Dights Fall

Indigenous Australians use Dights Falls

1837

Indigenous Australians uses Dights falls as a meeting place, for hunting fish and for river crossing before the europeans took over the land/river.

Constructing Brick Mill - John Dights

Period: 1838 to 1842

Over the next few years, he constructed a brick mill on the area and started the production of flour.

John Dight acquires land

Nov 7, 1838

John Dight of Campbell Town acquired portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, on 7 November 1838.

Passing ownership

1843

ownership of the land passed to John Dight and his brother Charles Hilton Dight.

Abandonment

1864

The flour milling use was abandoned and the mill was sold to Thomas Kenny

Changing onwership

Period: 1870 to 1909

Sold to lots of people during this time.

Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works

1890

Selling the mill to Messrs John Darling and Son

1909

The Melbourne Flour Milling Co sold its mill and plant on the banks to Messrs John Darling and Son, the well known millers and wheat merchants of South Australia.

Destroyed Mill

1909

the mill suffered a fire and was destroyed. Most of what remained of the mill buildings was broken and removed from the area.