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European settlement
Charles Grimes, founded the Yarra dight falls in 1803 he soon led his survey party to the yarra to settle. -
European settlement
the settlement ended in 1835, the land was divided and the public lands was sold. -
the first weir at dight falls
in 1839, John dight purchased block 88 in Melbourne, which had 26 archers along the Yarra river for 481 shillings. -
flour mills
dight was already a flour milling company near Campbell in NSW called 'cares' in 1840 he notified his customers he was moving to port Phillip bay. -
first flour mill built in port Phillip bay
the first steam powered flour mill was built in 1841. soon he had bricks sent in from Tasmania to make a water powered flour mill.
Dight used the river to power his mill the water flowed along an inlet that powered the water wheel. -
Constructing the weir
to maintain the flow of the river or in case the water levels dropped in the river Dight constructed a rough stone weir. -
abandoning dight falls
in 1864 Dight abandoned the flour mill -
new owners
in 1878 Edwin Trennery bought the block of land -
new owners
The original mill was not in use until 1888 -
new flour millers
when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken & Scott started operating under the name 'Yarra falls roller mills' created a new mill & new buildings related to the site. -
rebuilding
the mill race was rebuilt and new building related to the property and its uses & then was sold in 1891. -
burnt down
once again it was sold for a final time it had caught on fire and was destroyed. -
ruins
if you visit today you can still the ruins from the damage the fire caused.
