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Dights falls was a meeting place for tribes and clans they used this place to trade, marriage, dispute resolution and other ceremonies For the Wurrudjeri people
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Charles Grims is believed to be the very first European to explore the Yarra river. He took his survey party for an expadition to the Yarra Falls (Dights falls)
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Melbourne settled in 1835, shortly after making its first sale and the land being sub-divided.
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In 1839 John Dights purchased Melbournes block 88 Which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra for £481 at the Port Phillip land sale held in Sydney.
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John had a flour mill business it had been going very well for the past year so he decided to pack up and move to Port Phillip
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The very first steamed flour mill was constructed and shortly after they built a water powered mill
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In 1895, a wooden weir was constucted.
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In 1993, a rock-way fish way had been built but recently was proven ineffective.
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In 2010, A new weir was constructed and replaced the old one weir that was ineffected