Timeline of Dights Falls

By ggmckenz

  • 1800s

    Changing owner ships of Dights mill a number of times mid-late 1800's

  • 1803

    Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra
    Traditional owners of the lower Yarra

  • 1835

    1835
    Melbourne was eventually settled. This is a map of Dights Falls.

  • 1839

    1839
    The first weir at Dights falls , John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, along the Yarra river

  • 1840

    John Dight went to go to port Phillip

  • 1841

    First steam four powered mill was made

  • 1860s

    John Dight construction of a weir

  • 1878

    1878
    The property was sold to Edwin Trennery. This is a picture of Dights falls in 1875

  • 1888

    Original mill on riverbank remained unoccupied until
    new mill and associated buildings were constructed.

  • 1891

    This enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.

  • 1895

    A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne flouring-milling company.

  • 1909

    The mill was destroyed in a fire

  • 1918

    1918
    First documented reconstruction activity occurred. This is a different map of Dights Falls.

  • 1940

    The weir was constructed with 1.5 tones of rock

  • 1967

    Another breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall

  • 1968

    original timber pines were capped by concrete

  • 1993

    1993
    Melbourne constructed a water fish way. This is a picture of the old fish way made from rocks.

  • 2012

    2012
    A new fish way was built.
    This is a picture of the construction of the new fish way a few years ago.