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The importance of Dights Falls to the Wurundjeri people
The Wurundjeri people were the traditional owners of the area around Dights falls. The land of Dights falls was an important place for the Wurundjeri people. It was an important place used for trade, marriage, negotiation and more. The Yarra river and Meeri creek provided large quantities of fish and food. Having all this food to hunt meant that the Wurunjeri people could stay in groups for weeks. Dights Falls is a very spiritual and sacred space for the Wurundjeri people today. -
European Discoveries
Charles Grimes ( General Mapmaker of NSW) is believed to be the first European to explore the Yarra river and to discover Dights Falls. -
Settling into Melbourne
In 1835 people started to settle into Melbourne. The land was parted soon after and sales began. This is the land were Dights Falls get's built. -
Business is Booming!
John Dight purchases 26 acres of land in Melbourne. He buys the land ( Dights Falls) for 481 pounds or around $620 Australian Dollars! -
Keeping water levels balanced
John Dight used the river around him to power his mill. In tough times when the river levels were low he constructed rough stone weirs. -
Dight joins in the business
John Dight builds his water powered flour mill made out of bricks brought from Tasmania. -
Dight Family sells their Mill
In 1864 the Dight Family abandons their Mill and sells it to Edwin Trennery in 1878. Edwin Trennery subdivides the land. -
Dights falls original flour mill
The original mill stayed unoccupied until 1888. Four flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott constructed a new mill and partnered with the owners of the surrounding buildings. -
Bibliography
Dights Mill image-
http://australiaforeveryone.com.au/melbourne/lost-dights-mill.html Water Mill image-
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duncanrw/scenery.html Rough stone weir image-
http://rbaarchitects.tumblr.com/page/4
