John Oxley entered the Peel River ... extended to West Tamworth. In 1888 Tamworth became the first town in the Southern Hemisphere to have a municipally-operated electric street lighting, earning ...

We’ve had Captain Sir Tom Moore and now the new version celebrating the history and heritage of Tamworth, with Sir Robert Peel, Tamworth Pigs, Butch and Sundance, the Castle, St Editha’s and ...

Tamworth was the first municipality in Australia ... The lights were first powered by steam engines out of the Peel Street power station. They were only designed to power the streetlights ...

The statue of Sir Robert Peel ... Bill," Mr Cook said. Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher said the statue was being protected from "agitators who can't get their history right".

He is one of Britain’s greatest statesmen and a major figure in world history ... Peel passed almost unnoticed recently, except by The Peel Society which marked the occasion in Tamworth.