page_title: Yarra Falls
hierarchical_section_title: Yarra Falls
caption_attribution_description: English: Yarra Falls before its 1883 demolition, facing towards Melbourne and with Cole's Wharf in the background.
context_page_description: Yarra Falls was a waterfall on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia that was demolished in 1883 through the use of dynamite in order to prevent a repeat of the floods of 1863 and 1878. It formed a low barrier, separating the brackish tidal water found downstream from the fresh water found above it, and in doing so provided potable water for the young settlement.
context_section_description: Yarra Falls was a waterfall on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia that was demolished in 1883 through the use of dynamite in order to prevent a repeat of the floods of 1863 and 1878. It formed a low barrier, separating the brackish tidal water found downstream from the fresh water found above it, and in doing so provided potable water for the young settlement.
caption: Yarra Falls, in the midground, before its demolition
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