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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Duntroon

Note that "Duntroon" is also the name of towns in:

Duntroon is the name of the headquarters of The Royal Military College of Australia. It was opened on June 27 1911 by the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Dudley.

The college is situated on the old Campbell homestead in Canberra, Australia. The family had named the property "Duntroon" after Duntrune Castle, their ancestral home on Loch Crenan in Argyllshire, Scotland. The Australian Government first rented the Duntroon homestead for two years and finally acquired the freehold to the estate and 370 acres 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.



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