 In 1874 he moved to Hamilton, Victoria, to take up a position as a station agent.Dickens married Augusta Jessie Devlin (1849–1878), known as 'The Belle of Melbourne", in a fashionable wedding in Toorak, Victoria, and with whom he had two daughters, Kathleen Mary (1874 – 1951) and Violet Georgina (1875 – 1952).Jessie Dickens died from her injuries on 14 December 1878 after having been thrown out of her carriage when a pony bolted.