Thomas Talbot Wilton was a well-known journalist in Victoria and New South Wales. He was a founder of the
Bendigo Mercury and the
Bendigo Independent, and a proprietor of the
Bathurst Times (the latter with his brother
Edward George Wilton). Wilton was also a successful colliery proprietor in the Lithgow region. On his death, Wilton 'left estate in New South Wales
valued at £48,466 and personal property in
Victoria valued at £6,275, to his widow and relatives'.