Welcome to Toganmain Woolshed
Cocktails in the Yard
Counting down to 12 September 2026
Open Day from 10:00am to 3:00pm, featuring shed tours, market stalls, historical displays, food and refreshments for all ages.
Every event we hold helps fund the ongoing conservation and community programs of this living piece of Australian pastoral history. We hope to see you there!
In conjunction with the event, a fundraising raffle is now live. Click the button below for details, and to purchase your tickets.
🛍️ Market Stalls
A wonderful range of local vendors will be set up throughout the precinct. Here's what's on offer:
- Eustacia & Co - candles, diffusers, room sprays and bath products
- Kylie Murray - shoe charms
- Rusty Creations - rusty steel garden art
- Possum Patch - garlic-in-honey condiments, sauces, black garlic and Billy Buttons
- Good Riddance Repellent - natural, DEET-free mozzie and midge repellent
- All Sewn Up - patchwork bags, placemats, cosies and phone/glasses cases
- Elizabeth Demamiel - sewing and embroidery
- EBC Pyro - wood-burnt signs, serving boards and small wooden items
- Mirrool Cottage - savoury crackers for cheese platters
- Amanda James - soaps, bath soaks and balms
- Anthony Ritchie - jigsaws and fine art prints
- Glam-a-Sassin - genuine leather and cowhide bags, accessories and Highland cow plushes
- Bakes by Rach - Christmas cakes, biscuits and slices
These stalls are a wonderful opportunity to support local makers and take home something special. Eftpos is available at the stalls. Purchases also help support the ongoing Toganmain Woolshed restoration project.
Upcoming Working Bees
September: 9th - 13th September
This week's focus will be on setting up for Cocktails in the Yard. Come along and lend a hand getting it set up.
We welcome all volunteers. Come along for any or all of the days — every contribution counts.
Available now - Toganmain Woolshed: Then and Now — not to mention all sorts of other goodies! Click the button above to check it out.
Toganmain YouTube Channel
We've made ourselves a YouTube channel. Click the button below to check out the last time Toganmain was used for shearing, as well as a few clips from our most recent working bee.
We'll be adding more videos for your enjoyment soon.
🔨 Calling Builders & Restoration Specialists 🔨
We’re looking for building companies or experienced builders willing to quote on restoration work for our heritage project.
The job involves major restumping of the two main wings of the Toganmain Woolshed - a significant structure with deep historical value. The work can be done in stages, and we’re open to discussing timeframes and logistics.
If you’re interested - or know someone who might be - please get in touch. We’d love to hear from builders who respect the importance of heritage work and are up for the challenge.
Toganmain Stories
Toganmain has touched a lot of lives — shearers, classers, drovers, station hands, and the families who knew them. We're slowly drawing those memories together, putting names to faces and places to dates, and sharing them on our blog, The Holding Pen, as they come in.
Did you work at Toganmain? Did a parent, an uncle, a neighbour, a friend? We'd love to hear your story.
Where is Toganmain, and how can I visit?
Toganmain sits on the Murrumbidgee River deep in the Riverina, between Darlington Point and Carrathool. Whether you're coming for an event or making a trip of it, our visiting guide shows you how to find us, where to stay, and what to see in the surrounding district.
Can't make it to an Open Day? If you're planning to be in the area, it's sometimes possible to arrange a private tour, depending on the availability of our volunteer guides - and the more notice you give us, the better.
Directions, nearby accommodation and attractions, and the tour request form are all on one page.
Toganmain in the Media
Toganmain has featured on television and, more recently, on a national farming podcast - catch up on the coverage below.
ABC Landline first told our story in July 2024, covering the history of the woolshed and the volunteers working to restore it. Click the button below to watch.
Landline returned in June 2025 with plenty of updates and coverage of our 150th Celebration weekend.
In June 2026, the Farm Machines & In-Betweens podcast came out to the shed. Host John Francic sits down with Christine Chirgwin to explore 150 years of Toganmain and the volunteer effort preserving it.
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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.
2024 Page Images: Phil Duval
