Royal Military College, Duntroon - Definition and Overview

The Royal Military College, Duntroon is the professional officer college of the Australian Army of the Australian Defence Force, where Cadet officers are given training in leadership.

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, 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 Crenan 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 England, Canada and the United States of America.