This image is from the City of Sydney's Sydney Streets exhibition : http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/SydneyStreets
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Gas lights Gas lit the streets in 1841. By March 1843 there were 165 gas lamps in the city. They comprised of 14 Government lights, 11 Corporation lamps, 106 Publicans’ lights, and 34 Private lamps. Most householders still used the cheaper oil lamps. This document, comparing the benefits of oil and gas street lamps, is the first report of the City Council's Lighting Committee. The location of each gas street lamp is given in the document, along with the names of the owners and their businesses. The list includes the colourful and evocative names of the 106 hotels that operated in Sydney in 1843. (image: City of Sydney Archives, CRS 30/1/1) |