Dights Falls

dights falls

1838

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

Dights Falls

1843

Over the next few years, he constructed a brick mill on the site and began the production of flour. In November 1843, ownership of the land passed to John Dight and his brother Charles Hilton Dight.

Dights Falls

1864

In 1864, the flour milling use was abandoned and the mill leased to Thomas Kenny.

Dights Falls

1870

In the mid-1870s, the site was used by the Patent Safety Blasting Powder Co.

Dights Falls

1878

The Dight family sold the mill site to Edwin Trennery in 1878 and he subsequently subdivided the land.

dights falls

1888

The orginal mill on the river bank remained unoccupied until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and scott operating under the name of 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' constructed a new mill and associated buildings on the site

dights falls

1890

In 1890, the founding Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of works was established and the board issued a licence to the company in 1895 for the construction and maintenance of the weir at the falls. 1890 - 1895

Dights Falls

1890

In 1890, the founding Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was established and the Board issued a licence to the company in 1895 for the construction and maintenance of the weir at the Falls.

Dights falls

1891

This enterprise was sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company, run by the Hon. James Bell.

dights falls

1909

In 1909 The Melbourne Flour Milling Co sold ?its mill and plant on the banks of the Yarra at Abbotsford to Messrs John Darling and Son, the well known millers and wheat merchants of South Australia.

Dights Falls

1909

John Darling and Son extended the lease with the Board of Works, but for a period of only three months. Within this time, however the mill suffered a disastrous fire and was destroyed. Most of what remained of the mill buildings was dismantled and removed from the site in the twenty years following the fire.