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Wurrundjeri people
Dight falls was owned by the Wurrundjeri people -
Expedition
Charles Grimes led his survey party on a river expedition to the Yarra Falls area -
Settlement
Melbourne is settled -
John Dight
John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra River -
John Dight leaving to go to Port Phillip
John Dight notified his customers from his flour mill in New South Wales, through The Sydney Herald that he was leaving to go to Port Phillip. -
First steam powered flour mill
The first steam powered four mill was constructed in Melbourne in 1841. Dight built his water powered mill, soon after, from bricks bought over from Tasmania. -
Abandonment
The Dight Family abandoned flour milling -
SOLD!
The property was sold to Edwin Trennery -
SOLD AGAIN!
The mill race was rebuilt in much the same position using bluestone blocks from Dight’s old mill building, and a new mill and associated buildings were constructed. This enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
Foundations
A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
First reconstructon
The first documented reconstruction activity occurred when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters. -
Breach
A breach of the weir prompted another rebuild and the distribution of 1.5 tonnes of rock from the edge of the weir downstream. -
Another Breach
A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall. Most of the timber decking, walling and rock fill had washed away or were irreparably damaged during this flood. -
What we see today
The original timber piles were capped by concrete, replacing the timber deck and resulting in the weir structure that we see today. -
Fishway
Melbourne Water, recognising that the weir was a barrier to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir
