No, not a grain store.
And sorry it's come through as a link and not an image.
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I have seen these type of buildings before, built as explosives stores around mines. The ones i am thinking of are around the copper mine at Burra, but these are not those.
Onya HG.
Cordillo Downs it is. NE South Aust. Between Innamincka and Birdsville.
Not now in operation, this was the largest shearing shed ever built in Australia.
Up to 88 shearers could shear at once. In 1878 a pastoral lease was taken up for Cordillo Downs Station and by 1883,
10,000 sheep were being run on the property.
In 1900 Cordillo amalgamated with Cadelga and Haddon Downs and the property spread across 102,400 sq km,
shearing 100,000 sheep a year.
Shearers caught the old Central australian Railway train to Lyndhurst or Farina (600km south)
and then cycled or walked the rest of the way! Some may have been lucky enough to have a horse.
The wool clip was transported by Afgan camel train to the railway.
The domed roof of this old shearing shed is characteristic of the buildings on Cordillo Downs station.
On the flat gibber plains of the region, wood is very scarce, and a method of construction to minimise
the use of roofing timber was sought.
The solution was a domed, corrugated iron roof structure, supported by butrussed
stone walls more than half a metre thick. Up to 88 shearers could shear at once; 4 shearers to a port hole.
The sheep were penned down the middle. Other buildings on the station were built in the same style.
Dingos and drought took their toll on the sheep. Since 1942 Cordillo Downs has only run cattle.
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Onya HG.
Cordillo Downs it is. NE South Aust. Between Innamincka and Birdsville.
Not now in operation, this was the largest shearing shed ever built in Australia.
Up to 88 shearers could shear at once. In 1878 a pastoral lease was taken up for Cordillo Downs Station and by 1883,
10,000 sheep were being run on the property.
In 1900 Cordillo amalgamated with Cadelga and Haddon Downs and the property spread across 102,400 sq km,
shearing 100,000 sheep a year.
Shearers caught the old Central australian Railway train to Lyndhurst or Farina (600km south)
and then cycled or walked the rest of the way! Some may have been lucky enough to have a horse.
The wool clip was transported by Afgan camel train to the railway.
The domed roof of this old shearing shed is characteristic of the buildings on Cordillo Downs station.
On the flat gibber plains of the region, wood is very scarce, and a method of construction to minimise
the use of roofing timber was sought.
The solution was a domed, corrugated iron roof structure, supported by butrussed
stone walls more than half a metre thick. Up to 88 shearers could shear at once; 4 shearers to a port hole.
The sheep were penned down the middle. Other buildings on the station were built in the same style.
Dingos and drought took their toll on the sheep. Since 1942 Cordillo Downs has only run cattle.
Well cut off me legs and call me shorty!! Who would have thought :lol:
Thanks for the write up rhs58, amazing stuff.
Onya HG.
Cordillo Downs it is. NE South Aust. Between Innamincka and Birdsville.
Not now in operation, this was the largest shearing shed ever built in Australia.
Up to 88 shearers could shear at once. In 1878 a pastoral lease was taken up for Cordillo Downs Station and by 1883,
10,000 sheep were being run on the property.
In 1900 Cordillo amalgamated with Cadelga and Haddon Downs and the property spread across 102,400 sq km,
shearing 100,000 sheep a year.
Shearers caught the old Central australian Railway train to Lyndhurst or Farina (600km south)
and then cycled or walked the rest of the way! Some may have been lucky enough to have a horse.
The wool clip was transported by Afgan camel train to the railway.
The domed roof of this old shearing shed is characteristic of the buildings on Cordillo Downs station.
On the flat gibber plains of the region, wood is very scarce, and a method of construction to minimise
the use of roofing timber was sought.
The solution was a domed, corrugated iron roof structure, supported by butrussed
stone walls more than half a metre thick. Up to 88 shearers could shear at once; 4 shearers to a port hole.
The sheep were penned down the middle. Other buildings on the station were built in the same style.
Dingos and drought took their toll on the sheep. Since 1942 Cordillo Downs has only run cattle.
Hi We went through SA last year and guess what the one place we missed was Cordillo Downs. The information you have provided is amazing, size, distance, and hardship, we are going back that way again in October 2010 on the Drive 4 Life tour (if you want a great trip with great people have a look here drive4life.com.au ) this is now a must see, thank you.
Regards Richo.
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Didn't someone else post a Spot the Spot here a while back about a gum tree with an incredible girth?
There are some really good properties out this way for 4WDing. Bendleby Ranges isn't far away and Horseshoe Ranges is also close by cosisting of two properties I think as I have read about tracks at both Horseshoe Top-End and Horseshoe Rim. These tracks are all within about 45minutes of Orrorroo
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