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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