The City of Armadale commissioned authors Jennie and Bevan Carter of 'Historical Research and Publication Services', to research and write the history of the City of Armadale and its wider district. Settlement to City: A history of the Armadale district and its people was published in September 2011 and is now available for purchase.

The official opening of the railway line from Perth to Bunbury in 1893 accelerated the development of Armadale and Kelmscott. The Armadale siding soon grew into a busy railway station from which the products of the region were freighted.

On 16 November 1985, just ninety-one years after the district was first granted its own local administration - the City of Armadale was proclaimed.

The area now known as the City of Armadale was originally occupied by the Noongar Aborigines many thousands of years before European settlement.

In November 1829, just five months after the founding of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, an exploring party led by Governor Sir James Stirling chose a site for a new town on the banks of the Canning River.

The Township of Kelmscott was gazetted and declared to be at latitude 32 degrees 7'S and longitude 116 degrees 2'E. Initially the townsite served as a military outpost to protect the early settlers and explorers. The Canning River locality provided the early Settlers with fertile soils and a vital water supply.

The romance, the intrigue, the heartache and the triumphs of Armadale's yesteryear are being captured on tape and transcript as part of an oral history project currently underway at the Birtwistle Local Studies Library.

This program provides a series of in class lesson plans for Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence students on the importance of laws and how the different levels of government implement them.  The program also includes a visit to the City of Armadale Council Chamber.