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History of Dights Falls
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John Dight
John Dight of Campbell Town bought portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke. Over a time period of a few years he built a brick mill (a small brick house) on the property and began making the flour. -
Ownership changed
In November 1843, ownership of the land passed to John Dight and his brother Charles Hilton Dight. -
Flour milling abandoned
In 1864, the flour milling use was abandoned and the mill leased to Thomas Kenny. -
Patent Safety Blasting Powder Co
In the mid 1870s, the property was used by the Patent Safety Blasting Powder Co. -
Sold Mill and subdivided land
The Dight family sold the mill site to Edwin Trennery in 1878 and afterwards subdivided the land. -
Mill rebuilt
The original mill on the river bank remained empty until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' built a new mill and associated buildings on the site. The mill race was remade in much the same position on the site using bluestone blocks from Dight's old mill building, and a new mill and associated buildings were constructed some distance from the site of the original mill building. -
Founding act of melbourne established
In 1890, the founding Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was established -
Enterprise Sold
This enterprise was sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company, run by the Hon. -
Licenced the construction and maintenance
The Board issued a licence to the company in 1895 for the construction and maintenance of the weir at the Falls.