South Australian Gas Company

South Australian Gas Company (later known as SAGASCO) was founded in 1861 in Adelaide, within the Colony of South Australia. One of the chief promoters and first Chairman of Directors was Henry Ayers, a prominent resident of Adelaide who was associated with the Burra Burra copper mines. The first gas works was located at Brompton with others located at Port Adelaide, Glenelg, Thebarton, Osborne, and regional areas when the Provincial Gas Company was amalgamated with the South Australian Gas Company in 1878.