Early Days: Articles and references relating to the Toodyay district and surrounds, in Early days: journal and proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society.
Information in issues held in the THS Reference Library and other sources.
Information compiled by Jenny Edgecombe, Lee Francis, Beth Frayne, Toodyay Historical Society, with the assistance of RWAHS indexes.
Some issues online here: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/index.html (may have to copy individual website links into your Search Engine)
| Issue | Essay Title | Essay Author | Page and content |
| Vol. 1 (1), 1927 | Letters of early settlers Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/1/cowan1.html | Mrs E.D. Cowan | p.57: Noongars at Toodyay. |
| Vol. 1 (6), 1929 | The York Road Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/1/pelloe.html | Mrs T Pelloe | p.2: Site of Toodyay chosen. |
| Vol. 1 (9), 1931 | An Archdeacon on tour, 1851 | E.C. Clifton | p.12: Culham; p.12-13: Harper family. |
| Vol. 2 (11), 1932 | The early Church in Western Australia | T.G. Heydon | p.14: 1862: Consecration of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Newcastle (Toodyay), Rev. Charles Harper. |
| Vol. 2 (11), 1932 | The Perth water front | J.E. Hammond | p.17: Sandalwood from Toodyay. |
| Vol. 2 (13), 1933 | Early years of the Methodist Church in Western Australia | The Rev’d C.A. Jenkins | p.7: Methodist Church in Perth, Bernard, Charles and James Clarkson were officers or teachers when the Sunday School was opened. |
| Vol. 2 (13), 1933 | The east-west telegraph,1875-7 | G.P. Stevens | p.19: Telegraph lines in various places inc. Newcastle; p.23: Toodyay. |
| Vol. 2 (15), 1934 | Travels in Western Australia , 1870-74 – Extracts from the journal of Thomas Scott | Paul Hasluck | p.31: Newcastle, 1870, brief mention by Scott. |
| Vol. 2 (19), 1936 | Relations between settlers and aborigines in Western Australia Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/2/neville.html | A.O. Neville | p.29: Murder of Jones and Chidlow, and an attack on Mr. Waylen in Toodyay Valley. |
| Vol. 2 (19), 1936 | Horse racing in Western Australia | S.F. Cusack | p.52: 1865, Toodyay racing, A. Lee-Steere. |
| Vol. 3 (5), 1943 | Convicts in Western Australia | A. Burton | p.20: Toodyay, Rev. Charles Harper. |
| Vol. 3 (5), 1943 | Early history of Eastern Goldfields (from the records of Greaves and Risely) | C.M. Harris | p.46: Toodyay gold. |
| Vol. 4 (1), 1949 | The visits of John Gilbert, naturalist, to Swan River Colony | Major E.M. Whittell | Contains one paragraph on James Drummond at Toodyay, and numerous other references to Drummond. p.33: James Drummond, re Gilbert’s visits; p.37: James Drummond and Hawthornden; p.38: Gilbert and Drummond; p.45: Gilbert, Gould, Drummond and son; p.47: Drummond, Gilbert to Augusta. |
| Vol. 5 (3), 1957 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 5 (5), 1959 | The Lefroys at Walebing | R.E. Cranfield | p.45: Bolgart district. |
| Vol. 5 (7), 1961 | History of the Teacher’s Union of Western Australia | A.E. Williams | p.14: Teachers’ Union, Newcastle School mentioned. |
| Vol. 5 (7), 1961 | Bolgart Historical Society report | P. 49: A short report on Bolgart Historical Society a 1959 date for some of the slides THS obtained from Patron Rica Erickson in 2003. | |
| Vol. 5 (7), 1961 | The Volunteer Movement in Western Australia | Geo. F. Wieck | Contains a short section on York Volunteer Corps and mentions that they were unable to set one up in Toodyay. p.55: Volunteer movements in WA, cadets, no one at Newcastle to take charge; p.64: 1900, detachment raised in Newcastle. |
| Vol. 5 (7), 1961 | The first ten years in the Swan River Colony – some old errors corrected | A.C. Staples | p.90: land distribution on the Swan and Avon. |
| Vol. 5 (7), 1961 | News | p.97: Bolgart Branch meetings, 1959, looking at Lukin, Deepdale, papers, and information on other early settlers in the area. | |
| Vol. 6 (1), 1962 | Excursion report | p.7: Excursion to Guildford, Swan district, Toodyay Old Gaol, Culham and Hawthornden. | |
| Vol. 6 (1), 1962 | A history of Wongan Hills | R.R.B. Ackland | p.61: history of Wongan Hills, Durlacher, Drummond; p. 63: Chittys, Twines, Quinlans, Salvado, Roe, Slater, etc.; p.71: 1907, Hancey, prospector for syndicate, from Newcastle, went north beyond Bolgart, Wyening. |
| Vol. 6 (1), 1962 | A history of mining in the Geraldton District | G.J. Kelly | p. 80: copper mine at White Peak, John Drummond. |
| Vol. 6 (3), 1964 | Early days at Bolgart THS issue not sighted yet. | Rica Erickson | p. 46-61: Bolgart; p.50: Toodyay Valley; p.53: Culham; P.59: Bolgart gold. |
| Vol. 6 (5), 1966 | The Irwin Story Mother Mary Albertus | Mother Mary Albertus | p.12: Culham. |
| Vol. 6 (7), 1968 | The Letters of Emily Roberts: a picture of farming life in the South -West in the 1890’s | J.H.M. Honniball | p.75: Letters of Emily Roberts, 1897, parents to attend at Newcastle Show. |
| Vol. 7 (1), 1969 | A second look at the early years of methodism in Western Australia 1830-1855 | The Rev’d. William McNair | p.82: Barnard Clarkson, asking for a missionary to Swan River Colony. |
| Vol. 7 (1), 1969 | Catherine Gavin’s Story, 1839-1923: an Irish exile at Solomon’s Well on the Old Plains Road Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/7/erickson1.html | Rica Erickson | p. 89-101: Catherine Gavin’s story, 1839-1923; p.89: Bolgart district; p.90: Newcastle, Culham Church; p. 92-92: various Toodyay settlers; p.94: Newcastle railway line. |
| Vol. 7 (2), 1970 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 7 (3), 1971 | T. N. Yule, Esq.: a gentleman of misfortune Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/7/erickson2.html | Rica Erickson | p. 7-25: Yule selected 15,000 acres at Byeen in 1836. Refs.to Toodyay people and properties eg Ferguson, Harper, Phillips, McDermott, Bejoording, Harris, Viveash, Whitfield, The Carroll, Byeen, Slade, Gregory, Macpherson. |
| Vol. 7 (3), 1971 | Walter Padbury (1820-1907): pioneer pastoralist, merchant and philanthropist Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/7/cammilleri3.html | Cara Cammilleri | p. 52: Walter Padbury, E. Conlin, shepherd, from Toodyay. |
| Vol. 7 (3), 1971 | Early colonial taverns and inns (Part 1) Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/books/tuckfield.html | Trevor Tuckfield | p.68: Lionel Lukin, North Fremantle; p. 69: Alfred Waylen; p.84: Frederick Barlee, Phillips, Culham, Toodyay Show, Herbert’s Hotel, 1855, Toodyay Agricultural Society. |
| Vol. 7 (3), 1971 | The country tours of a colonial secretary | J.H.M. Honniball | Mentions numerous visits to Toodyay by Sir Frederick Barlee between 1855 and 1875. p.86: Barlee’s second visit to Toodyay, Culham, 1856; p. 90: 1857, 1858, Barlee guest at Culham 3 times; p. 91: 1859, Toodyay Show, Kennedy and Barlee; p. 101: 1864, Barlee to Toodyay Show; p.101: 1869, Weld and Barlee at Toodyay Show; p.107: 1872, Barlee visit to Newcastle, for Clifton wedding; p.109: 1873, Barlee went to his last show at Newcastle. |
| Vol. 7 (4), 1972 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 7 (5), 1973 | James Woodward Turner of Augusta | Rose Watson | p.12: Story of Turners at Augusta, photo of Nancy Green (formerly McDermott, nee Turner); p.22: Capt. James McDermott; p. 23: Dr. Alfred Green; p.31: marriage of Nancy to Dr. Green. |
| Vol. 7 (5), 1973 | Who owned Swan Location 61? | S.G. Demasson | p.79: Lionel Lukin, Waylen snr, Applecross land. |
| Vol. 7 (6), 1974 | Jane Adams of Mangowine | Rica Erickson | p. 7-25: Jane Adams of Mangowine. Mentions Edward Clarkson, Leeder, Connor, Rowles. |
| Vol. 7 (7), 1975 | E.H. Laurence, Stipendiary Magistrate, Part 1 | J.H.M. Honniball | p.10: Mag. E.H. Laurence, earlier sent to Toodyay to be clerk to Durlacher. |
| Vol. 7 (7), 1975 | New Holland in Europe | Kathleen D. Napier | p.60: Heuegel walked with Drummond. |
| Vol. 7 (7), 1975 | John Septimus Roe: first explorer of the Wheatlands; the search for an inland sea Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/7/braid2.html | Eva Braid | p.94: Bolgart district, McDermotts; p.96: Sophia Roe marrying Samuel Pole Phillips of Culham. |
| Vol. 7 (8), 1976 | RWAHS Golden Jubilee issue | No Toodyay refs. | |
| Vol. 7 (9), 1977 | |||
| Vol. 8 (2), 1978 | The Aboriginal practice of firing the bush: the evidence of early newspapers | P.H. Armstrong | p. 32: Excursion to Moore River by Scully, Drummond and two Aborigines. |
| Vol. 8 (2), 1978 | Pioneer droving in the North West | I.D. Heppingstone | p.50: Photo of Clarkson party from 1874, who went droving in the N-W. |
| Vol. 8 (3), 1979 | Those fabled firsts of the Swan River Colony Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/8/erickson.html | Rica Erickson | p.9: Story of Sophia Roe, who was thought to be the first white girl born in WA on 25 Dec. 1829, but research shows there were 4 girls before her; p.11: Last survivors of the first colonists included 3 Drummond siblings; p. 12: James Drummond. |
| Vol. 8 (3), 1979 | The murder of Constable Patrick Hackett | Mollie Bentley | p. 77 onwards: This took place at Beverley, with much of the court action at York. |
| Vol. 8 (3), 1979 | Wise man from the east: the educational career of Senior Inspector Miles | John A. McKenzie | p.57-62: Toodyay School; p.58: Inspector Miles at Toodyay, 1916, re Observation School, Toodyay Herald, Toodyay Road Board; p.61: Toodyay school system. |
| Vol. 8 (4), 1980 | Explorer surveyors’ classification work | E. Braid | Contains some information about Toodyay and also about the second Rabbit Proof Fence intended to safeguard the Avon Valley. p.23: Avon Valley, Slaters; p.27: Toodyay Road Board; p.29: Avon Valley, Charles Dempster, Twine, Hancock, Meares, Forward, Bonsers; p.36: rabbit-proof fence saved the Avon Valley; p.40: Surveyor John Aubrey Nunn, married Rose Smith, 1909, of ‘Clayton’. |
| Vol. 8 (4), 1980 | News | p.92: Rica Erickson made Hon. Life Member of WA Naturalists’ Club. | |
| Vol. 8 (5), 1981 | A review of the first century of Italian migration to Western Australia | J. Gentilli, C. Stransky & C. Iraci | p. 29-30: Italian migration, Canon (Raffaele) Martelli, appointed Parish Priest in Old Toodyay; p.33: Coorinja, Pondelli and Busato. |
| Vol. 8 (5), 1981 | Western Australia until 1869: The maritime perspective, Part 1 | F.J.A. Broeze | p.55: Lionel Lukin’s ferry service. |
| Vol. 8 (5), 1981 | ‘Superior’ boys schools in a pioneering community: the Swan River Settlement, 1829 to 1855 | David Adams | p.77: Harper’s Rectory School; p.78: ‘Classical’ school, was in rectory at Toodyay, 1849, F. Sherwood, Rev. Harper; p.83: Alfred Grey, teacher, 1856, new school in Toodyay, sacked; p.84: Rev. Charles Harper’s school; p.85: Chas. Harper Jnr, schooling, Toodyay; p.87: Toodyay. |
| Vol. 8 (6), 1982 | Pioneer seashore botanists in Western Australia | G.G. Smith | p.87: Botanist Preiss and Drummond; p.88: Preiss, Drummond; p.93: Drummond, Harvey; p.99: William Ayshford Sanford went collecting with Robert Austin, Drummond report. |
| Vol. 9 (1), 1983 | Co-operative Bulk Handling, Limited, 1933 to 1983 | Professor R.T. Appleyard | p.19: Toodyay. |
| Vol. 9 (1), 1983 | John Seabrook of Brookton House | Jack M. Seabrook | p.92: Avon River; p.96: Toodyay. |
| Vol. 9 (1), 1983 | Eliza Tracey: A woman with a grievance Article on Fremantle Stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/9/erickson1.html | Rica Erickson | She ran a pub on Toodyay-Guildford Road, was involved in numerous court cases against James Drummond Jnr, and was later involved in shady dealings over Richard Edmunds and ‘Woodendale’ and was involved in many court cases. p.103-116: Eliza Tracey, married expiree James Tracey, wayside humpy on Toodyay Road, Drummond, Newcastle legal case 1872, Taunton, Broadhurst, Maher, housekeeper to Richard Edmonds, Woodendale (Nunile), Hewson, Ferguson. |
| Vol. 9 (2), 1984 | The first (W.A.) Finnertys – father and son | Dr. Pamela Statham | p. 17: Major Charles Finnerty who served as a Pensioner Guard in Toodyay late 1860s or early 1870s; p.19: Toodyay. |
| Vol. 9 (2), 1984 | Western Australia ‘s Chinese immigration policy | Dr. J. Gentilli | p.88: Chinese migration, 18 Chinese at or near Toodyay; p.91: Avon Valley. |
| Vol. 9 (3), 1985 | p. 9: Tours in June to Northam and Toodyay. | ||
| Vol. 9 (4), 1986 | The museum of childhood 1969-1984 | Mary and John McKenzie | p.23: Brian Shepherd, Museum of Childhood. |
| Vol. 9 (5), 1987 | The celebration of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in Western Australia | J.H.M. Honniball | p. 33: Jubilee, Newcastle, Chairman to Mayor, 1887. |
| Vol. 9 (6), 1988 | If it hadn’t been for the Murphys | Dr. Rica Erickson | p. 53-64: Murphy and Kennedy families at ‘Vinegar Hill’, in Toodyay, p.98, McDermott, Dumbarton, Toodyay stock brand. |
| Vol. 9 (6), 1988 | Stock brands of the 19th Century | Nan Broad | p. 99 onwards: Shows a brand from at least one Toodyay property. |
| Vol. 10 (1), 1989 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 10 (2), 1990 | Vasse Felix Vineyard and West Australian wine growing | Tom Cullity | p.115: Woods and wine making at Toodyay in 1950s. |
| Vol. 10 (2), 1990 | The centenary of responsible government in Western Australia | David Black | p.145: Proclamation Day, 1890: Newcastle school children went to Perth to join a parade. |
| Vol. 10 (3), 1991 | The Smith family and the steam mill | William J. de Burgh | p.229: Deepdale, Lukin, for sale, 1850; p.230: John Byrne, blacksmith, Drummond’s Mill. |
| Vol. 10 (3), 1991 | The early days of wool in Western Australia | Chris Fyfe | p.267: Wool, Drummond, York Road poison; p.272: Wool came from York and Toodyay (4/5ths of sheep). |
| Vol. 10 (3), 1991 | Drachms, draughts and drugs | Suzanne Jacobs | Describes arrival of pharmacists in WA, the preparations they sold, and includes something on use of sandalwood. p.284: Dr. Waylen (b.1833), 1st WA born medical practitioner. |
| Vol. 10 (3), 1991 | Telephony in Western Australia 1887-1987 | John Moynihan | p.303: general, but does include one mention of Bolgart. |
| Vol. 10 (4), 1992 | The de’il’s awa’ wi’ the exciseman | Mel Jarvis | p.361: Excise on alcohol; Woods, Toodyay. |
| Vol. 10 (4), 1992 | Cecil Andrews, Director of Education | A.E. (Bert) Williams | p.373: Cecil Andrews, Director of Education, educationalist of note James Miles, who conducted experiments at Toodyay. |
| Vol. 10 (4), 1992 | A history of tropical cyclones in the Southwest of Western Australia, 1830-1992 | Barry Hanstrum | p.405: Cyclone Alby, Albie North. |
| Vol. 10 (4), 1992 | George Phillip Stevens | Ray Oldham | p.409: George Phillip Stevens, early years at Toodyay, Keynsham, Durley Hill, telegraph; p.413: Dempsters, managers Benjamin Hannett, Laurence Sinclair and families, from Toodyay. |
| Vol. 10 (5), 1993 | Murchison drought – and the reactions of two men | Nan Broad | p.503: refs. to Macpherson and other Scotch shepherds, Waldecks, Whitfields, Dempsters. |
| Vol. 10 (5), 1993 | Alfred Carson – An exceedingly clever and learned man | Rica Erickson | p.555: Dewars, Phillips, Hamersley and Burges Co.; p. 562: visit to Toodyay HS. |
| Vol. 10 (6), 1994 | John Thomson – forester and conservationist | Andrew Thomson | p.605: John Thomson, forester, attended Convent boarding school in Toodyay for 18 months. |
| Vol. 10 (6), 1994 | Seats of justice – courthouses as places of history | R.D. Nicholson | Includes one small section on country courthouses designed by Temple-Poole, with Toodyay included in the list. p.641: court building in Toodyay, George Temple Poole, 1890s. |
| Vol. 11 (1), 1995 | Transformations in cultural identity: displaced persons in Southern W.A. – Post World War II | Kerry Evans | p.114: Displaced Polish man worked for railways in Toodyay. |
| Vol. 11 (1), 1995 | Excursion news | p.128: tour to Toodyay and New Norcia en route to Berkshire Valley, Neville Marchant, J. Preiss. | |
| Vol. 11 (2), 1996 | The marvellous Corricks | Barrie King | p.175: Marvellous Corricks, played in Toodyay, Kookynie, 1907. |
| Vol. 11 (3), 1997 | An essay on farmhouses | Rica Erickson | p. 273-283: Quite a lot of detail on houses built 1836-1900, “Northam to Bolgart at the head of the Toodyay Valley”; p. 276: Bolgart district; p.279: Culham farm; p.283: men engaged on building Buckland, most were expirees. |
| Vol. 11 (4), 1998 | Introduction | Ernest Lee Steere awarded Honorary Life Membership. | |
| Vol. 11 (5), 1999 | Thomas Hill Dixon: first superintendent of convicts in Western Australia Article on Fremantle stuff website: https://fremantlestuff.info/earlydays/11/stebbing.html | Tony Stebbing | p.614: Thomas Hill Dixon and his ‘wife’; she was banished to Toodyay in 1851; he stayed in Fremantle; visited his wife in 1854. |
| Vol. 11 (6), 2000 | A history of hunting with hounds in Western Australia | Marion Hercock | p.705: 1967, WA Hunt Club organised a training camp for children hosted at John and Lesley Phillips, Culham. |
| Vol. 12 (1), 2001 | From byway to highway: the linking of port & capital | Ruth Marchant James | p.14: Ferries: Lionel Lukin at Farm Lilburne (Lilbourne), North Fremantle. |
| Vol. 12 (1), 2001 | The dual administrative establishments of the Imperial and Colonial Governments in the convict era | Jack Honniball | p.33: Alfred Durlacher, RM at Toodyay, exercised a beneficial influence in his district. |
| Vol. 12 (1), 2001 | Crawley Park and its occupants, 1829-1910 | Alison V. Brain | p.42: Whitfields, at ‘Crawley Park’ (later Shenton House), 1867 (now in UWA), George Shenton, Toodyay MLC rep. |
| Vol. 12 (2), 2002 | ‘Like a snail, unwillingly . . .’: Colonial schools for colonial children | Margaret Love | p.166: Anthony Trollope, 1872 visit to WA, excursions to Northam and Toodyay. |
| Vol. 12 (3), 2003 | Aborigines, settlers and native animals: a zoological history of the South-west | Dr Ian Abbott | p. 235: Aborigines, settlers, etc.: 1887, tens of thousands of silvereyes (birds) seen in a vineyard near Toodyay. |
| Vol. 12 (4), 2004 | Scottishness in Colonial Western Australia: Individual expressions of identity, arrivals 1829- | Dr Leigh S.L. Straw | p. 343: Scots: Rica Erickson writings; p.344: Scottish migration patterns, 18% in Toodyay district were Scots; p.346: Scottish names homes in Toodyay district: McIntosh, Macpherson, Glendearg, Glentromie, Hawthornden; p.345: 1855, Highand Laddie inn, West Toodyay; p.352: McIntosh, Macpherson in Culham Cemetery, Charles and Mary Glass at Toodyay Public Cemetery. |
| Vol. 12 (4), 2004 | The Minburra farmhouses and the Forrester family of Southern Cross | Lyall Hunt, Brian Jackson and Erna Forrester | p. 413: Rica Erickson’s study on farmhouse in Toodyay Valley. |
| Vol. 12 (5), 2005 | The Furphy family in Western Australia: upwardly mobile in Perth | Patricia Kotai-Ewers | p.548: Dr. Robyn Taylor and Trish Kotai-Ewers, Mattie Furphy House Conservation Plan, 2005; |
| Vol. 12 (5), 2005 | Documenting a flora: a history of the Western Australian Herbarium & its collections | Dr Neville Marchant | p.568: Neville Marchant, flora, James Drummond, collecting etc.. |
| Vol. 12 (5), 2005 | Notes | p. 580: Publication of the Proceedings of the Drummond Symposium, held in Toodyay on 27 Aug. 2004. | |
| Vol. 12 (6), 2006 | Forty years of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society: 1936-1976 | Rica Erickson | p.591: Ref. to RWAHS members having tours inc. to Toodyay. |
| Vol. 12 (6), 2006 | The botanic gardens of Western Australia | Lise Summers | p.654: Photo of people in King Parks, ref. to Government Domain’s nursery garden established by James Drummond; p.658: Stirling’s plan: new government house to include the nursery in its private area so Drummond left; p.664: Robyn Taylor and Dorothy Erickson and their heritage assessment of Kings Park (1997). |
| Vol. 13 (1), 2007 | A passion for palms: the work of Henry Campbell | Gillian Lillyman | p.18: James Drummond, position as Government Gardener, 1831, but not funded, so lacked status. |
| Vol. 13 (1), 2007 | Anyone for croquet?: a history of the game in WA | Hartley Slater | p.38: croquet, Toodyay had a croquet club. |
| Vol. 13 (2), 2008 | A most maligned man | Devenish,Bruce | p.158: Settler/Aboriginal conflict of Toodyay and York eg Chidlow, Jones, Waylen, Chipper. |
| Vol. 13 (3), 2009 | Pensioner guards at East Perth Cemetery | Gillian O’Mara | p. 355: Allocations of land given to Enrolled Pensioner Guards, Toodyay mentioned. |
| Vol. 13 (4), 2010 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol.14 (1), 2012 | Garden Island in the winter of 1829 | Steve Errington | p. 3: Appointments to new settlement, 1828: James Drummond, Agriculturalist; p.5: Drummond endorsed Stirling’s opinion of the soil, that it would grow anything; p.7: Drummond and Reveley on Garden Island in 1829: had men allocated to them to form teams to do work eg garden making. |
| Vol.14 (2), 2013 | Divorcing Bridget Taafe: the mad, bad and sad women of Fremantle 1850-1900 | Deborah Gare | p. 220: Women of Fremantle: Toodyay RM concerned about state of mind of Ann Tippett of Toodyay; she was charged with desertion and put in Perth Gaol. |
| Vol.14 (2), 2013 | Kelmscott – the town that never was | Jennie and Bevan Carter | p.270: Kelmscott: ref. to Moondyne Joe (Joseph Bolitho Johns) and steer killing; Joe had been in gaol with Henry Martin, senr. |
| Vol. 14 (3), 2014 | The life and crimes of John Benedict Lomas | Steve Errington | p.310: John Benedict Lomas, looked for work around Toodyay, RM Yule; p.322: Lomas arrested as bushranger in Toodyay. |
| Vol. 14 (3), 2014 | Investigating sudden death: inquests in early colonial Western Australia, 1829-1840 | Lenore Layman | p.418: Elizabeth Gamble’s young daughter died of burns; indentured to James and Sarah Drummond, death inquest initiated by them, 1830; p.428: Jane Green and death of her baby at Whitfields at Toodyay; |
| Vol. 14 (3), 2014 | Pioneers Memorial Service, East Perth Cemeteries, 1 June 2014: Walter Padbury | p.457: Walter Padbury: sold sheep in Toodyay area etc.; p.458: Walter Padbury leased 4000 aces SE of Toodyay. | |
| Vol. 102, 2018 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 103, 2019 | No Toodyay refs. | ||
| Vol. 104, 2020 | A candle in the cave | Jennie Carter and Bill Bunbury | p.3: Bill Bunbury worked on regional films inc. one on Toodyay. |
| Vol. 104, 2020 | Caves Road: the forgotten pathfinders | Gillian Lilleyman | p.20: development of Caves Road: worker Thomas Robinson, by 1843, was working for Samuel P. Phillips and Edward Hamersley; p.22: 1845, Dewer secured Toodyay mail contract. |