ABOUT
One of the great South Australian heritage properties.
Established in 1839, Anlaby is proud to be South Australia’s oldest merino stud and one of the great South Australian heritage properties. History continues to be made today through our unique experiences and luxury products.
HISTORY
The Anlaby Heritage flock is the oldest continuously operating merino stud in South Australia.
The current flock is directly descended from sheep that were walked overland from NSW in 1839 by Frederick Dutton in an epic journey that took approximately six months.
The flock prospered and the wealth created funded the development of Anlaby into one of the great South Australian properties of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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
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 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
Initially built by Fredrick Dutton in 1860 and continuously improved over the next 60 years, the heritage listed homestead became one of South Australia’s iconic homes.
Host to some of the most important people of their time including State Governors, Earl Spencer (when he was an ADC to the Governor), Patrick White and many others.
Featuring 32 rooms the house retains many of the architectural and decorative features of its heyday. Rare William Morris textiles, curtains embroidered with silk and silver. There even are two libraries!
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