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History of Dights Falls
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John Dight
John Dight of Campbell Town bought portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, on 7 November 1838. Over a few years, he built a brick mill ( a small brick house) on the site and began the making of flour. -
Ownership changed
In November 1843, the ownership of the land was passed down to John Dight and his brother Charles Hilton Dight. -
Flour milling abandoned
In 1864, the flour milling use was abandoned and the mill was rented to Thomas Kenny. -
patent safety blasting power Co
In the mid 1870s, the construction was used by the Patent Safety Blasting Powder Co. -
Sold mill and subdivided land
The Dight family sold the mill construction to Edwin Trennery in 1878 and afterwards he subdivided the land. -
Mill rebuilt
The original mill on the river bank remained unused until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' built a new mill and associated buildings on the site. The mill race was remade in mostly the same position on the site, they used bluestone blocks from Dight's old mill building, and a new mill and associated buildings were constructed some distance from the site of the original mill building. -
founding act of Melbourne established
In 1890, the founding of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was started -
Melbourne flour milling company
This establishment was sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company, run by the Hon. -
Licenced the construction and maintenance
the Board issued a licence to the company in 1895 for the building and maintenance of the weir at the Falls. -
Mill was sold and suffered a fire
in 1909 The Melbourne Flour Milling Co sold. Its mill and plant on the banks of the Yarra at Abbotsford to Messrs John Darling and Son, the well known millers and wheat merchants of South Australia. the mill suffered a fire and was ruined . Most of what was left of the mill buildings was taken apart and removed from the site in the twenty years following the fire. -
rebuild of the mill
The Weir although partially rebuilt in 1941 is of historical importance as it indicates the position of the original weir and the role it played in diverting the river to the turbine house. Built to help control the Yarra, its presence shows the importance of the Yarra River in the role of the mill.