Dights Falls

By ealek22

  • 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.