Royal Military College, Duntroon
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The Royal Military College, Duntroon is Australia's military academy where officer cadets train for commissioning into the Australian Defence Force.
There are two streams of Cadets:
- from the Australian Defence Force Academy, and
- by direct entry.
The college is situated in the suburb of Campbell, in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Duntroon was opened on June 27 1911 by the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Dudley.
The college is situated on the old Campbell family homestead in Canberra. The family had named the property "Duntroon" after Duntrune Castle, their ancestral home on Loch Crinan in Argyll, Scotland. The Australian Government first rented the Duntroon homestead for two years and finally acquired the freehold to the estate and 370 acres (1.5 km²) of land after the creation of the Federal Capital.
The initial Commandant of the College was Brigadier General William Throsby Bridges, who later died on the shores of Gallipoli. Under his recommendations the College was modeled on aspects from the military Colleges of Britain, Canada and the United States of America.
External Link
Official site (http://www.defence.gov.au/army/rmc/RMCA/RMCA-Mainpage.asp)