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The City of Armadale is a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of , much of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east, and has a population of 62,296 as at the 2011 Census. ==History== Prior to European settlement, the area now known as the City of Armadale was part of the land that was occupied by the Aboriginal Noongar people. 〔http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/Home/About_Armadale/History/Traditional_Land_Ownership〕 Prior to 1894, the area was part of the Canning Road District. The Kelmscott Road District was created on 14 December 1894 out of parts of Fremantle and Jandakot Road Districts. On 24 March 1910, it was renamed Armadale-Kelmscott.〔 On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Armadale-Kelmscott following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. On 1 July 1977, its Byford Ward was abolished and transferred to the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. On 1 July 1979 it became the Town of Armadale and on 16 November 1985 it attained city status.〔WA Electoral Commission, ''Municipality Boundary Amendments Register'' (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.〕 The City of Armadale maintains 615 km of roads and a little over 14 km² of parks and gardens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Armadale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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