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The Mill
John dight of campbell town bought the land for the mill and began construction of it. -
Ownership of the Mill
ownership of the mill passed to John dight and his brother, Charles Hilton dight -
The Mill was Abandoned
the flour milling use was abandoned and the mill leased to Thomas Kenny. -
Selling The Mill
The Dight family sold the mill site to Edwin Trennery, and he subsequently subdivided the land -
Re use of the mill
The original mill on the river bank remained unoccupied until 1888, when flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of 'Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills' constructed a new mill and associated buildings on the site -
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The weir
In 1890, the founding Act of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was established and the Board issued a licence to the company in 1895 for the construction and maintenance of the weir at the Falls. -
re-building of the mill
The mill race was rebuilt 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. -
Someone New Bought The Mill
This enterprise was sold in 1891 to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company, run by the Hon. James Bell. -
the land was sold again
In 1909 The Melbourne Flour Milling Co sold its mill and plant on the banks of the Yarra at Abbotsford to Messrs John Darling and Son, the well known millers and wheat merchants of South Australia -
The Fire
John Darling and Son extended the lease with the Board of Works, but for a period of only three months. Within this time, however the mill suffered a disastrous fire and was destroyed. Most of what remained of the mill buildings was dismantled and removed from the site in the twenty years following the fire. -
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After the fire
The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works has controlled and owned the site for most of the twentieth century. The site consists of the remains of the head race, tail race, turbine house, retaining wall and weir.