Toodyay Club Explained

Toodyay Club was the name used for the gentlemen's club in Stirling House on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia that operated, between 1908 and 1975.

The same club name was also used in 1905 for what was described as a social club.^[1]

Similar named organisations

However the name also applied to a range of other organisations, where the sport or hobby was often omitted in newspaper story headlines and abbreviated to Toodyay Club:

• Toodyay Amateur Swimming Club^[2]
• Toodyay Cricket Club
• Toodyay Cycle Club^[3]
• Toodyay Garden Club
• Toodyay Golf Club^[4]
• Toodyay Historical Society 1980 (as Toodyay Society), started in 1994.
• Toodyay Hockey Club – in reality the West Toodyay Hockey Team^[5]
• Toodyay Naturalists Club
• Toodyay Race Club^{[6] [7]}
• Toodyay Rifle Club^[8]
• Toodyay Sports Club^[9]
• Toodyay Swimming Club^[10]
• Toodyay Veterans Cricket Club^[11]
• Toodyay Whippet Club^[12]
• Toodyay Young Men's Reading Club^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. News: THE TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 17 June 1905 . 19 January 2014 . 61 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 28 February 1935 . 19 January 2014 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 29 August 1933 . 19 January 2014 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 13 June 1931 . 19 January 2014 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: HOCKEY. . . Perth . 8 September 1926 . 19 January 2014 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 30 March 1953 . 19 January 2014 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: Toodyay Club Stake. . . Perth . 5 July 1950 . 19 January 2014 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 21 April 1932 . 19 January 2014 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
9. News: PEDESTRIANISM. . . Perth . 4 December 1931 . 19 January 2014 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
10. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 24 December 1931 . 19 January 2014 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
11. News: TOODYAY VETERANS' CLUB. . . Perth . 20 September 1938 . 19 January 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
12. News: TOODYAY CLUB. . . Perth . 19 May 1933 . 19 January 2014 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
13. News: COUNTRY NEWS. . . WA . 26 July 1872 . 23 January 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
14. News: Newcastle. Toodyay Young Men's Reading Club. . . Perth . 6 September 1871 . 13 February 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.