City of Armidale, Australia, Australia

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The city is laid out in a grid around the centre. The main street is called Beardy Street, named for two of the founding settlers who wore beards. The court house was built in the 1850s and is still a prominent feature of the central district. Beardy Street is pedestrianised in the centre to form a pleasant outdoor mall with many shops and cafes and leafy outdoor eating and sitting areas. It also features some notable architecture, including the Tattersalls Hotel, built in the Art Deco Moderne style in the 1930s. Much of the rest of the city is residential, with numerous attractive parks. The city is a regional centre for bushwalking, with easy access by road to the various World Heritage National Parks, and there are several outdoor and camping shops in the city. Armidale also hosts a number of excellent schools, including New England Girls School, The Armidale School, Presbyterian Ladies College and O'Connor Catholic High as private secondary schools, and Duval High and Armidale High Schools as comprehensive public seconary schools. These attract scholars from all over Australia and internationally.

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