I wonder if the Australian type sockets were actually Chinese .... it would make more sense in the old Soviet days of the USSR.
Dave,
Could you please quantify/justify that comment?
The current configuration used in Australia, New Zealand, quite a few island nations of these two countries and also Argentina (that uses the same configuration, but it is inverted), was actually designed in Australia.
There is an Australian Standard that mandates the manufacture of this plug configuration (which escapes me at this point in time).
