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charles grimes led his first survey party
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Melbourne was eventually settled
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john dight purchased Melbourne block 88 which includes 26 acres of land along the Yarra River.
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Dight in 1840 notified his customers though the Sydney Herald that he was leaving to go to Port Philip.
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The first steamed power mill was constructed in Melbourne in 1841. Dight made the mill soon after bricks from Tasmania.
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the dight family abandoned the flour milling in 1864. then the property was sold to to Edwin Ternnery in 1878.
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the original mill on the river remained unoccupied until 1880, when the flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of "Yarra falls roller flour mills" constructed a new mill and associated buildings at the site.
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the mill race was rebuilt in much the same position using bluestone blocks from the Dight's old mill building.
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The existing weir at Dight Falls dates back to 1895 when the structure was built to provide water tot he Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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the mill changed hands one last time in 1909 before it was destroyed by a fire. it can still be found.
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The first documented reconstruction activity occurred in 1918 when part of the timber weir washed away.
