Bunnerong Power Station, New South Wales

Bunnerong Power Station, New South Wales

Bunnerong Power Station is a demolished former coal-powered electric power station in the south-eastern Sydney suburb of Matraville, New South Wales, Australia. When operating, it was the largest power station in New South Wales, able to supply up to one third of the state's electricity needs.

The station was located on Bunnerong Road in Matraville. It was built between 1926 and 1929 by the "Sydney Municipal Council", the authority responsible for electricity services at the time. The Council operated its own private railway which connected the power station with Botany Goods Yard ["Bunnerong Power Station Railway" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin September, 1948 p30] . The railway continued to operate as a private line when the power station was taken over by the Electricity Commission, including the shunting of a siding to the BORAL plant. On 19 November 1966, there was a fatal accident when a train ran away down the steep grade of this siding. ["Runnaway Train on the Bunnerong Branch" Oakes, John Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February, 2000 pp50-55]

The power station closed in 1973 after local concerns about ash pollution and the construction of the Lake Macquarie power stations. Demolition commenced in 1978, and was finally completed in 1994. [cite web|work=Randwick City Council| title=Bunnerong Power Station|url=http://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/default.php?id=71| accessdate=23 September| accessyear=2007]

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