The Roseworthy Agricultural Museum, established in 1976, showcases vintage farm implements, working tractors and stationary engines with an emphasis on the evolution of farming methods, and Roseworthy College history.
The collection covers the many subjects taught at the College over the years including Dairy, Winemaking, Horticulture and of course Agriculture. There are many models including a working half scale stripper made by J. G. Ramsay of Mt Barker and first exhibited at the 1878 Paris World Fair. Other working models include a representation of the James Martin ‘Phoenix Foundry’ in Gawler and also a working model of a 1908 Saunderson tractor, the first tractor used in South Australia at the Roseworthy Agricultural College. There is an operating 1920 Holt 45 tractor along with many other working tractors, stationary engines and other agricultural machinery.
The Roseworthy Agricultural College was established in 1883 as the first agricultural college in Australia with the historic three storey main building still dominating the entrance to what is now the University of Adelaide Roseworthy Campus.
The Museum is managed by the University of Adelaide and its Roseworthy Volunteer Group with support from the Gawler Machinery Restorers Club.