Clayton Farm Heritage Museum

Last updated
Clayton Farm Heritage Museum
Clayton Farm Heritage Museum.jpg
A view of old farming equipment at Clayton Farm Heritage Museum.
Australia South Australia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location within South Australia
Established1885
Location Bordertown, South Australia
Type Farm museum

An old wagon situated at the museum. Clayton Farm Heritage Museum.JPG
An old wagon situated at the museum.

Clayton Farm Heritage Museum is the former home of the Wiese family located off Naracoorte Road on the outskirts of Bordertown, South Australia. It consists of a group of historical thatched buildings and sheds, including the largest thatched structure in the Southern Hemisphere. The historic farm homestead dates back to 1885 with a woolshed dating back to 1901. Volunteers have spent over 20 years restoring the homestead, stocking it with a substantial collection of restored historical farm machinery and stationary engines.

The Wiese family occupied Clayton Farm until 1981, when Jeff Wiese reached an agreement with the Bordertown and District Agricultural Museum to lease an area of 3.48 hectares of land containing an outstanding collection of historic buildings. [1] In February 2004, a fire swept through the museum and destroyed several sheds and some machinery. It was feared the museum would be closed but rebuilding has begun.

The farm was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 20 November 1986. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keweenaw National Historical Park</span> U.S. national historical park in Michigan

Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service. Established in 1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2009, it is a partly privatized park made up of two primary units, the Calumet Unit and the Quincy Unit, and 21 cooperating "Heritage Sites" located on federal, state, and privately owned land in and around the Keweenaw Peninsula. The National Park Service owns approximately 1,700 acres (690 ha) in the Calumet and Quincy Units. Units are located in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bordertown, South Australia</span> Town in South Australia

Bordertown, formerly Border Town, is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's east near the state border with Victoria about 250 kilometres (160 mi) east of the state capital of Adelaide. It is where the Dukes Highway and the railway line cross the Tatiara Creek between Adelaide and Melbourne, the capital of Victoria.

Regency Park is an inner-northern suburb of Adelaide, 6 km from the City Centre, in the state of South Australia, Australia. It is located in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, and is adjacent to Wingfield, Angle Park, Ferryden Park, Kilburn, Prospect, Dudley Park and Croydon Park. It is bounded to the north by Grand Junction Road, east by the Gawler railway line, south by Regency Road and to the west by Days and South Roads. The postcode for Regency Park is 5010.

Weald and Downland Living Museum Open-air living museum

The Weald and Downland Living Museum is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Farm</span> Rural estate in New South Wales, Australia

Elizabeth Farm is a historic estate located at 70 Alice Street, Rosehill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Farm was the family home of wool pioneers John and Elizabeth Macarthur. The estate was commenced in 1793 on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Sydney Cove. The Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people are the traditional custodians of the area; their presence is recalled in the name Parramatta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haile Homestead</span> Historic house in Florida, United States

The Historic Haile Homestead, also known as Haile Plantation House or Kanapaha, is a historic site and museum in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is located at 8500 SW Archer Rd. SR 24. On May 2, 1986, the plantation house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.The Homestead is unique in the Nation for its "Talking Walls." For a reason lost to time the Haile family and friends wrote over 12,500 words on the walls, dating back to the 1850s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tatiara District Council</span> Local government area in South Australia

Tatiara District Council is a local government area located in south-eastern South Australia. The name Tatiara is said to mean "the good country", a phrase which dates back to the area's first inhabitants, the Bodaruwitj people. It is one of the largest local government areas in South Australia at 6,476 km2 (2,500 sq mi). The district's economy is based primarily on agriculture, with cereal crops such as wheat, barley and oats and with livestock such as sheep, cattle and pigs prominent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Days Mill and Farm</span>

Days Mill and Farm comprises an historic steam-driven flour mill, farm and homestead at Murchison South, Victoria, Australia constructed in 1865 by William and Anne Day. The mill is the best preserved 19th century flour mill in Victoria and a remarkably intact heritage site.

Koppio is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 256 kilometres (159 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Port Lincoln, and within the Tod River catchment area. While long-established agricultural activities dominate the region is also prospective for graphite and iron ore. The Koppio Smithy Museum is a local tourist attraction replete with buildings and artifacts representing the early pioneer heritage of Eyre Peninsula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jondaryan Woolshed</span> Historic site in Queensland, Australia

Jondaryan Woolshed is a heritage-listed shearing shed at Evanslea Road, Jondaryan, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1859-60 to replace an earlier, smaller woolshed on the former Jondaryan pastoral station, which was at one stage the largest freehold station in Queensland. The woolshed was the scene of significant labour conflict in the late 1880s and early 1890s, as the station became a test case for the new Queensland Shearers Union in the lead-up to the 1891 Australian shearers' strike.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">District Council of Wirrega</span>

The District Council of Wirrega was a short-lived local government area in South Australia in existence from 1884 to 1888.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Savernake Station</span> Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

Savernake Station is a heritage-listed working farm located at 2341 Mulwala Road, Savernake, Federation Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built from 1862. It is also known as Savernake Homestead. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 15 March 2013. The heritage listing includes the station's moveable heritage, including significant collections and archives relating to the property.

Mayfield is a heritage-listed homestead complex at Mayfield Road, Lower Boro, Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Islington Sewage Farm</span> Building in South Australia, Adelaide

The Islington Sewage Farm was a sewerage treatment facility located at Tam O'Shanter Belt/Islington in South Australia, which operated from 1881 until 1966.

The New Zealand Timber Museum is located in Putaruru, New Zealand. Its main purpose is to celebrate and preserve the history of the timber industry in the South Waikato District with which it has had a connection dating back to the 1900s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum</span> Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum, open-air heritage museum, Laidley, Queensland, Australia

The Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum is an historic open-air museum located in the town of Laidley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia, on the corner of Drayton Street and Pioneer Street. It portraits rural life in Queensland from the early 19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homebush Homestead</span> Homestead in Homebush, New Zealand

Homebush Homestead was a historic home in Homebush, New Zealand, belonging to the early pioneering Deans family. The homestead was severely damaged during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. It was demolished soon after. It has since been replaced by a new building, designed by Athfield Architects Limited.

References

  1. "Clayton Farm". Tatiara District Council.
  2. "Clayton Farm Complex, including Dwelling, Shearing Shed, Hay Shed, Chaff Shed, Stables, Blacksmithy, Cottage and Workshop". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

36°19′54″S140°45′31″E / 36.3316°S 140.7587°E / -36.3316; 140.7587