Cordillo Downs Woolshed to be repaired this year

From the ABC North and West facebook page:

" The largest woolshed of its kind in the world will get a face-lift this year, thanks to some handy work from training stonemasons.

The 136-year-old Cordillo Downs Station woolshed, near Innamincka in the state's remote far north, lost part of its roof in a freak storm two years ago.

A team of tradespeople will work on the building in June while learning traditional methods of preserving historic sites.

HSR Australia Project Manager, Mitch Cleghorn, said it will be exciting to see the start of the shed’s restoration.

"These places really tell a story about the way we lived in the landscape historically," Mr Cleghorn said.

"They can be conduits for knowledge and information, they're a way to interact with our past and they sort of have this unity and identity written into their very fabric."

The project is a collaboration between HSR Australia, Construction Industry Training Board (South Australia), Applied Building Conservation Training and Environment SA News.

Flinders University heritage conservation students will also journey to the shed to undertake further analysis."

Cordillo Downs Conservation Rescue website