Funding for Booberoi Woolshed

State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries announced that the historical Booberoi Station Woolshed near Euabalong will receive $100,000 in funding “The project will enhance local and regional heritage skills through the integration of a training program for local youth into the building conservation program, as well as being a case study for a UNSW School of Architecture course with a focus on rural heritage and sustainability,” Mr Humphries said. Booberoi station owner Dennis Stewart said they were very excited about the restoration project.”It’s something we could never have undertaken to do ourselves,” Mr Stewart told The Cobar Weekly He said it will be a big project to restore the shearing shed complex which records show dates back to the early 1900s, and once saw 250,000 sheep go through it each year. Read the full article on the Cobar Weekly website