Scholz Electrical understands that it is important to know where we have come from, not just where we are going.

We have put together the biographies of those individuals responsible for the inventions and ingenuity that have assisted in the development of electrical systems we use today.

• History of Electricity from its Beginning
  • Static Electricity
  • Electrochemistry
  • Basis of Electricity 1826
  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • Primary cells and Secondary Batteries
  • The Telegraph
  • Arc Lights
  • The D.C. Electric Motor
  • The Telephone
  • The incandescent Light
  • The DC Generator
  • The Alternating Current System
• The Telegraph Era from 1854
  • The Overland Telegraph Line
• Electricity in Australia and Overseas from 1882
• Electricity in Brisbane 1882 – 1888
• Progress of Electricity 1888 – 1914
  • Thargomindah 1893
  • Charters Towers 1897
  • Rockhampton 1898
  • Toowoomba 1905
  • Warwick 1912
  • Ayr 1914
• Famous Men in the story of Electricity