Infrastructure tells the story of a city's age, and Sydney's electrical facilities informs a particularly layered story-- one that ranges from the original wiring of federation-era homes in Glebe and Newtown through the post-war residential expansion that filled Sydney's middle suburban areas wit

In the high-voltage environment of an international metropolitan area, the stability of a home's electrical facilities is frequently taken for approved up until the minute a circuit fails or a burning scent wafts from a switchboard. When the lights flicker out across a leafy suburb or a high-rise