Ditton Family Archive

Ditton Family Ditton Family Archive. [Archive] (Unpublished)

Item Type: Archive
Collection: Library Archives
Location: Townsville Campus Library
Item Code: 38R
Related Links: NQH: Atherton-Cook Family Archive
Subjects: Ditton Family; Edmund Atherton; pioneers; pastoralists; Ellenvale Station; Hinchinbrook Park Station; Maxwelton Station; Thuringowa Shire Council; letterbooks; diaries; correspondence; ledgers

Summary

Abraham Ditton was born in Mackay in 1868. In 1885 he left there with Edmond Atherton taking the first cattle to Medlothian and Delta Stations. After years of prospecting and contract droving, he settled on Ellenvale Station. In 1915, he moved to Hinchinbrook Park Station which was later run by two of his sons, Alan and Victor. The owner of two properties in the district, Abraham Ditton, was a member of Thuringowa Shire Council.

These records contain a diary and good early records of Hinchinbrook Park.

See also the Atherton-Cook Family Archive (see Related Links).

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