About Meningie Cheese Factory Museum
The Meningie Cheese Factory Museum is a local history museum housed in the former Meningie Cheese Factory on Princes Highway in Meningie, on the shores of Lake Albert in the Coorong district of South Australia. Established in the 1911 cheese factory building, it preserves and displays the district's dairying, agricultural and social history through cheese-making equipment, machinery, photographs and artefacts documenting settlement around the Coorong and Lower Lakes region.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a small volunteer-run museum set in the original 1911 cheese factory building on the Princes Highway. Inside are rooms displaying original cheese-making equipment, dairy machinery, agricultural implements, household items, photographs and archival material relating to Meningie and the Coorong district. The setting is a simple single-storey industrial building with surrounding grounds, located close to Lake Albert and the town centre.
Key highlights
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Original 1911 Meningie Cheese Factory building preserved as a museum
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Historic cheese-making equipment and dairy machinery
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Displays of local agricultural, domestic and social history artefacts
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Photographic and archival collection documenting Meningie and Coorong district settlement
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