Toodyay pioneer heritage trail facts for kids

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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.

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.

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
8. Highland Laddie
9. Queen's Head Hotel
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 – from that point, there were two other trails - the River Gum Trail, and the Newcastle Walking Trail that continued into the Toodyay township.

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