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Land was owned by the Wurundjeri Balluk clan.
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Charles Grimes is believed to be the first European to explore the Yarra River.
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In 1835, settlement in Melbourne begun.
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In 1839, John Dight had purchased Melbourne block 88, which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra River.
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In April 1840, Dight's flour mill was going well and then he had decided to move to Port Philip.
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The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne in 1841. Soon after Dight built his water powered mill.
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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 1800's
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The Dight family had abandoned flour milling in 1864.
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After the Dights had quit flour milling, in later years the land was sold to Edwin Trennery.
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The original weir on the river bank remained unoccupied until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, constructed a new mill and associated building at the site.
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The mill was rebuilt much the same position using bluestone from Dight's old milling building. This enterprise was sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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The existing weir at Dights 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 had been handed over for a final time in 1909 before it was sadly destroyed by a fire. The race and ruins of the mill can still be found at Dights falls today.
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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.
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Today, the area remains an important spiritual place for the Wurundjeri Balluk People
