Royal Military College, Duntroon
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The Royal Military College, Duntroon is Australia's military academy where Staff Cadets train for commissioning into the Australian Army as a part of 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.
The College also runs the program for training officers in the Australian Army reserve. These reservists start off in their reserve units before completing their final training at RMC Duntroon.
In 2001, the Band of the Royal Military College accompanied a detachment of the Australian Federation Guard to the United Kingdom where, as part of the celebrations of the centenary of Australia's federation, the AFG mounted the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace, while the Band of the RMC provided the Guards Band.
RMC Reserve Units
- Melbourne University Regiment (MUR)
- Monash University Regiment (MonUR)
- Queensland University Regiment (QUR) (Including North Queensland Company)
- University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR)
- Sydney University Regiment (SUR) (Including Australian National University (ANU) Company)
- Adelaide University Regiment (AUR) (Including North Australia Company)
- Western Australia University Regiment (WAUR)
- University of Tasmania Company (UTC)
Slangs and Terminology
- The Tan: Slang for Lon Tan Coy;
- Baker: name given to a Staff Cadet who has not attended prior training at the Australian Defence Force Academy. (Comes from the notion of being a 'half baked officer');
- FAK's': Name given to Staff Cadets who were once Officer Cadets, stands for "Fucking ADFA Cadets"