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Melbourne Settlement
Melbourne was eventually settled and subdivided. -
Yarra River
John Dight bought 26 acres of land beside the Yarra River in Melbourne. -
Flour Milling
John Dight was in the business of flour milling, he was moving to Port Phillip.
The image is of traditional flour milling. -
Steamed powered flour mill
The first steam powered flour mill was built in Melbourne. -
Flour milling
The Dight family abandoned flour milling business. -
Property
The property was sold to a man named Edwin Trennery -
Original mill
The original mill on the river bank was unoccupied until 1888.
The image is of Melbournes river bank -
Flour Milling company
The mill was rebuilt and this enterprise was sold to the Melbourne flour mill company. -
Mill
The Mill changed hands from time in time in 1909 before it was destroyed by a fire.
The image is of an old Melbourne flour mill -
Reconstruction
The first documented reconstruction occurred.
The image is a reconstructed building -
Breach
A breach of the weir on the 24th of December cause the weir to be rebuilt. -
Breach, again
A further breach of the weir made it to be rebuilt, again due to extreme rainfall. -
Timber
The original timber piles were trapped by concrete. -
Melbourne Water
Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway. -
Fishway
The new fishway was rebuilt.
