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Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra river.
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Charles Grimes settles in Melbourne
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John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, this included 26 acres of land along the Yarra river for 481 euros.
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John Dight had a business in flour milling, he notified his customer he was leaving through the Sydney Herald.
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The The first steam powered flour mill was constructed was constructed in Melbourne.
John Dight build his water powered mill soon after the first steam powered mill was constructed. -
The Dight Family abandoned their flour mill in 1864 and sold it to Edwin Treenery in 1878.
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The mill remained abandoned until the year 1888.
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The mill race was rebuilt in the same position using
bluestone blocks from Dight’s old mill building, and a new mill
and other buildings were constructed. These buildings were
sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
The mill owners for a final time before it was burnt by fire. The mill ruins of the mill can still be found at Dights Falls to this day.
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In this year the first repairs (that were documented) on Dight Falls took action.
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Finally the weir downstream was beginning to be fixed
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More reconstruction occurred after heavy rainfall.
Most of the timber decking, walings and rock fill had washed
away or were damaged (to damaged to repair) during this flood. -
Recognising that the weir was a barrier
to fish migration there was a rock fishway was constructed to allow fish to move around the weir.
