This Day in History: 1853-01-01

1853: Darby Connors, Thomas Goggins and David Gailey occupied the first three new two-roomed Pensioner Guard cottages at the Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (that area was called the Pensioners’ Village).

Sources:
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, p.100.
Alison Cromb. The history of the Toodyay Convict Depot. A. Cromb, 2010, pp. 67-68.