in 1987, armadale primary school relocated to a new campus on carradine road, its current location, and the original school site was cleared to make way for an expansion of armadale shopping city. in recognition of its heritage value, the 1899 school building was relocated to minnawarra park, its walls and roof lifted and carried to the new site intact, the first known case of a substantial brick structure relocation project undertaken in australia. the old jarrah tree which used to be in the playground near the 1905 classroom is the only in situ remains at the school's original site. a collection of artefacts recovered from beneath the earliest parts of the school during the move are held by history house museum and provide tangible insights into school life at armadale during the early 1900s.