Hi Ken,
Thank you for expanding the thread and for bringing to our attention the remarkable
list of achievements of Henry Sutton of Ballarat.
It is true that until your post I for one had never heard of him. I read the link
you provided and it is truly amazing.
I Googled and also found this link here -
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/SUTTON_BIO.html
which also includes this image from "The Telegraphic Journal and
Electrical Review" of November 7th, 1885 of his "Telephane" apparatus -
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/TELEPHANE.GIF
Hard to imagine that at the same time when some of his fellow Victorians
were busy shooting at the constabulary, blacksmithing themselves
ineffective bush armour and helmets and bailing up the locals at the
Glenrowan pub, that Henry Sutton was independently developing the electric light.
And we also know which of the two got all the press, fame, paintings and movies
made about them.
Thanks again.