Welcome to Toganmain Woolshed Precinct
Most Important Announcement...
Our 150th Celebration date has changed.
It will now be held on the weekend of the:
13th to the 15th June, 2025.
All the details will be available soon but please make a note of this change of date.
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Request for Information:
We're trying to contact members of the Barnett family ie Trevor Barnett and sons Royden and Bryce – shearing contractors on Toganmain for many years.
Please get in touch if you know how we could get in touch with these people.
For more on our recent NSW Heritage Listing click the button above.
A Call to Action
Help Us Preserve Toganmain Woolshed
The Toganmain Woolshed is a vital part of our region’s cultural heritage, and we need your help to ensure its legacy endures. We’re exploring funding opportunities to restore this iconic site, document its stories, and host a grand 150th anniversary in 2025.
Share your thoughts and show your support by contributing to our Support Register using our online form. Your input will help us strengthen our efforts to secure grants and bring these preservation projects to life. Together, we can keep the spirit of Toganmain alive for generations to come.
Toganmain Stories
Do you have a personal story about Toganmain? Did you, a family member or a friend work there? We'd love to about hear it!
Please get in touch with us via our dedicated storytelling email address and we'll get back to you and make sure your tail becomes part of our collection: stories@toganmain.org.au
Here's a new piece we've just come across from P.J.C. Wallace's 1928 diary.
Contact Email
Please note that the email address to get in touch has changed slightly. Don't worry if you forget and use the old one, we'll still get your message.
The new address is: info@toganmain.org.au
Information about 2025 Working Bees will be available late January.
Pre-registration for all Working Bees is compulsory.
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Toganmain: A Legacy of Riverina Wool
Nestled between Darlington Point and Carrathool along the Murrumbidgee River, Toganmain Station was a key player in the Riverina's wool industry. Established by Sir Alexander Macleay and expanded by the Robertson family from 1867, it boasted 167,000 acres and significant river frontage. In its prime, the station's massive 75 by 25 metre woolshed, equipped with 110 blade stands and later Wolseley machines, was renowned for its high-quality wool. Toganmain's prosperity mirrored the wool boom of the early 20th century but waned with the advent of synthetic fibres and drought. Today, it remains a symbol of Australia's rich pastoral history.
Even today the woolshed conjures up memories of the great pastoral holdings which occupied Murrumbidgee River frontage from Darlington Point to Hay. The vision for the site is an immersive curated museum that will use recorded oral shearers stories, written accounts and interpretative signage, to bring to life Australia's vital pastoral history in an environment which stimulates all the senses.