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1803
Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra river. Photo: Portrait of Charles Grimes. -
1835
Melbourne was settled and subdivided. Photo: settlement of early Melbourne. -
1839
John Dight purchased 26 acres of land along the Yarra river in Melbourne. Photo: Land that John Dight purchased. -
1840
John Dight and his family left Sydney to move to Port Phillip. Photo: Map of the location of Dights Falls -
1841
The first steam powered flour mill was made. Photo: Steam powered mill on a lake. -
1860
A rough construction was made of the weir. Photo: weir being constructed. -
1864
The Dight family abandoned flour milling. -
1878
Property was sold to Edwin Trennery. Photo: Signifying that Dights Falls was sold. -
1888
The original mill on the river was left unoccupied. -
1891
The the mill was rebuilt and the business was sold to the Melbourne Four Milling Company. Photo: Melbourne Flour Milling Company building and employees. -
1895
A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
1909
The mill was destroyed in a fire and the land changed hand for the last time. -
1918
The first documented reconstruction occurred. -
1940
The weir was reconstructed with 1.5 tonnes of rock. -
1967
There was damage to the weir occurred due heavy rainfall. Photo: Signifying rainfall. -
1968
Original timber piles were capped by concrete. -
1993
Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway. -
2012
A new fishway was built to make a safer and more efficient way for fish to migrate.