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Charles Grimes led his his survey party
It was held on a river expedition to the Yarra Falls -
Melbourne was eventually settled.
Land was sub-divided and the first public land sales were held shortly after. -
John Dight purchases Melbourne block 88
It included 26 acres of land along the Yarra River for £481 at the Port Phillip land sales held in Sydney. -
John Dight owns a flour mill
He notified customers of his through The Sydney Herald that he was leaving for Port Phillip -
The first steam powered flour mill was established
John Dight owned it and it was created in Melbourne -
The Dight family's mill and land along the Yarra changed
Hands a number of times in the mid to late 1800s. -
The Dight family abandon flour milling
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The property sold to Edwin Trennery
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The original mill on the river bank was unoccupied until 1888
When flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of "Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills" constructed a new mill and associated buildings at this site -
The mill race was rebuilt
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 in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
The mill changed hands for a final time.
The mill changed hands for a final time in 1909 before it was
destroyed by fire. The mill race and ruins of the mill can still be
found at Dights Falls today. -
The first documented reconstruction activity occurred
The first documented reconstruction activity occurred in 1918
when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters. The
Minister for Public Works at the time declared that the weir would
be rebuilt, although the extent of these works is not known. -
A breach of the weir on 24 December 1940
A breach of the weir on 24 December 1940 prompted another
rebuild and the distribution of 1.5 tonnes of rock from the edge of
the weir downstream. -
A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall in 1967.
A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall in 1967.
Most of the timber decking, walings and rock fill had washed
away or were irreparably damaged during this flood. -
In 1993 Melbourne Water, recognising that the weir was a barrier to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir.
In 1993 Melbourne Water, recognising that the weir was a barrier
to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move
around the weir. Whilst considered best practice at the time, the
rock fishway way was only partially effective and the Dights Falls
Weir continues to act as a major barrier to native fish migration
in the Yarra River.
