First+Electric+Light

In 1888 as well as having the first telephone exchange Geelong saw its first electric light in the town, it was turned on in queens park road for the town to see “the town oohed and ahhed” at the electric light as it was switched on. The town’s population was significantly changing as it continued to become more developed, by 1889 most of the town had lights on every night although it was a large waste of electricity and didn’t produce hardly any light compared to our bulbs today it was still an interesting turn in the town’s history.