Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC P10-611
Title
Colonial Gas Association Ltd
Date(s)
- 1924 - 1953 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1888 - 1953)
Administrative history
Formed in 1888 as The Australasian Gas Association Ltd., it became Colonial Gas in 1893 with local founding shareholders, Melbourne engineer John Coates and Ballarat ironmonger W.H. Eyres. The firm later acquired a number of provincial gas companies throughout Australia.