Toodyay pioneer heritage trail

Toodyay pioneer heritage trail was a trail created by the Toodyay Bicentennial Community Committee in 1988 for the Australian Bicentenary as part of the W.A. Heritage Trails Network.^[1]

The brochure created for the trail has the subtitle Early Settlement of Toodyay in the Avon Valley, Western Australia, and it covers 20 km that includes the West Toodyay townsite.^[2]

The identified sites were:

• 1. Morangup Hill
• 2. Morangup Spring
• 3. Jimperding Hill Descent
• 4. Jimperding Pool and Nolan's Rock
• not numbered but identified 'Deepdale homestead'

- West Toodyay Historic Sites

• 5. West Toodyay School
• 6. Samuel Ferguson's Cottage
• 7. Royal Oak Inn^[3]
• 8. Highland Laddie^[4]
• 9. Queen's Head Hotel^[5]
• 10. Military Barracks
• 11. Colonial School
• 12. Lock Up
• 13. Catholic Chapel
• 14. Newcastle Recreation Ground and Cottage

The 1988 trail ended at the Duidgee Park Picnic Area^[6] - from that point, there were two other trails - the River Gum Trail, and the Newcastle Walking Trail that continued into Toodyay township.

Notes

1. Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Toodyay Pioneer Heritage Trail : early settlement of Toodyay in the Avon Valley, Western Australia : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 6 November 2016
2. Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1911), West Toodyay townsite, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 6 November 2016
3. same reference for Queen's Head Hotel ,
4. "TOODYAY.". The West Australian. XLIX, (9,758). Western Australia. 7 October 1933. p. 20. Retrieved 6 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "REMINDERS OF OLD TOODYAY.". The West Australian. XLIX, (9,758). Western Australia. 7 October 1933. p. 20. Retrieved 6 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10865/20130201-0759/www.australiaday.org.au/events/western-australia/shire-of-toodyay-australia-day-breakfast.html - Duidgee Park used for Australia Day ceremonies