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1803
Charles Grimes was first to explore Yarra -
1835
Melbourne settled into Australia and the land was subdivided -
1839
John Dight bought Melbourne block 88. This block included 26 acres of land, on the Yarra River. -
1840
John Dight and his family left Sydney to go to Port Phillip -
1841
The first steam powered flour mill was made in Melbourne -
1860
A rough construction was made of the weir -
1864
The Dight family abandoned flour milling -
1878
Property was sold to Edwin Trennery -
1888
The original mill was left unoccupied -
1891
The mill was rebuilt and sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company -
1895
A timber structure was built to provide water for the Melbourne Flour Milling Company -
1909
The mill was demolished in a fire and changed hand for the final time -
1918
First documented reconstruction occurred -
1940
The wire was constructed with 1.5 tonnes of rock -
1967
Damage to the wider occurred due to heavy rainfall -
1968
Original timber piles were capped by concrete -
1993
Melbourne government instructed a rock fishway -
2012
A new fishway was built to create a safer and more efficient way for fish to migrate
