Toodyay, Western Australia

Toodyay
Western Australia
View of Stirling Terrace, 2013
Toodyay is located in Western Australia
Toodyay
Toodyay
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Coordinates31°33′S 116°27′E / 31.550°S 116.450°E / -31.550; 116.450
Population953 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1860
Postcode(s)6566
Area62.4 km2 (24.1 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Toodyay
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Pearce

Toodyay (/ˈt/, Nyungar: Duidgee), known as Newcastle between 1860 and 1910, is a town on the Avon River in the Wheatbelt[2][3] region of Western Australia, 85 kilometres (53 mi) north-east of Perth. The first European settlement occurred in the area in 1836. After flooding in the 1850s, the townsite was moved to its current location in the 1860s. It is connected by railway and road to Perth. During the 1860s, it was home to bushranger Moondyne Joe.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Toodyay (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Name of Town Changed". Kalgoorlie Miner. WA. 5 May 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Wheatbelt North Region". Mainroads – Western Australia. August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2009.