Dights falls

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  • Owned by the Wurrundjeri People

    Owned by the Wurrundjeri People

    Dights Falls was an important crossing and meeting place for marrige, trade, despute resolution and other cermonies for the Wurrundjeri People.
  • Yarra river was discovered

    Yarra river was discovered

    Yarra river was discovered by Charles Grimes
  • John Dight brought land along the Yarra River

    John Dight brought land along the Yarra River

    He wanted to construct a flour mill using the rivers water
  • John Dight build and operate a flour mill.

    John Dight build and operate a flour mill.

    He built and operated a flour mill, by using the rivers water to power the flour mil.l
  • Flour mill abandoned

    Flour mill abandoned

    The Dight family abandoned the Flour mill
  • The weir was sold

    The weir was sold

    The property was sold to Edwin Trennery in 1878. Trennery subsequently subdivided the land.

  • Sold again

    Dights Falls was unoccupied until 1888, it was sold to new owners who rebuilt a new flour

  • Dights Falls changed ownership one last time before it was destroyed

    Dights Falls changed ownership one last time before it was destroyed in a fire

  • The rebuild of the weir

    Timber from the weir was washed away in the river, so weir was rebuilt

  • New Fishway and Weir Constucted

    A new fishway was built and the old weir replaced due to its lack of reliability.