Clifton Station Wool World

This is a live farming show performed in and around the historic Clifton Station Woolshed. The station of 13,500 acres was bought in 1859 by James Gillespie Gordon. The station now 2000 acres (800 hectares) is owned by Angus and Dinah Gordon, whose children are the 6th generation of Gordons to live at Clifton.

The woolshed itself was built in 1886 by Frank Gordon, the owner’s grandfather. It was originally a twenty-stand blade shearing shed, which was converted to a 12 stand machine shearing shed in 1904. It is now an 8 stand shed, with a night pen carrying capacity of 1000 sheep. In 1912, Frank Gordon replaced most of the roofing timber inside the shed with Oregon timber, and in 1960, John Gordon, Angus’ father re-piled the whole shed with concrete piles.

In 2002 a new shed was built further in on the property allowing this shed to be converted into a museum. It is still used to shear all the sheep on the Clifton Flats and surrounds. In 2006, Angus and Dinah Gordon formed a partnership with Ian and Wendy Richardson called Wool World @ Clifton Station to provide a venue for a live farm show, convention centre, museum and wool retail shop.