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Australian Gas Light Company, Jenkins Street, Sydney 1870-1875

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(Mitchell Library)

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American & Australasian Photographic Company

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Australian Gas Light Company

Energy supply company formed in Sydney in 1837 which supplied gas to Sydney street lights from 1841. It oversaw the conversion to natural gas in 1976, and diversified into electricity before merging with Alinta in 2006. AGL Energy is still a power retailer.

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Millers Point

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Inner-city suburb on the western side of the Harbour Bridge's southern approaches. It was named for the windmills that were built on its heights, and their owner, John Leighton, known as Jack the Miller.