Charles Burney Young, generally referred to as C. B. Young, was a landholder, winemaker and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia.
History
Young was born in England of Scottish ancestry and studied at London University. He married Nora Creina Bacon of Swanscombe, Kent in 1851. They left for South Australia on 16 November 1854, in the Flora Kerr. They were hospitably treated by dabKent Hughes of "Avenel", Robe Terrace, North Adelaide, where Nora's second child was born, but died in August. They took a cottage in Ward Street, North Adelaide. In February 1856 Young was appointed Draughstman with the Public Works Department, and by September 1856 was working as a surveyor. He invested heavily in land – he bought a few acres of land on Fuller Street, Walkerville, with a house, built by Captain John Walker, which he dubbed "Swanscombe" and which remained the family home. He bought a block at Kanmantoo, on which he planted a vineyard and started making wine, his "St. George claret" having a good reputation. He purchased a large run on the Blyth Plains, part of which he subdivided and leased to farmers, the balance being stocked with sheep, or sown with wheat. He leased land north of Port Augusta which he stocked with beef cattle. He established Mount Templeton Station, owned Macumba Station and large tracts of land at The Hummocks, Andamooka, Port Broughton, and Port Pirie. A notable employee at "Swanscombe" and the Kanmantoo Estate was the Ngarrindjeri man David Unaipon.
Politics
In September 1878 Young was elected a member of the Legislative Council but resigned in June 1880 to take a trip to England.
Other interests
He was a member of the first Polo Club and Hunt Club, and an enthusiastic follower of cricket. He was a governor of St. Peter's College, where all his sons were educated. He was Hon. Secretary of the Aborigines' Friends Association, and closely associated with St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Walkerville. He was a member of the Education Board, the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the Aborigines' Friends' Association.
Family
He married Nora Creina Bacon of Swanscombe, Kent in 1852. Among their children were:
E Burney Young married Mary Alice Dugald-Smith on 29 March 1894. He was manager of the London Wine Depot 1892–1904.
Arthur Loraine Young subject of stained-glass window
Nora Creina married Charles Augustus Oldham on 30 August 1887, moved to London
Harry Dove Young married Anna Theresa Moore on 25 August 1904, lived at Kanmantoo, winemaker, sportsman and politician
Gilbert Bacon Young
Florence Young of Redmond Street, Walkerville
Their home was "Swanscombe", Fuller Street, near St. Andrew's Church, Walkerville.
Memorials
Four stained glass windows in St. Andrew's Church, Walkerville, are dedicated to George Burney Young, his wife Nora Creina Young, another to Mrs. Young's mother and sister, and another to two sons who died as young adults.
