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Charles Crimes
the first European to explore the yarra river -
Melbourne was settled
land was sub-divided and the first public land sales were held shortly after. -
John Dight
He purchased Melbourne block 88, which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra river -
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John notified the costumers thought the Sydney herald that he was leaving to go to port fillip -
The first steam powered flour mill
dight built his water powered mill, soon after, from bricks bought over from Tasmania. -
the changing ownership of dight's mill
the dight family abandoned flour milling in 1864 and the property was sold to Edwin Ternary in 1872 -
Edwin Trennery
the property was sold to Trennery in 1878, Trennery subdivided the land. -
the original mill on the water bank
It remained unoccupied until 1888, when flour millers Gillepie, Aitken and Scott operating under the name of "Yarra falls flour mills' -
the mill race was rebuilt
it was rebuilt in much the same position using bluestone blocks from dights old mill building, and a new mill and associal building was constructed -
the existing weir
the existing weir at dights falls dates back to 1895 when a timer structure was built to provide weir to the Melbourne flour milling company -
the mill changed
the mill changed hands for a final time in 1919 befor it was destroyed by a fire -
the first documented reconstitution
it accoutred in 1918 when part of the timber weir washed away in a flood -
the breach of the weir
it occurred after heaver rainfall in 1967. most of the timber decking, walings and rock fill had washed away or were irritably damaged -
Melbourne water
In 1993 Melbourne water, recognising that the weir was a barrier to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir.