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The Dight Family's mill and land along the Yarra changed hands a number of times in the mid to late 1800s.
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Charles Grimes, Surveyor General of New South Whales, is believed to be the first European to explore the Yarra River.
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Melbourne had eventually settled in 1835. Land was sub-divided and the first public land sales were held short after.
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In 1839 John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra River for £481 at the at the Port Philip land sales held in Sydney.
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Dight was already in business of flour milling and had a mill near Campbell Town in NSW called 'Ceres'.
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The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne in 1841
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The Dight family abandoned flour milling in 1864 and the property was sold to Edwin Trennery in 1878.
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The original mill on the river bank remained unoccupied until 1888, when 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 sight.
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The mill race was rebuilt in much the same position using bluestone blocks from Dights old mill building, and a new mill and associated building at the sight.
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The existing weir at Dight Falls dates back to 1895 when a timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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The mill changed hands for a final time in 1909 before it was destroyed by fire. The mill race and ruins of the mill can still be found at Dight Falls today.
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The first documented reconstruction activity occurred in 1918 when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
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A breach of the weir on the 24th of December 1940 prompted another rebuild and the distribution of 1.5 tonnes of rock from the edge of the weir downstream.
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A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall in 1967. Most the timber decking, walling, and rock fill had washed away or were irreparably damaged during this flood.
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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
