Alice Ishbel Hay Creswick, née Reid, DStJ, OBE (21 September 1889, Aberdeen, Scotland – 24 October 1973, Armadale, Victoria, Australia) is best known for her work in the Free Kindergarten Union (FKU) and as an important figure in the Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) during World War II.
At the north end of Armadale there is a point called Reismeave, which is a good local fishing spot and great for seeing the coastal birds such as the Oyster Catcher, Rock Dove and the famous Puffin.
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Both the town of Armadale, West Lothian and the suburb of Armadale, Victoria in Australia are named after the village of Armadale in Sutherland.
Ross Higgins – Actor, best known for his role as Ted Bulpitt in the television series Kingswood Country was born in Armadale in 1931.
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Armadale contains and is in close proximity to a number of Melbourne's leading private schools, including Lauriston Girls' School and the King David School.
The Australian Air Force Cadets Number 719 Squadron is also located in Armadale, at Cecil Andrews Senior High School.
The Free Reformed Church started the John Calvin School at Armadale, Western Australia which opened its doors on 2 December 1957 with 70 students.
Born in Armadale, Western Australia, the youngest of eight children of migrant Croatian parents, he graduated from the University of Western Australia in geology and psychology.
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She also famously played the title role of Miss Gwilt in the stage adaptation of Armadale and Mercy Merrick in The New Magdalen, both by Wilkie Collins.
The street terminates at Wellington Street continuing as Beaufort Street on and over the Barrack Street Bridge which crosses the Midland and Armadale railway lines.
Two services of the Armadale Line stop at Burswood station: all stations and T. All stations trains run locally from Perth towards Armadale, whilst T-pattern trains run locally from Perth station to Thornlie, skipping Beckenham station and splitting from the rest of the Armadale Line at Cannington.
This station serves as in important interchange between Thornlie station and all stations between Beckenham and Armadale stations.
Situated in the Kwinana Freeway median strip, and just north of the Beeliar Drive/Armadale Road interchange, it is also integrated with the Success Park 'n' Ride bus station.
A freight-only line from Kenwick links the Armadale line to the dual-gauge line from Kwinana to Midland and points east.
Thomas Road is a major west-east road in the far southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Rockingham Road (part of Highway 1) in Kwinana's industrial area with Kwinana's urban area, before bridging Perth's agricultural fringe to meet the South Western Highway in Byford, just south of Armadale.
Torphichen is part of the (UK) Falkirk East and Linlithgow Constituency (Michael Connarty, Labour); Scottish Linlithgow Constituency (Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party); and part of the Armadale and Blackridge Ward of West Lothian Council (Stuart Borrowman, Independent; Jim Dixon, Labour; and Isabel Hutton, Scottish National Party).