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Charles Grimes was believed to be the first the European to explore the Yarra River.
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Eventually Melbourne settled in 1835, shortly after making the first sales and the land being sub-divided
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Block 88 was purchased in 1839 by a man named John Dight who was in the flour mill industry.
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His flour mill business was up and running for a year after that he decided to move to Port Phillip.
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After the First Steamed Flour Mill was created, later on Dight build his Water Powered Mill.
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The Dight Family abandoned the flour mill in 1864.
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The Dight Family Property was sold to Edwin Trennery
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A trimber structure was built to provide water to the melbourne flour milling company.
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The mill was destroyed in a fire, and changed hands for the last time.
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The first documented reconstruction activity occured when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
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A breach of the weir on 24 December 1940 prompted another rebuild and the distribution of 1.5 tonnes of rock from the edge of the weir downstream.
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Most of the timber decking, Wallings and rock fill had washed away or damaged during the flood.
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In 1993, the rock-fishway was constructed but was proven in-efficient recently.
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In 2010, a new fishway was built and the old weir replaced due to its lack of reliablility.