Name/TitleCharles Dight : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920
About this objectPhotograph of the gravestone placed over the remains of Charles H Dight, miller and politician.
The blurred image shows the plain rectangular, horizontal stone surrounded by a railing.
The inscription reads: (171 in Selby's grave index p. 383 OPMHoM)
Erected
To The Memory Of
CHARLES H DIGHT
Who Departed This Life
9th October 1852
Aged 38 Years
Charles was a son of John Dight who in 1838 bought land next to rock falls on the Yarra River, now called Dights Falls. John constructed a water powered brick mill to produce flour, which Charles and his brother John took ownership of in 1843. Charles was also elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the member for North Bourke.
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Selby numbered this slide #15.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Maker RolePhotographer
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1910-1920
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Subject and Association KeywordsOld Melbourne Cemetery (Melbourne)
Subject and Association KeywordsDights Falls (Abbotsford, Vic)
Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials
Subject and Association KeywordsDight, Charles Hilton, c. 1814-1852
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-TM-22
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