Talk:Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1851)

Sections required

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The article is quite long and should be broken up into sections. I considered keeping the first paragraph as a the lead section and then inserting section headings for:

  • Background [events leading up to the construction of the depot]
  • Construction [of the depot and barracks]
  • Closure and transfer to new site

but there's no obvious point in the article where the "Depot" was actually built. It's not clear whether the initial straw huts were the depot. Mitch Ames (talk) 09:31, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

  • Sections look good
  • 1852 looks like the date - check -
  • "Contract for Convict Supplies". The Perth Gazette And Independent Journal Of Politics And News. Vol. 4, , no. 202. Western Australia. 24 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) JarrahTree 09:39, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Article name

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I'm not very keen on "First ..." in the article title. Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1851-1852) and Pensioner Guard Barracks (1851-1856) would be more specific, but:

Suggestions welcome. Mitch Ames (talk) 09:57, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply