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debuted in the same year. In 1955, they began competing in the
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Influence. A History of the Gas Industry in Victoria
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851:Ballarat Energy Storage System
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261:Left, Outside (31 May 2013).
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369:"Privatisation in Australia"
203:Gasworks Arts Park – History
121:Privatisation and winding up
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343:"Natural Gas in Victoria"
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30:Metropolitan Gas Company
415:Edwards, Cecil (1969).
267:Narracan Shire Advocate
404:Proudley, Ray (1987).
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1083:Energy Safe Victoria
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38:Ballarat Gas Company
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34:Geelong Gas Company
22:Victoria, Australia
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1021:Red Energy
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608:Bald Hills
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172:References
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