Hackett's (Pensioner) Cottage is located on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia and was built around 1855 by convict labour.
Pensioner Guards were retired army or police officers who were given pay and benefits to travel with convicts on the transportation ships from England.
Upon arrival most of them continued to serve the Convict Establishment (managed from the Fremantle Prison site) as guards.
As is the case with the nearby Kirk's (Pensioner) Cottage (fmr) its original appearance has been modified.
Today the single storey painted brick and iron cottage has a hipped roof front and rear verandahs and a side extension.