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Dight Falls land lord changes
The owner of the Dight Falls changes quite often in the 1800s -
The discovery of Dights Falls
Charles Grimes, led his survey party on a river expedition to the Yarra Falls (DightsFalls) area in 1803 reporting unfavourably on the prospects of settling there. -
Melbourne settles in Dights falls area.
Melbourne was eventually settled in 1835. Land was sub-divided as well. -
John Dight Purchased Melbourne block 88
In 1839 John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88. -
John Dight leaves to Port Phillip.
1840 , John Dight notified his customers through The Sydney Herald that he was leaving to go to Port Phillip. -
John Dight heads to Port Phillip.
1840, John Dight notified his customers through The Sydney Herald that he was leaving to go to Port Phillip. -
First steam powered flour mill was created.
The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne
in 1841. Dight built this using the land we now call "Dight falls". -
Dight Family Abandoned the flour mill.
The Dight Family abandoned flour milling in 1864 and
the property was sold to Edwin Trennery. -
The original mill is remade.
Flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating
under the name of ‘Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills’ constructed a
new mill and associated buildings at the site. -
New buildings are added to the new mill.
New buildings were constructed with the mill. This enterprise was
sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
The whole site is destroyed.
The mill changed hands for a final time in 1909 before it was
destroyed by fire. The mill race and ruins of the mill can still be
found at Dights Falls today.