Myuna Colliery is a coal mine located at Wangi Wangi, New South Wales

Wangi Wangi, New South Wales

Wangi Wangi is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. It is well known as the former home of artist William Dobell...

, Australia

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. The colliery was developed to provide coal for the Eraring Power Station, located 5 kilometres to the west. The mine started in August 1979, with coal production commencing in 1982. The Wallarah, Great Northern and Fassifern coal seams have been mined using bord and pillar mining methods. Coal is transported to the Eraring Power Station by an overland conveyor system.