: This article says Cowden "enlisted the co-operation of the parents" at Toodyay, but then "When he was promoted to the State school at Buckland Hill Mr. Cowden started to work on the same lines, and, as a result, the Buckland Hill Parents and Teachers League was formed," 
 : This to me suggests that he did not start the P&C; at Toodyay. 
 : Given that the only definite reference we have for his starting the first P&C; at Toodyay is a letter to the editor from his wife, written over 30 years after the fact, I've deleted the sentence from our article.