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Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra river. Photo: Portrait of Charles Grimes.
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Melbourne was settled and subdivided. Photo: settlement of early Melbourne.
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John Dight purchased 26 acres of land along the Yarra river in Melbourne. Photo: Land that John Dight purchased.
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John Dight and his family left Sydney to move to Port Phillip. Photo: Map of the location of Dights Falls
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The first steam powered flour mill was made. Photo: Steam powered mill on a lake.
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A rough construction was made of the weir. Photo: weir being constructed.
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The Dight family abandoned flour milling.
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Property was sold to Edwin Trennery. Photo: Signifying that Dights Falls was sold.
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The original mill on the river was left unoccupied.
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The the mill was rebuilt and the business was sold to the Melbourne Four Milling Company. Photo: Melbourne Flour Milling Company building and employees.
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A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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The mill was destroyed in a fire and the land changed hand for the last time.
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The first documented reconstruction occurred.
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The weir was reconstructed with 1.5 tonnes of rock.
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There was damage to the weir occurred due heavy rainfall. Photo: Signifying rainfall.
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Original timber piles were capped by concrete.
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Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway.
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A new fishway was built to make a safer and more efficient way for fish to migrate.
