Humans of Armadale

The City of Armadale, along with Centre for Stories have heard raw and authentic experiences of young people within the Armadale community. With guidance from local artist Julie Fearns-Pheasant, students from Armadale Senior High School, Cecil Andrews College, Harrisdale Senior High School and Kelmscott Senior High School have had the opportunity to create a visual self-portrait using acrylic paint on canvas. Exploring themes such as individuality, identity, family, friendship, passion and nature, the students engaged in conversational interviews with Luisa Mitchell, Centre for Stories, about what it is like being a young person living in the City of Armadale.

Keep scrolling to listen to the young peoples stories.

Humans of Armadale 2023

Alexia

Alexia
Hello. My name is Alexia. I am 12 years old, and I go to Kelmscott Senior High School. I can be a bit shy and mysterious at first, but as you get to know me through the years, my true colours will pop out. I’m usually a very loud person when it comes to people who have known me for ages and I can be very funny, and of course very sarcastic!

Alexia artwork

Aleena and Khushi

Aleena and Khushi

ALEENA: My name’s Aleena. I go to Harrisdale Senior High School and I'm 14 years' old.

KHUSHI: Hi, my name is Khushi. I also go to Harrisdale Senior High School and I’m also 14 years' old.

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Caitlyn

Caitlyn
Hi, I'm Caitlyn. I’m 12 years old and I go to Kelmscott Senior High School. I'd describe myself as funny, caring, and very sporty. I'm just easy to approach and I love to make new friends over time.

Caitlyn artwork

Callum

Callum
My name is Callum Ryan Larson. I go to Cecil Andrews College. I am 14 years of age. I went to a good school back in the day. I'm not that good at math and all that stuff, you know, but I like HASS and science. Science is pretty good, but I'm not the best at it, you know. I like the history and all that stuff, and in science you get to do experiments and stuff like that.

Callum artwork

Carys

Carys
I’m Carys. I go to Armadale Senior High School. I'm 13. Well, usually I’m quiet to people I haven't really met, but when I warm up, I'm kind of funny. A lot of my personality is based around my friends because you know, if you get to know me, you also get to know my friends. Well, Madison, she's really funny, like probably the funniest person in our group. And then Matthew, you know, I usually have fake arguments with him, but that's for the fun. Rina, she's pretty chill. She's nice. And then Adrian, I don't know, he's a little bit crazy and he edits a lot.

Carys artwork

Courage

Courage
My name's Courage Ray. I’m 17 years old and I go to Kelmscott Senior High School. I look scary at first, but it’s like, I'm actually a soft guy at heart. Yeah. I'm really nice. I would say I'm always smiling, always willing to be enthusiastic about things that I'm not really familiar with. And quite brave, I would say. Like if I don't get over my fears and all that, I feel like it's going to have repercussions for me in the future.

Courage artwork

Farina

Farina
Hi, I'm Farina. I'm 14 years old and I go to Armadale Senior High School. Okay, so when you first meet me, I'm a little bit reserved. I'm a bit quiet, but if you get to know me, I'll be very loud. I'm very extroverted and I'm not really that nice. I'm not that nice of a person. Well, people have told me.

Farina artwork

Gwyneth and Thimiri

Gwyneth and Tamari

GWEN: My name's Gwyneth and I am turning 15.

TAMARI: My name is Tamari Suri Kula and I'm from Harrisdale Senior High School and I'm 15 years old. Like our whole entire group is so crazy. Very dramatic. I drew all of my friends as little fish and we made this circle together, because I trust them, that I can share my problems with them and they can help me out if I’m stressed out and stuff. It's just my parents have high expectations on like my grades and stuff.

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Izak

Izak

My name is Isaac Mann. I'm 14 and I go to Cecil Andrews College. I just do like some comic book drawings and sometimes I do realism. I don't know, mainly silly characters. Yeah, sometimes I draw characters from movies, like Marvel movies, Harry Potter. Sometimes TV shows like SpongeBob, Batman, Spider-Man. Mainly just like how my family members do drawings. So, my pop does drawings and tattoos, and then another one of my pop's, he does paintings. If I finish my work early in class, I just draw on the back of my paper.

Jade

Jade
Hello, my name is Jade Walker and I go to Cecil Andrew's and I'm 14 years old. What it's like living in Armadale... I think it's a nice place, but it's a very small town, but it's very comfortable. I lived there since I was like five or four years old. My mum was a bit poor and she decided to live in a little house and we got uncomfortable once in a while. I don't know the real reason why we went to Armadale, but I think it was cheaper and maybe it was a better place to live near a school.

Jade artwork

Jamia

Jamia
JAMIA: I'm Jamia Sinclair. I'm 14 years old and I go to Cecil Andrew's. Yeah, I'm in Year 9.

LUISA: So, tell me what you like about school?

JAMIA: Nothing. Well, sport has to be one of them, but not really. Same time, yeah. Then there's art and then the Stars Academy? That there as well, it's where you just basically go and sit around and have a yarn and that. Netball, footy, and a bit of volleyball, but it hurts my arm.

Jamia artwork

Keina and Emily

Keina and Emily

KEINA: Hi, my name is Keina and I'm a student at Harrisdale Senior High School and I'm 15 years old.

EMILY: I'm Emily. I'm from Harrisdale Senior High School as well and I'm also 15. I guess I'm pretty shy to people I don't know and don't really talk much unless I actually know you or something.

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Madison

Madison
Hi, my name is Madison. I'm 14 years old and I go to Armadale Senior High School. I say that at first, I'm pretty quiet, but once you get to know me I just, I talk a lot more. Well, every day is pretty different. Yeah, I like Armadale Senior High School, it's nice. I wouldn’t like it much if my friends weren't here though.

Madison artwork

Makayla and Riekita

Makayla and Riekita

MAKAYLA: Hi, I’m Makayla. I'm 16 years old and I go to Kelmscott High School.

RIEKITA: Hello, I'm Riekita and I'm 16 and I go to Kelmscott Senior High School. Stuck together all the way through high school? No, we were in kindergarten. We were like… little ones. Really small.

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Mikayla

Mikayla
Hi, my name is Mikayla McCarthy and I'm 14 years old and I go to Armadale Senior High School. I actually have a lot of different personalities. I can be crazy, annoying, hyperactive, sometimes rude, and just, you know, me.

Mikayla artwork

Pearl

Pearl
Hi, my name is Pearl. I'm 17 years old and I go to Kelmscott Senior High School. I don't really like being all out there. I’m not very extroverted. I'm more introverted. I like staying at home, just like reading, things like that. I like reading comics. Like just a bunch of romance. It's just good to look at, like... I'm not obsessed. I just like seeing other people thrive in relationships.

Pearl artwork

Anonymous

Anonymous
I'm 15. I think it takes time to get to know me and I probably don't show everything all at once, I’m quite an introvert. Because I like people, but sometimes people are too much.

Anonymous artwork

Vennila and Devika

Vennila and Devika

VENNILA: Hi, I'm Venilla and I'm from Harrisdale Senior High School and I'm 15 years old.

DEVIKA: Hi, I'm Devika and I'm from Harrisdale as well and I'm 15.

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Students participated in this project with parental consent. Any student or parent that wishes to withdraw their consent and have their contribution removed from this website, please email info@armadale.wa.gov.au or phone (08) 9394 5000.

Humans of Armadale 2021

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