Toodyay Historical Society

The Toodyay Historical Society started in Toodyay as the Toodyay Society in 1980 in conjunction with the Toodyay Tourist Centre. The first annual general meeting was held at the Country Women's Association hall on Stirling Terrace in April 1981.

The society had annual "Craft in Action" days, "Newcastle Balls", and was involved in the preservation of Donegans Cottage.[1] In 1992 the Society became affiliated with the Royal Western Australian Historical Society.[2]

In 1994 the Toodyay Society became the Toodyay Historical Society,[2] and Rica Erickson became patron.[note 1]

As well as its own newsletter Duidgeeana,[4] the society has also published a chronology of Toodyay, entitled The long Toodyay chronology: events in Toodyay's history,[5][6][7] and a commemorative booklet on its own history.[2]

Public event celebrating Toodyaypedia stage 3 in the Toodyay Memorial Hall, June 2019

Toodyaypedia

In the 2000s it became a collaborative partner in the Toodyaypedia Wikitown project, which started with discussions with the Shire of Toodyay and Wikimedia Australia. The first stage was in 2013;[8] the third stage (focusing on West Toodyay) began in 2017,[9] with the articles online by 2018.[10]

A pamphlet based on the research for Toodyaypedia stage 3 was published and made available at a public event in Toodyay on 29 June 2019.[11] It was titled The Township of West Toodyay - Early European Settlement of Toodyay within the Avon Valley of Western Australia, and produced by the Newcastle Gaol Museum, Shire of Toodyay. It was compiled by Alison Cromb, with reference to her publication The road to Toodyay.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Rika Erickson had written the history of Toodyay some 20 years before, as well as being a notable member of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society.[3]

References

  1. ^ John Taylor Architect; Toodyay Historical Society (1996), Preliminary conservation plan for Donegan's Cottage, Toodyay, Western Australia : a worker's cottage in the Avon Valley, Toodyay Historical Society, retrieved 8 March 2014
  2. ^ a b c Frayne, Beth; Edgecombe, Jenny (2007), The Toodyay Society Incorporated & Toodyay Historical Society Incorporated commemorative booklet, 1980-2007, Toodyay Society & Toodyay Historical Society, retrieved 8 March 2014
  3. ^ Erickson, Rica; Toodyay (W.A. : Shire). Council (1974), Old Toodyay and Newcastle, Toodyay Shire Council, ISBN 978-0-9598315-0-4
  4. ^ Toodyay Historical Society (2008), Duidgeeana the newsletter of the Toodyay Historical Society Inc, Toodyay Historical Society, retrieved 8 March 2014
  5. ^ Frayne, Beth; Toodyay Historical Society (2011), The long Toodyay chronology : events in Toodyay's history. Part 1. 1829-1900 (2nd ed.), Toodyay Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-9806517-2-0
  6. ^ Frayne, Beth; Toodyay Historical Society (2010), The long Toodyay chronology : events in Toodyay's history. Part 2. 1901-1950 (1st ed.), Toodyay Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-9806517-1-3
  7. ^ Frayne, Beth (2011). The Long Chronology of Toodyay: Events in Toodyay's history: Part 3, 1951–1980 (First ed.). Toodyay, Western Australia: Toodyay Historical Society. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9806517-3-7.
  8. ^ "Toodyaypedia". Toodyay Visitors Centre. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  9. ^ "2016/2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Shire of Toodyay. 19 December 2017. p. 13 – via attachment to Ordinary Meeting of Council - Minutes - 19 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Invitation" (e-mail from Shire of Toodyay, Museum Curator / Cultural Heritage Officer, 21 May 2019). Shire of Toodyay. 6 May 2019. ... Toodyaypedia Stage 3 ... Wikipedia articles about West Toodyay sites ... have been online for 12 months now ...
  11. ^ "Invitation" (e-mail from Shire of Toodyay, Museum Curator / Cultural Heritage Officer, 21 May 2019). Shire of Toodyay. 6 May 2019. ... event celebrating the completion of Toodyaypedia Stage 3 ... is being marked by the publication of a new pamphlet about West Toodyay based on research undertaken for the Wikipedia articles ...
  12. ^ Cromb, Alison (2016), The road to Toodyay : a history of the early settlement of Toodyay and the Avon Valley of Western Australia, Dianella, WA Alison Cromb, ISBN 978-0-646-95174-4