Charles Burney Young

Charles Burney Young (7 July 1824 – 29 September 1904) was a landholder, winemaker and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia.

Charles Burney Young was born in England of Scottish ancestry and studied at London University. He married Nora Creina Bacon (11 January 1835 – 5 June 1925) 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 (1872–1967).

In September 1878 Young was elected a member of the Legislative Council but resigned in June 1880 to take a trip to England.

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.

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