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Charles Grimes, surveyor general of new south wales, is believed to be the first European to explore the Yarra river
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Melbourne was eventually settled in 1835. Land was sub-divided and the first public land sales were held shortly after.
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in 1839 John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88, which included 26 acres of land along the Yarra river for $481 at the Port Philip land sales held in Sydney
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dight was already in the business of flour milling and had a mill near campbell town in New South Wales called 'ceres'.
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the first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne in 1841
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the dights family abandoned flour milling in 1864 and the property was sold to Edwin Tennery in 1878
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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'
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the mill race was rebuilt in much the same position using bluestone blocks from dights old mill building, and a new mill and associated buildings were constructed.
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the mill changed hands for a final time in 1909 before it was destroyed by fire. the mill race and ruins of the mill can still be found at Dights falls today