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Dight Falls TimeLine

By seymoe
  • 1803

    1803
    Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra River. This is a photo of Charles Grimes
  • 1835

    Melbourne was settled, and subdivided
  • 1839

    1839
    John Dight purchased block 88 (26 acres) along the river. This is a drawing of the block 88 John Dight purchased.
  • 1840

    1840
    John Dight left to go to Port Phillip. A photo of the Phillip Island bay.
  • 1841

    1841
    First steam flour mill was made. The flour mill.
  • 1860

    1860
    Made rough construction of the weir. A picture of the weir
  • 1864

    Dight Family abandoned the flour mill.
  • 1878

    1878
    Property was sold to Edwin Trennery. The picture of the property sold to Edwin Trennery.
  • 1881

    1881
    New Flour Mill was constructed. People using the new flour mill.
  • 1891

    Enterprise was sold
  • 1895

    A trimber structure was built to provide water to the melbourne flour milling company.
  • 1909

    The mill was destroyed in a fire, and changed hands for the last time.
  • 1918

    First documented reconstruction occurred.
  • 1940

    Weir was constructed with 1.5 tones of rock.
  • 1967

    Another breach of the weir occured after a heavy rainfall.
  • 1968

    Original timber piles were capped by concrete.
  • 1993

    Melbourne water constructed a rock fish away.
  • 1993

    Melbourne water constructed a rock fish way.
  • 2012

    New fish way was built