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Charles Grimes led his survey party
It was on a river expedition to the Yarra Falls -
Melbourne was settled
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John Dight purchased a block in Melbourne
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John Dight is now owns a flour mill
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.
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The Dight Family abandoned flour milling.
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The flour mill property was sold to Edwin Trennery
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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.
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This enterprise was sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company.
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The mill changed hands for a final time right before it was destroyed by fire
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The first documented reconstruction activity occurred when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
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The first documented reconstruction activity occurred when part of the timber weir washed away in flood waters.
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A further breach of the weir occurred after heavy rainfall
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Melbourne Water, recognising that the weir was a barrier to fish migration constructed a rock fishway to allow fish to move around the weir.
