Wallarah Colliery was a
coal mine
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
located near
Crangan Bay,
Nords Wharf,
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia, and originally above ground utilities were at Mine Camp, very near
Catherine Hill Bay
Catherine Hill Bay is a coastal bay and village on the southern peninsula forming Lake Macquarie, south of the Pacific Ocean entrance channel at Swansea in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government ar ...
. Originally coal was moved by above ground railway from Mine Camp area to the Catherine Hill Bay jetty, but after the move to Crangan Bay, it was moved underground to surface very near the jetty.
City of Lake Macquarie
Coal mines in New South Wales
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