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John Pascoe Fawkner sailed a ship here in April, Melbourne has settled in, in August.
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John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, which includes 26 acres of land along the Yarra River. He established Melbourne’s first water-powered flour mill at Yarra Bend.
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John Dight moved to Port Phillip after one year running the flour mill business.
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In 1841 the first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne. The mill was powered by water from the river, soon he brought bricks from Tasmania for it. There was a wheel underneath the water for the mill to work.
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In 1895 the wooden weir was built but it was inefficient because it was underwater and would break easy.
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Dights Falls was owned by the Wurrundjeri People. The Wurundjeri people are the traditional owners of the land that is now known as the City of Yarra.
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In December 1940 the old weir broke, Melbourne was thinking to build a new weir with the same height, shape and form to the existing structure. They would also build a new fishway there.
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In 1979 a wall was built at Dights Falls, the old wall built there was damaged many times and repairing it was not an option so they built a new wall.
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In 1993 the rock fishway was constructed but is now largly ineffective.
