Corporate Body

State Electricity Commission of Victoria (1921 - c. 1993)

State of Victoria

From
1921
Victoria, Australia
To
c. 1993
Functions
Advisory or regulatory body and Energy
Reference No
VA 1002
Legal Status
Public Record Office Victoria, Registered Agency

Summary

The State Electricity Commission of Victoria was established in 1921 and was responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Victoria. The Commission ceased operations in the early 1990s.

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Published resources

Books

  • Edwards, Cecil, Brown power: a jubilee history of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (Melbourne: State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1969), 313 pp. Details
  • Gill, Herman, Three decades: the story of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria from its inception to December 1948 (Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co., 1949), 192 pp. Details
  • Vines, J. A., A technical history of Yallourn Open Cut, 1965 to 1987 (Melbourne, Victoria: State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1989), 311 pp. Details
  • Vines, J. A., A technical history of Yallourn North and Yallourn North Extension Open Cuts, 1965 to 1988 (State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1989). Details
  • Vines, J. A., Train systems: Yallourn and Morwell Open Cuts (Melbourne, Victoria: Generation Victoria, 1994), 247 pp. Details
  • Vines, J. A., A History of Morwell Open Cut: Its Origins and Development to June 1995 (Hazelwood Power Corporation, 1996), 388 pp. Details
  • Vines, J. A., A history of the Loy Yang mine: its origins and development to May 1997 (Victoria: State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 2000), 356 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Public Record Office of Victoria, '3.13.6 State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1921+' in List of Holdings 1985: Public Record Office (1985). Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Resource Sections

  • 'VA 1002 State Electricity Commission of Victoria (previously known as the Electricity Commissioners) 1919-c1993', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2002, https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA1002. Details

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
  • Herman, H., Brown coal, with special reference to the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia (Melbourne: State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1952), 612 pp. Details

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