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Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra River.
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Charles Grimes first settled in Melbourne.
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John Dight bought Melbourne block 88 which had 26 acres of land. This block was along the Yarra River and it was sold for 481 euros.
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In April, John Dights used The Sydney Herald to let everyone know that he was leaving to go to Port Phillip.
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The first steam powered flour mill was built in Melbourne. He built his water powered mill later on after the bricks from Tasmania were brought over.
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The Dight family abandoned flour milling.
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The Dight family sold the property of the flour mill to Edwin Trennery. Then Edwin Trennery subdivided the land.
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The mill on the river bank remained unoccupied until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott constructed a new mill.
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The mill race rebuilt almost identically the same using bluestone blocks from Dight’s old mill building. This enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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The mill swapped owners for the last time before is was destroyed by fire. The mill can still be found at Dights Falls today.
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The timber of the weir was washed away in flood waters and The Minister for Public Works said that the weir would be rebuilt.
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There was a breach on 24 December and they had to rebuild the the weir.
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A heavy rainfall occurred and most of the timber decking, walings and rock fill had been washed away or they were damaged during the flood.
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The Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway to allow all the fish to move around the weir.
