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| Birth | 6 June 1819 | |
| Death | 31 July 1895 (aged 76 years) | |
| Star sign | Gemini |
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Arthur Dight (6 June 1819 – 31 July 1895) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Windsor to pioneer settler John Dight and Hannah Hilton. A landowner, he ran stations in Queensland. On 29 July 1861 he married Jannet McCracken, with whom he had ten children. In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Windsor, serving until his retirement in 1872. Dight died at Darling Point in 1895.