Timor, Victoria (1.6 km) long - including houses, hotels and stores. Timor prospered until the collapse of the local mining industry during World War 1. The general store, established in 1852, is one of the oldest shops in the state and a school was established in 1863. The school still operates but the store ceased trading in 1997, after 145 years of continuous operation. The last pub closed in 1963. Timor, Victoria Timor is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Central Goldfields, north of Maryborough and north west of the state capital, Melbourne. Now a
State Electricity Commission of Victoria State Electricity Commission of Victoria The State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV, ECV or SEC) is a government-owned electricity supplier in Victoria, Australia. It was set up in 1918, and by 1972 it was the sole agency in the state for electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply. Control of the SECV was by a Board of Commissioners appointed by the Victorian Government. After 1993, the SECV was disaggregated into generation, transmission and distribution companies, which were further split and then privatised in the mid to late 1990s. However, electricity supply agreements with the Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters were