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History Of Dights Falls

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  • A search party was led at Dights Falls.

    A search party was led at Dights Falls.

    Charles Grimes found Dights Falls and led a search party there .
  • Land was bought along the Yarra.

    Land was bought along the Yarra.

    John Dight bought 26 acres of land along the Yarra River.
  • The first steam powered Flour Mill was built.

    The first steam powered Flour Mill was built.

    The first steam powered Flour Mill was made in Melbourne.

  • Flour Milling stoped.

    The Dight family stopped Flour Milling

  • The land along the Yarra was sold.

    The Dights sold there land to Edwin Trennery.
  • The Flour Mill was named

    The Flour Mill was named

    Millers Gillespie Aitken and Scott made a new Flour Mill and named there company 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills.'

  • The Mill was sold

    'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' was sold.

  • The Mill was sold again.

    The 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' was sold for the last time

  • The first reconstruction of he Mill.

    The first reconstruction activity occurred in 1918 when some timber washed into flood waters.
  • Another reconstruction

    Another reconstruction

    A breach at the weir prompted another reconstruction.

  • The Weir was rebuilt again.

    The Weir was built with concrete to secure everything in place to provent another breach.

  • It was recognised that the weir was blocking fish.

    Melbourne Weir recognized that the weir was a barrier to fish swimming up stream

  • Fish Way was built.

    A rock fish way was built to help fish swim up stream.
  • The final Fish Way was built.

    The final Fish Way was built.

    The final Fish Way construction was started.
  • The final Fish Way was built.

    The final Fish Way was built.

    The final Fish Way constuction was completed.