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The Australian Gas Light Company (1837 - )

From
1837
Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales
Functions
Electricity and Gas and Water Supply
Alternative Names
  • AGL
Website
http://www.agl.com.au

Summary

Established by an Act of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales in 1837. The company was established to manufacture and distribute gas in Sydney (Town). It currently operates under the provisions of New South Wales "The Gas Act 1986".

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Archival resources

Current location of archives is unknown

  • The Australian Gas Light Company records, 1870 - 1990; Current location of archives is unknown. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • The Australian Gas Light Company records, 1837 - 1961, ML Mss 1687; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

  • Charles Jeffries records, 1836 - 1964, P38; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Behind the flame: the story of a great industry, 1955. Details
  • Broomham, Rosemary, First Light, 150 years of Gas, Hale and Ironmonger, Sydney, 1987, 240 pp. Details
  • Lukey, R.J., Historical sketch on the completion of its diamond jubilee 1837-1897, Australian Gas Light Co, Sydney, 1897, 42 pp. Details
  • Stace, D., The challenge of sensible excitement at AGL, Centre for Corporate Change, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of NSW, Sydney, 1992. Details

Journal Articles

  • Ginswick, J., 'Foundations of the Australian Gas Light Company', JPRAHS, vol. 45, pp. 226-265. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010