He had to notifies his customers through that he was leaving to go to Port Phillip.
The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne.
It was owned by John Dight
The Dight Family’s mill and land along the Yarra changed hands a number of times in the mid to late 1800s.
The Dight Family abandoned flour milling.
The flour mill property was sold to Edwin Trennery
Flour millers Gillespie, Aitken and Scott, operating under the name of ‘Yarra Falls Roller Flour Mills’ constructed a new mill and associated buildings at the site.
This enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
The mill changed hands for a final time right before it was destroyed by fire
The first documented reconstruction activity occurred when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
The first documented reconstruction activity occurred when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall
Melbourne Water, recognising that the weir was a barrier to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir.
