Fishways Timeline By Tamarisa

By Tamarisa.J

  • Report of unfavourable prospects settling there

  • Melbourne was eventually settled

  • John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88

  • John Dight left for Port Phillip

  • First steam powered flour mill. Soon after Dight built his water powered mill

  • Dight family abandoned flour milling

  • Property sold to Edwin Trennery

  • Started operating as Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills

  • Sold to Melbourne Flour Milling

  • Weir was made out of timber which provided water

  • Destroyed in a fire

  • Weir timber washed away in floods

  • Breach on the weir prompted a rebuild

  • After heavy rainfall another breach occurred

  • Barrier was built