Woolsheds, South Australia

Not to be confused with Woolshed Flat, South Australia.

"Woolsheds" redirects here. For other uses, see Woolshed (disambiguation).

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

Woolsheds South Australia
Former Woolsheds Methodist Church
Woolsheds
Coordinates	34.48°S 138.64°E / -34.48; 138.64
Population	27 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5400
Location	18 km (11 mi) northwest of Gawler
LGA(s)	Light Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Schubert
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Woolsheds: Pinkerton Plains Redbanks Woolsheds Wasleys Fischer Reeves Plains
Footnotes	[2]

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,^[3] 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.^[4]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woolsheds (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: Woolsheds (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 5 July 2006. SA0028207. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
3. Methodist Church of Australasia. Adelaide Plains Methodist Circuit; Methodist Church of Australasia. South Australia Conference (1871), Adelaide Plains Methodist Circuit, retrieved 24 March 2018
4. "WOOLSHEDS CHURCH 70th ANNIVERSARY". The Bunyip. No. 4, 952. South Australia. 9 March 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.