Welcome to Toganmain Woolshed Precinct
Bookings are now open for our Open Days on 30th and 31st August. We look forward to welcoming you all.
Available now - Toganmain Woolshed: Then and Now — not to mention all sorts of other goodies! Click the button above to check it out.
Coming Soon - 150th Celebration Gallery
Here's a sneak peak.
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 tale becomes part of our collection.
Toganmain on the Tele
We've been covered by ABC Landline twice now. If you haven't seen the original feature about Toganmain that was broadcast on ABC's Landine program last July click the button below to check it out.
Below that is a link to the 29th June episode with lots of updates and coverage of our 1150th Celebration weekend.
Volunteering at Toganmain
The ongoing work at Toganmain Woolshed Precinct is mostly of a highly specialised nature. There may also be general working bees down the track.
To help out we first need to have all volunteers registered. To do so, if you haven't already, click the buttom below and complete our Volunteer Registration form.
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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
