Eraring

Postcode: 2264

Eraring is a small town in the west of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. It is situated north of Morisset.

Eraring was designated Newport in the hope that a port facility would be built there, but this never happened. Some farming was established. Dr. Leighton Jones, who was known as the Monkey Doctor because he conducted rejuvenation operations using monkey glands, moved into the area in the 1930s. A public school opened in 1924.

Construction began on Eraring Power Station in 1975. It was completed in 1984. Most of the workers live in the surrounding area rather than in Eraring itself.

Eraring Power Station is a base load station commissioned during the early 1980s, with four

660MW coal fired, steam turbine driven power generating units.

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