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

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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. In 1992 the Society became affiliated with the

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. In 1994 the Toodyay Society became the Toodyay Historical Society, and

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became patron. As well as its own newsletter ''Duidgeeana'', the society has also published a chronology of Toodyay, entitled ''The long Toodyay chronology: events in Toodyay's history'', and a commemorative booklet on its own history. Launch of Toodyaypedia stage 3 in Toodyay Memorial Hall

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In the 2000s it became a collaborative partner in the

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Wikitown project, which started with discussions with the

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and

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. The first stage was in 2013; the third stage (focusing on

West Toodyay West Toodyay (previously known as Toodyay; colloquially known as Old Toodyay) was the original location of the town of Toodyay, Western Australia. It is situated in the Toodyay valley, north east of Perth. The Toodyay valley, discovered by Ensig ...

) began in 2017, with the articles online by 2018. 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. It was titled ''The Township of West Toodyay - Early European Settlement of Toodyay within the Avon Valley of Western Australia'', and produced by the

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. It was compiled by Alison Cromb, with reference to her publication ''The road to Toodyay''.

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* {{official website, http://www.toodyayhistoricalsociety.org.au/ Toodyay, Western Australia Historical societies of Western Australia 1980 establishments in Australia Wikitown projects

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