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Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra River -
Everyone settled into Melbourne -
John Dight of Campbell town explored the Yarra. -
John Dight created the first mill, that was made of bricks. -
John Dight created the first STEM-powered mill -
The ownership of the site was passed to John Dight and his brother, Charles Hilton Dight -
The family abandoned flour milling and the mill was leased to Thomas Kenny -
The family sold the mill to Edwin Trennery and he subdivided the land. -
The original mill was left alone until 1888 -
The founding Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was established and was issued a license by the board for construction and maintenance of the weir at the falls
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Three flour millers, Gillespie, Aitken and Scott built a new mill and associated them on the site. -
A mill race was built using the bricks from John Dight's mill, then was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling company run by Hon. James Bell -
The Melbourne Flour Milling Co sold it's mill and plant on the banks of the Yarra at Abbotsford to Messrs John Darling and Son. John Darling and Son are well known millers and wheat traders of South Australia -
A new fishway was built
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