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Exploration of the Yarra River Dights Falls
Charles Grimes explores the Yarra River and dights falls -
Melbourne is first settled
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John Dight
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Move to Port Phillip
John Dight told his flour customers through the newspaper that he was relocating to port phillip -
Firsrt steam powered mill
John Dight constructed the first steam powerd mill in Melbourne. -
Constructed weir
John dight constructed a rough weir. A weir is a thing that you put in a river to help it flow better. -
Abandoned milling
John dight and his family abandoned he mill and stopped flour milling -
Sold the land
ohn Dights property was sold to Edwin Trennery and he sub-divided the land. -
Restarting the Mill
The original mill on the river bank was left unoccupied until this time when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken, and Scott run under the name 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' and constructed a new mill. -
Timber structure
A new timber structure was built to flow water to the Melbourne flour milling company. -
New owners!!! Fire comes
The land changed owner for the final time before being destroyed in a fire. -
Dights falls Reconstruction
The first reconstruction since the fire -
The Melobourne flour milling company
Melbourne Flour Milling Company bought the land with the new mill. -
Second Rebuld at Dight Falls
A second rebuild took place at dights falls -
Timber capping
The original timber piles at the mill were capped by concrete. -
Fish Barrier
Melbourme Water realised that the weir was a wall for fish migration. They constrructed a rock fish to allow the fish to swim freely. -
A New Fish Barrier
The old fish Barrier was taken down and they replaced it with a newer and much better one.
