie, Emily Jane (niece)
- Walker, Jessie (niece)
- Dight, Helen S. (niece)
- Dight, Muriel Templeton (niece)
- Dight, John Richard (nephew)
- Dight, James George (nephew)
- Dight, George William (nephew)
- Dight, Charles Hilton (nephew)
- Dight, Richard Howe (nephew)
- Mackay, John Dight (nephew)
- Dight, John (nephew)
- Dight, Hilton James (nephew)
- Dight, Jane Allen (niece by marriage)
- Dight, Joanna Isabella (niece by marriage)
- Dight, Mary Buchan (niece by marriage)
- Dight, Isabella Margaret (niece by marriage)
- Chisholm, Emma Isabel (niece by marriage)
- Hume, Andrew Hamilton (nephew by marriage)
- Mitchell, Peter Stuckey (nephew by marriage)
- Walker, John (nephew by marriage)
- Mitchell, John Francis Huon (nephew by marriage)
- Mitchell, Walter Edward (nephew by marriage)
Citation details
'Dight, John (1808–1867)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/dight-john-17593/text29245, accessed 10 March 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
2 September,
1808
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
23 April,
1867
(aged 58)
Albury,
New South Wales,
Australia
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