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412:Power Politics: The Electricity Crisis and You
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251:Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria
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192:Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria
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523:The Ballarat Gas Company's Act 1857
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409:Spoehr, John (2003).
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198:Ballarat Gas Company
264:Geelong Gas Company
216:Geelong Gas Company
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