Forrestdale is a

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, Western Australia, located within the

City of Armadale The City of Armadale is a local government area in the southeastern 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 risi ...

. It is named after

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, the first premier of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

Geography

Forrestdale is home to Forrestdale Lake, a

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important for

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s, many of which breed there. It usually fills in winter and dries out in summer. The nature reserve contains the only known remaining habitat of '' Neopasiphae simplicior'', a

critically endangered An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...

native bee.

Tiger snake The tiger snake (''Notechis scutatus'') is a large and highly venomous snake of southern Australia, including its coastal islands and Tasmania. These snakes are often observed and locally well known by their banding, black and yellow like a ti ...

s are commonly seen at this nature reserve, along with dugites.

Amenities and facilities

Forrestdale has a

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. There is a recently built

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, a campus of Carey Baptist College, which also has another campus in Harrisdale, offering education from

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and daycare to Year 9. In 2024, the campus expanded to include Year 12 students into its school cohort. The first class of Year 12 students graduated that same year.

Transport

Bus

Bus routes serving Armadale Road: * 233 Cockburn Central Station to Gosnells Station * 518 Cockburn Central Station to Murdoch TAFE * 519 Murdoch TAFE to Armadale Station * 529 Cockburn Central Station to Armadale Station

References

External links

{{PerthAU-geo-stub Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Armadale