The Sydney County Council (SCC) was formed in 1935 to produce electricity and operate the electricity network in a number of municipalities in metropolitan Sydney. Unlike other New South Wales county councils, which were voluntary associations of local councils to undertake local government activities permitted or required of them by the Local Government Act 1919, Sydney County Council was established under a separate piece of legislation by the state government to perform the electricity distribution and streetlighting operations of the local government areas concerned. On its establishment it assumed control of the Electricity Department of the Sydney City Council, which was already supplying electricity to other municipalities. In 1952, the SCC lost most its electricity generation functions to the Electricity Commission of New South Wales and retained only its distribution functions. The SCC was merged with other municipal county councils in 1990 to form Sydney Electricity.
Plaque on exterior wall of The Sydney County Council Bulk Stores building, at 87-103 Epsom Road Rosebery, with its Latin motto, translated as "Let the future excel the past".
Queen Victoria Building on George Street
The General Manager's suite in the Queen Victoria Building, 1937. The office was panelled in Queensland Walnut (Endiandra palmerstonii) supplied by Beale & Company.
Eric Sydney Spooner was an Australian politician.
Eric Spooner