Perth Gas Company was a gas producer in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia. It had plant in

East Perth East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

that was constructed in 1886, and superseded by new operators and plant in 1922. The company conducted a range of improvements and modifications to its works. In the 1890s there were various governmental actions regarding the company. The company was in liquidation in 1913. It was the predecessor to the

East Perth Gas Works East Perth Gas Works was built in 1922 for the Perth City Council to produce town gas from coal, supplying the city of Perth in Western Australia. It could initially supply of gas per day. It was built on the site of the earlier 1886 Perth ...

which established its operations a decade later. Records of the company have survived in archival institutions.

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East Perth, Western Australia 1886 establishments in Australia Defunct oil and gas companies of Australia Energy in Western Australia Companies based in Perth, Western Australia 1913 disestablishments in Australia Australian companies established in 1886 Energy companies established in 1886 Energy companies disestablished in 1913 {{PerthWA-stub