The Queen's Head, Toodyay
Coordinates: 31°31′25″S 116°25′31″E / 31.5237°S 116.4254°E
The Queen's Head was a hotel in West Toodyay in Western Australia in the latter half of the 19th century.
James Everett opened the Queen's Head for business in 1855. It was situated on lot R3, on the right bank of the Avon River. A shrewd businessman, he had placed his hotel within easy reach of the Enrolled Pensioner Guard Barracks, which, for the time being, continued to be maintained at the original site of the Toodyay Convict Depot. His action took much of the ready trade from the other two hotels, The Royal Oak and the Gum Tree Tavern.
Everett had arrived as a convict on board Pyrenees in June 1851. His crime was larceny, for which he received a sentence of seven years and transportation to Western Australia. Prior to his transportation, Everett had been a gardener by occupation. His father had been a farmer and stock owner. Everett applied the knowledge gained from his background as he endeavoured to carve out a living for himself in the colony. He had left his wife and three children behind in England, only one of whom, George, ventured to join him in Western Australia.
Along with all the other convicts who were on board Pyrenees, his ticket-of-leave was granted immediately after disembarking in Fremantle. A conditional pardon was granted on 23 April 1853. By this time he had made his home in Toodyay and was working as a boot and shoemaker.
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