Woolsheds, South Australia Explained

Woolsheds, South Australia should not be confused with Woolshed Flat, South Australia.

Type:town
Woolsheds
State:sa
Postcode:5400
Dist1:18
Dir1:northwest
Location1:Gawler
Lga:Light Regional Council
Stategov:Schubert
Fedgov:Grey
Coordinates:-34.48°N 138.64°W
Near-E:Wasleys
Near-S:Reeves Plains
Near-Sw:Fischer
Near-W:Redbanks
Near-Nw:Pinkerton Plains
Footnotes:[1]

Woolsheds is a locality in the lower Mid North of South Australia north of the road between Gawler and Mallala.

The Country Fire Service shed at Woolsheds is signed as Woolsheds-Wasleys. It is across the road from the former Woolsheds Methodist Church.

The church was originally in the Gawler then Gawler West Methodist circuits and later in the Hamley Bridge then Adelaide Plains Methodist circuits, but has been closed for many years. The church was built in 1875 as a Bible Christian chapel. It became Methodist on church union in 1901. The church (and hence the locality) received the name "woolsheds" due to it being near to the woolshed on a neighbouring property.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Woolsheds (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0028207 . 5 July 2006 . 23 March 2018.
  2. News: WOOLSHEDS CHURCH 70th ANNIVERSARY . . 4,952 . South Australia . 9 March 1945 . 24 March 2018 . 2 . National Library of Australia.