The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL)
Contact
- Street address
- Mortlake Works, Tennyson Road, Mortlake 2137
- Postal address
- As above
- Phone
- (02) 9736-7566 / 9922-8345
- Fax
- (02) 9922-8241
- Website
- http://www.agl.com.au/
- Enquiries to
- Historian (02) 660-3107
About
- Officer in charge
- Manager, Group Human Resource Development
- Hours & facilities
- Open by appointment. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals, original records to A3, photographs, newspapers, maps and plans. Referral to paid researchers is available on occasion.
- Acquisition focus
- In principle AGL Archives includes all records of AGL and associated companies which are no longer required for frequent reference. A selection is then retained after culling according to a disposal schedule. Data-base now available.
- Quantity
- 150m
- Major holdings
- AGL and Associated Companies: Historic photographs c1880-1990s (6,000 indexed); Works plans c1870s-1980s (1500 indexed); Industrial relations files c1900-1980s; News cuttings 1880s-1990s (4m); Corporate files 1950s-1990s; Mains minutes 1880s-1960s (15m); House journals 1920s-1990s; Appliance information 1890s-1970s.
- Board Minutes and other records 1836-1921 deposited in State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library.
Last updated: 23 June 2005