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PHOTOGRAPH, LANDSCAPE - ARMADALE TOWN CENTRE

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1967 - 1974

Overview

B&W aerial photograph. Shows Armadale town site and looks towards Darling Ranges. Key features in photograph Albany Highway, Jull Street and Third Road. Armadale Shire Building (built 1967), St Mathews Church (extensions added 1966), Armadale District Hall, Congregational Church (removed 1987), Armadale Primary (demolished 1987), Armadale Co-Op building and bush covered Mt Richon, Original St Francis Xavier Church (No picture stored just this digital copy]

Historical information

Aerial photograph of Armadale town site taken in the late 1960s. The photograph features the recently built Shire Council and Administration building on Jull Street. The original Armadale Kelmscott Road Board Offices, located opposite the Shire building. Also on Jull Street is St Matthews Church with its recent extension and the Armadale District Hall. The Armadale State School and Congregational Church can be seen on Third Road. The town features a variety of homes, many with trees including fruit trees in their back yards. In the hills, which is mainly covered in bush is the disused slate quarry which used to service the Armadale Brick Works

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2007.42

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Social History

Keywords

Armadale School Building 1900

Armadale congregational Church Armadale

Shire of Armadale Kelmscott Office

Armadale Kelmscott Road Board Office

Narrogin Inn

Armadale District Hall JULL Street ARMADALE

St Matthews Church

ARMADALE

Year

1967 - 1974

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items relating to the development of the Armadalecommunity from thelate1800s to today. These items represent the people, organisations, events and businesses who have had an impact on how the community has evolved over time. The collection shows how this community has grown from a small collection of homes and orchards established in the late1800s, located on Noongar land,into the industrial, economic and political centre of the district and wider region .

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

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