ABOUT
A historic South Australian estate just outside the Barossa Valley.
Established in 1839, Anlaby is one of South Australia’s most significant heritage estates and the state’s oldest continuously operating merino stud. Located just outside the Barossa Valley, Anlaby offers visitors a rare chance to experience history, gardens, tours and luxury accommodation in a setting that feels completely removed from the everyday.
More than a historic property, Anlaby is a living estate. From the homestead and gardens to the cottages and grounds, every part of the property carries the story of generations past while continuing to welcome guests today.
HISTORY
The Anlaby Heritage flock is the oldest continuously operating merino stud in South Australia.
The current flock is directly descended from sheep walked overland from New South Wales in 1839 by Frederick Dutton, in an extraordinary journey that took around six months.
That flock helped shape far more than the land itself. The prosperity it created funded the growth of Anlaby into one of South Australia’s great pastoral estates, with the homestead, gardens and buildings developing across the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Today, that history still lives on at Anlaby. It can be seen in the landscape, felt across the estate, and experienced by those who visit, tour and stay here, just outside the Barossa Valley.
The extensive homestead built in 1861 sits in 10 acres of Edwardian gardens within the working buildings of the property including stables, workers cottages and sheds that give the feel of a little English village.
PURE LUXURY MERINO
Anlaby’s signature is Pure Luxury Merino
Anlaby offers an exclusive range of Pure Luxury Merino throws, scarves, wraps, ponchos and baby blankets. Each limited-edition product embodies a unique piece of Australian history, and is beautifully packaged with its certificate of authenticity, verifying it as 100% Anlaby wool and tracing its historic roots all the way back to the original flock.
The Grounds
Immerse yourself in tranquility
Set just outside the Barossa Valley, Anlaby is an extraordinary estate where formal gardens, heritage buildings and the wider rural landscape come together in a way that feels both grand and deeply peaceful.
Across 10 acres of gardens, terrace upon terrace unfolds through the stables, Clydesdale pavilion, shade houses, cucumber house, mushroom house and camellia house. Ongoing restoration continues to honour the estate’s history, including the Edwardian timber-slatted shade house overlooking the walled vegetable garden.
To spend time here is to experience a different rhythm. Slower, quieter and shaped by generations of care.
The Grounds
Immerse yourself in tranquility
Anlaby is effectively an English country estate set in an Australian rural landscape featuring 10 acres of formal gardens and an English village like collection of heritage buildings.
With terrace upon terrace there are stables, a Clydesdale pavilion, shade houses, cucumber house, mushroom house and camelia house. In 2022 the restoration programme includes the timber slatted Edwardian shade house over the walled vegetable garden.
The House
Built by Frederick Dutton in 1860 and continuously refined over the next 60 years, the heritage-listed homestead became one of South Australia’s iconic homes.
Over the decades, Anlaby welcomed some of the most notable figures of its time, including State Governors, Earl Spencer during his time as ADC to the Governor, Patrick White and many others.
With 32 rooms, the house retains much of the architectural beauty and decorative detail of its heyday. Rare William Morris textiles, silk and silver embroidered curtains, and two remarkable libraries speak to the scale, character and craftsmanship of the home.
ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF COUNTRY
We acknowledge the traditional owners of Ngadjuri Nation on which Anlaby sits.
As custodians of culture and knowledge we pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their deep and continuing social, environmental, and spiritual connections to their lands.
We also acknowledge the First Nations men and women who have worked and lived at Anlaby.
For more information about Ngadjuri Nation please visit www.ngadjuri.com.au