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Gas street lamp
Whale oil lamps might have provided the first public lighting in Australian streets. They were replaced in 1841 by coal gas lamps, like the one in this photo, and then again by electric lights. In 1888 Tamworth, NSW, was the first city in Australia to light its streets electrically. Sydney followed in 1904.
How would this have affected people lives?
What jobs would have been created and what jobs would have been lost with the introduction of electricity?
Why was lighting the streets important?
www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=28106
Gas street lamp
Whale oil lamps might have provided the first public lighting in Australian streets. They were replaced in 1841 by coal gas lamps, like the one in this photo, and then again by electric lights. In 1888 Tamworth, NSW, was the first city in Australia to light its streets electrically. Sydney followed in 1904.
How would this have affected people lives?
What jobs would have been created and what jobs would have been lost with the introduction of electricity?
Why was lighting the streets important?
www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=28106