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Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra River
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Melbourne was settled and the land was sub - divided
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John Dight purchases a Melbourne block, 88. The block was 26 acres and runs along the Yarra river.
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john Dight builds his flour mill. he uses the river to power the mill, water flowed into a channel in order to turn an undershot water wheel. John Dights built a stone weir.
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The Dight family abandons the flour mill.
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The mill was born by Edwin Trennery, he sub - divides the land.
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Flour millers, Gillespie, Atkins and Scott construct an new mill at the building site
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This vendor was sold to the 'Melbourne Flour Miller Company'
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A timber structure was built to provide water to the mill.
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The mill was destroyed by a fire.
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The weir was built using 1.5 tones of rock after a breach.
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Original timber pines were capped with concrete.
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Melbourne water builds a rock fishway, this is after they realise the weir is a barrier for the fish population.
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A new and more effective fishway was built.
