History of Dights Falls

By nearj22

  • Wurrundjeri People

    The Wurrundjeri People meet at Dights Falls to trade and hold special events

  • Charles Grimes Explores

    Charles Grimes was sent to go and explore the Port Phillip area

  • Charles Grimes Finds Dights Falls

    Charles Grimes traveled by boat down the Yarra in which he reached Dights Falls

  • John Dight Buys Land From Dights Falls

    A man named John Dight who was a flour miller, brought a peice of land next to Dights Falls

  • John Dights Moves To Port Phillip

    John Dights moves to Port Phillip

  • John Dight Builds Melbourne's First Stream Powered Flour Mill

    John Dights builds a flour mill in Dights Falls which is the first one to be built and powered by water

  • Old Weir Materials

    In 1895 parts of the old weir had been built but now will most likely be retained under-water

  • Mill Destroyed By Fire

    In 1909 the mill was destroyed by fire

  • First Fishway Built

    The first fishway was built and it was built out of rocks

  • Fish Migration Struggles

    In 1993, Melbourne water realised that weir was an obstacle to the fish to migrate river up-flow to the Yarra-River and so they decided to install a fish ladder

  • First Construction Of New Fishway

    They started to build the new fishway

  • Discussion of New Weir and Fishway

    In 2010, they started discussing the idea to replace the weir and build a new fishway

  • New Fishway Finished

    The new fishway was completed