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Owned by the Wurundjeri People
During this time period, the land of that Dights Falls is settled on, was once owned by the Wurundjeri People, and was a meeting place for trade, marriage, to solve conflict, and was host to many more ceremonies. -
Charles Grime explores the land of Dights Falls
Charles Grime was believed to be the first European to explore the land of Dights Falls. -
Melbourne was settled
When Melbourne settled in 1835, then they started to sub-divide the land for sale. -
Land purchased by John Dight
John Dight, who was in the flour mill industry, bought Block 88 of land in Melbourne. John Dight purchased this block of land of 26 acres near the Yarra River for £481. -
John Dight moves to Port Phillip
After his flour mill business in Port Phillip was running for a year, John Dight decided to move to Port Phillip to grow his business. -
First Steamed Flour Mill Made
After the First Steamed Flour Mill was made, John Dight built his water-powered mill, and soon after made of bricks brought from Tasmania. -
Wooden Weir was Built
In 1895, a Wooden Weir was built, but later was proven inefficient because it is unlikely to retain water. -
Dight abandoned Flour Mill
In 1864, John Dight abandoned his Flour Mill and in 1878 was later sold to Edwin Trennery, and later Trennery sub-divided the land -
Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills
After Edwin Trennery's purchase of Block 88 in 1878, the original mill was unoccupied until 1888, when 3 flour millers, Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, who operated under the name of Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills constructed a new mill. -
The Changes of Dights Flour Mill
In 1891 it was sold to a enterprise Melbourne Flour Milling Company. -
The End of Dights Flour Mill
After many new owners, Dights Flour Mill changed owners for the final time in 1909 before it was destroyed by a fire. -
Rock Fishway was constructed
In 1993, a Rock Fishway was constructed by Melbourne Water after realising that the weir was blocking fish migration. They built the fishway to help divert the fish away from the weir to make their migration smoother. This fishway only partially worked and the weir continued to be a major barrier for fish migration -
New Weir and Fishway constructed
After realising that the old weir was still a major barrier for fish migration, Melbourne Water decided in 2010 that construction for a new weir and fishway due to lack of reliability of the old weir and fishway.
