Electricity Down Under!

By seansk

  • First Electric Light

    The first electric light is put on public display in Australia at the Observatory in Sydney.

  • First Street Light

    Tamworth is the first Australian town to have street lighting. Penrith, Moss Vale, Broken Hill and Redfern follow soon after.

  • First Electric Street Lights

    Melbourne is the first city in Australia to have a power station and the first to have electric street lights.

  • First Power Station

    Sydney gets its first power station. It’s built in Pyrmont, which today looks very different!

  • One Third Homes in Australia Have Electricity

    By now, one third of all homes in Australia have electricity and the most popular appliance is the clothes iron.

  • Electricity in Austrlia

    There are nearly 8 million households with electricity in Australia, and 70% have a computer.