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🚨 Our Open Days - Done and Dusted! 🚨
Wow! We are absolutely blown away by the incredible support for our Open Days at Toganmain Woolshed. It was a whirlwind, but your enthusiasm made it all worthwhile!
A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a fantastic success. We truly appreciate your support! 🙌
150th Celebration Markets
As part of our 150th celebration, we’ll have a variety of market stalls offering delicious food and a range of other goodies. If you’re interested in running a stall, click the button below to download the form for full details, and secure your spot as soon as possible!
Toganmain on the Tele
If you haven't seen the feature about Toganmain that was broadcast on ABC's Landine program last July click the button below to check it out.
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
🤝 Join Our Easter Working Bee at Toganmain! 🤝
April 18th-21st, 2025 is your chance to get hands-on and be a part of our community! We're inviting all supporters, especially newcomers, to join our Easter Working Bee.
➡️ Please register to attend, even if you've volunteered before.
Essential Info: New volunteers will also need to complete a separate Volunteer Application Form.
The Shearers by Andrew Chapman
For over 30 years, Andrew Chapman has captured the heart of Australia’s shearing sheds and the resilient workers who keep them alive. Some of his stunning images were taken at Toganmain, preserving a way of life that, against all odds, continues to endure. Buy your copy here and help Toganmain as well!
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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.