Dights Falls

By masok

  • 1803

    1803
    Charles Grimes was the first European to explore the Yarra river. Photo: Portrait of Charles Grimes.

  • 1835

    1835
    Melbourne was settled and subdivided. Photo: settlement of early Melbourne.

  • 1839

    1839
    John Dight purchased 26 acres of land along the Yarra river in Melbourne. Photo: Land that John Dight purchased.

  • 1840

    1840
    John Dight and his family left Sydney to move to Port Phillip. Photo: Map of the location of Dights Falls

  • 1841

    1841
    The first steam powered flour mill was made. Photo: Steam powered mill on a lake.

  • 1860

    1860
    A rough construction was made of the weir. Photo: weir being constructed.

  • 1864

    The Dight family abandoned flour milling.

  • 1878

    1878
    Property was sold to Edwin Trennery. Photo: Signifying that Dights Falls was sold.

  • 1888

    The original mill on the river was left unoccupied.

  • 1891

    1891
    The the mill was rebuilt and the business was sold to the Melbourne Four Milling Company. Photo: Melbourne Flour Milling Company building and employees.

  • 1895

    A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.

  • 1909

    The mill was destroyed in a fire and the land changed hand for the last time.

  • 1918

    The first documented reconstruction occurred.

  • 1940

    The weir was reconstructed with 1.5 tonnes of rock.

  • 1967

    1967
    There was damage to the weir occurred due heavy rainfall. Photo: Signifying rainfall.

  • 1968

    Original timber piles were capped by concrete.

  • 1993

    Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway.

  • 2012

    A new fishway was built to make a safer and more efficient way for fish to migrate.