The Australian Heritage Festival is a re-enactment and a celebration of the pioneering lifestyles and skills of our rural forbears. From the sheep, bullocks and horses that accompanied the first settlers on the Darling Downs, through to the steam engines and tractors and trucks that transformed pasture into farmland - it is all there for you to see. Visitors can taste the food that sustained the early settlers, cooked as it was then on the open fire, experience the hardships of life on the land a century ago. You can see the wool come off the sheep’s back and be transformed into yarn, cloth and clothing. You can feel what it was like for the pioneering women to make a home in the harsh outback.
The Australian Heritage Festival started as a fundraiser for the fledgling museum back in 1976, and the immediate success of the community-run and volunteer-supported event has resulted in it becoming an annual event!
The huge old woolshed, and 20 ha (50 acres) of land surrounding it, explodes into life for nine full days in late August with such things as: Shearing demonstrations and displays,
Spinning, Weaving, Wool Crafts and Products, Bullock Teams, Whipmaking, Harness making, leatherwork, Horse teams, Horse-drawn ploughing, Horse-drawn rides, Steam Engines, Steam Rollers, Sawmilling, Shingle splitting, Timberworking, Old Tractors, Hot-air engines, Stationary Engines, Vintage Trucks and Cars, Blacksmithing, Sheep Dog Trials, Swaggies, Bush characters, Arts, Crafts, displays of old crafts Cheese-making, Beekeeping, Billy Tea and Damper, Entertainment, Bush Poetry, and much much more.
A full daily program starts at 9am on each of the nine days of the Festival, focusing around the Grand Parade at 12.30 pm that showcases all aspects of the Festival, and concludes at 4pm.
On the weekends there are extra activities such as Bands, Bush Poetry and Country Music.
The Australian Heritage Festival only occurs because of the dedication and enthusiasm of hundreds of volunteers from all over Australia, and the local area. These people give their time, skill, and often bringing their own horses, bullocks, machinery, collections and crafts, and give their time to contribute to the event. Over the years a broad network of enthusiasts from all walks of life has developed and keeps growing. If you are interested to participate in the Festival as an exhibitor or volunteer.

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The Jondarayn Woolshed comes to life at the Australian Heritage Festival held during the last week in August. museum history historical timeline