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1 CE
Wurundjeri Balluk
The traditional landowners of the area around Dights Fall were the Wurundjeri Balluk, part of the Woiworung language people. This area was an important meeting place for trade, marriage, dispute resolution and other ceremonies. It also provides the people with fish and animals for hunting meaning that they could stay in this area for a number of weeks at a time. -
1803
Charles Grimes, Surveyor General of NSW, led his survey party on a river expedition to the Yarra Falls (Dights Falls) area. -
1835
Melbourne was eventually settled in. -
1839
John Dights purchased Melbourne block 88 at the Port Phillip land sales held in Sydney. -
1840
John Dights notified his flour milling costumers through the Sydney Herald that he was leaving and moving to Port Phillip. -
1841
The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne. -
1864
The Dights Family abandoned flour milling. -
1878
The property was sold to Edwin Trennery. -
1888
The original mill on the river bank remained unoccupied until this date. -
1891
The 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mill' was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
1895
A wooded weir was built at Dights fall to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
1909
The mill changed owners again before it was destroyed by a fire. -
1918
The first documented reconstruction occurred. -
1940
A gab in the weir needed to be repaired. -
1967
Another gab in the weir occurred after heavy rainfall. Most of the timber decking, waling and rock fill had washed away or were very badly damaged. -
1968
The timber piles were capped by concrete which replaced the timber deck. -
1993
Melbourne water recognised that the weir was a barrier to migrating fish and decided to construct a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir. -
2010
Construction began on the new weir and fishway. -
2012
November, the new weir and fishway was finally completed.
