Dights Falls History By James239 1800 Aboriginals Fish Trap 1803 Found It was found by Charles grimes. 1835 Sub Divided Melbourne was eventually settled in 1835. Land was sub-divided and the rst public land sales were held shortly after. 1841 John Dight John bought the land in 1839 and built a flour mill 1918 The Reconstruction From the damaging floods 1940 Reconstruction again 1941 John dights made a water powered mill 1967 Reconstruction 1993 Fish Trap 2010 Melbourne water took control