Fishways Timeline By Tamarisa By Tamarisa.J 1803 Report of unfavourable prospects settling there 1835 Melbourne was eventually settled 1839 John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88 1840 John Dight left for Port Phillip 1841 First steam powered flour mill. Soon after Dight built his water powered mill 1864 Dight family abandoned flour milling 1878 Property sold to Edwin Trennery 1888 Started operating as Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills 1891 Sold to Melbourne Flour Milling 1895 Weir was made out of timber which provided water 1909 Destroyed in a fire 1918 Weir timber washed away in floods 1940 Breach on the weir prompted a rebuild 1967 After heavy rainfall another breach occurred 1993 Barrier was built