About Glencoe Woolshed
Glencoe Woolshed is a heritage-listed 1863 woolshed in Glencoe in the Wattle Range Council area on South Australia's Limestone Coast, about 27 km northwest of Mount Gambier. Built for Edward and Robert Leake's Glencoe Station to handle up to 53,000 sheep, the large timber 36-stand woolshed is one of Australia's largest and most intact. Now operated as a museum by the National Trust of South Australia, it preserves original shearing equipment and pastoral history.
Visitors guide
Visitors can explore a large historic timber woolshed with 36 shearing stands, original board, pens and early shearing equipment. The interior retains timber construction, slatted floors and pastoral machinery displays. Exhibits interpret 19th-century sheep station life and wool industry history. The site includes surrounding pastoral grounds and outbuildings, with guided tours explaining the building's construction and operation. The setting is rural, on flat pastoral land near Glencoe township.
Key highlights
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36-stand timber woolshed built in 1863, one of the largest intact woolsheds in Australia
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Heritage-listed building retaining original shearing boards, pens and equipment
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Built for Glencoe Station of Edward and Robert Leake, once shearing over 50,000 sheep
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Museum displays on pastoral history and wool industry of South Australia's Limestone Coast