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Jan 1, 1803
Charles Grimes was believed to be the first European to explore the Yarra River. -
Jan 1, 1835
Melbourne was settled and sub-divided. -
Jan 1, 1839
John Dights purchase Melbourne's block 88 along the Yarra River. This was 26 acres of land. -
Jan 1, 1840
John Dight left to go to Port Phillip Bay. -
Jan 1, 1841
First Steam powered flour mill was created in Melbourne. -
Jan 1, 1860
A rough construction of a weir was made. -
Jan 1, 1864
John Dight and his family abandoned flour milling. -
Jan 1, 1878
A property was sold to Edwin Trennery. -
Jan 1, 1888
New flour mill was constructed -
Jan 1, 1891
The enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling company. -
Jan 1, 1895
A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling company. -
Jan 1, 1909
The flour mill was destroyed in a fire and changed hands for one last time. -
Jan 1, 1918
First documented reconstruction occurred when part of timber weir was washed away by a flood. -
Jan 1, 1967
Another breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall. -
Jan 1, 1993
Melbourne water constructed a rock fishway which allowed the fish to move around weir. -
Jan, 1 2012
New fishway was built -
November 9, 2014
Weir was constructed with 1.5 tonnes of rock
