Armadale, Western Australia

Armadale Perth, Western Australia
Armadale's sunset
Armadale Location in metropolitan Perth
Coordinates	32°09′11″S 116°00′54″E / 32.153°S 116.015°E / -32.153; 116.015Coordinates: 32°09′11″S 116°00′54″E / 32.153°S 116.015°E / -32.153; 116.015
Population	12,853 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	1,610/km2 (4,160/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	6112
Area	8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Location	28 km (17 mi) from Perth
LGA(s)	City of Armadale
State electorate(s)	Armadale Darling Range
Federal Division(s)	Canning
Suburbs around Armadale: Seville Grove Kelmscott Mount Nasura Seville Grove Armadale Bedfordale Brookdale Brookdale Mount Richon

Armadale is a suburb of Perth within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of Perth's metropolitan area. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the suburb. It is also the terminus of the Armadale railway line, one of five major railway lines to service Perth. The suburb of Armadale is generally accepted as a crime hotspot in the Perth Metropolitan region.

Education

Armadale, being an urban centre and transport hub for the surrounding districts, contains a variety of educational institutions. It is home to two state high schools, four state primary schools, three independent schools (one of which extends to year 12), an Australian Trades College campus and a campus of Polytechnic West (formerly Swan TAFE).

In 1899, Armadale State School was established at the intersection of Church and Third Roads. This was initially a single classroom, but by 1905 a second classroom was added. The district's population increased steadily in the first half of the 20th Century, and additional classrooms were added to the school as the need presented. A Roman Catholic School, St Francis Xavier, was established uphill on Third Road in [date needed]. This school has recently relocated to Forrest Road, Haynes. Following WW2, the population growth was more rapid and the State saw fit to establish a regional high school in Armadale. Armadale Senior High School opened in 1955. From 1951, a community of Dutch migrants who were members of the Free Reformed Church settled in the district, and this community opened a parent run school on Robinhood Avenue in 1957. Originally catering for years 1 to 6 and known as John Calvin School (now John Calvin Christian College), the campus evolved to incorporate a junior high school, years 11 and 12 in 1988-89, and more recently the primary school functions have relocated to the campuses established at Kelmscott and Byford.

As Armadale's population increased, new State schools opened: Kingsley (1969), Neerigen Brook (1970) and Challis (1974), Gwynne Park (2017), as well as Cecil Andrews Senior High School (1980). In 1983, the Pioneer Village School and Dale Christian School opened, the latter having relocated to the site of the former Drive-In Cinema in Brookdale. Other State and private schools have been established in neighbouring population centres of Westfield, Kelmscott, Roleystone and Byford.

In 1987, Armadale Primary School relocated to a new campus on Carradine Road, its current location, and the original school site was cleared to make way for an expansion of Armadale Shopping City. In recognition of its heritage value, the 1899 school building was relocated to Minnawarra Park, its walls and roof lifted and carried to the new site intact -an astonishing feat that had not previously been undertaken in Australia. The Old Jarrah Tree which used to be in the playground near the 1905 classroom is the only insitu remains at the school's original site.

The Australian Air Force Cadets Number 719 Squadron is also located in Armadale, at Cecil Andrews Senior High School.

Around 2000, a TAFE Centre was built in Commerce Avenue as part of the South-East Metropolitan College of TAFE; it became a fully functioning campus in 2003 when SEMC merged into Swan TAFE, and is now a campus of Polytechnic West. In 2010, the Federal Government opened a campus of the Australian Trades College specialising in carpentry and joinery, cabinet making and electrical trades.

Transport

Road transport

The intersection of four key roads is located at the centre of Armadale:

• Armadale Road (State Route 14) – west to Cockburn Central and Fremantle;
• Albany Highway (State Route 30) – north to Cannington and Perth;
• Albany Highway (State Route 30) – east to Albany;
• South Western Highway (State Route 20) – south to Pinjarra and Bunbury.

Public transport

Armadale is the terminus of the Armadale railway line, which links the suburb to Perth's central business district and the suburbs of Cannington, Maddington and Gosnells. Its railway station serves as an interchange for Transperth buses, operated by sWAn Transit, which serve surrounding areas, as well as a stop on the Australind train to Bunbury.

Bus routes 243–245 serve western Armadale and Cecil Andrews SHS, whilst 250 serves the southwest, 251, 252, 253 and 254 serves the growing area of Byford with 252 services terminating at Mundijong plus the 253 at Jarrahdale and 220 and 249 service Albany Highway. The 519 travels between Armadale and Murdoch. There are no bus routes servicing eastern Armadale.

See also

• City of Armadale
• Old Jarrah Tree
• Wungong

References

External links

• City of Armadale