This is a list of Australian Army Cadets

Australian Army Cadets

The Australian Army Cadets is a youth organisation that is involved with progressive training of youths in military and adventurous activities. The programme has more than 19,000 Army Cadets between the ages of 12½ and 19 based in 236 units around Australia...

 units, both Army Cadet Units and School Based Units, across all states and territories of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Queensland AAC Brigades (North and South Queensland Brigades)

Community Based Units:

10 ACU Southport

11 ACU Logan^{Note 1}

12 ACU Wacol^{Note 2}

12 ACU Detachment Bulimba ^{Note 2}

13 ACU Toowoomba

14 ACU Blackwater

15 ACU Townsville

16 ACU Redcliffe

17 ACU (A Company) Warwick

17 ACU (B Company) Stanthorpe

17 ACU (C Company) Clifton

18 ACU (A Company) Bundaberg

18 ACU (B Company) Hervey Bay

19 ACU Pittsworth

120 ACU (A Company) Chinchilla

120 ACU (B Company) Dalby

121 ACU Wynnum^{Note 3}

122 ACU Mackay

122 ACU Detachment Dystart

122 ACU Detachment Clermont

123 ACU (A Company) Caboolture

123 ACU (C Company) Nanango^{Note 5}

124 ACU Gladstone

124 ACU Detachment Biloela

125 ACU Rockhampton

126 ACU (A Company) Bray Park

126 ACU (B Company) Narangba

127 ACU Ipswich

128 ACU Yandina

129 ACU Enoggera

130 ACU Townsville

130 ACU Detachment Charters Towers

131 ACU Sarina

132 ACU Capricornia

133 ACU Palm Beach

134 ACU Cairns

135 ACU Wondai

136 ACU Redlands

137 ACU Monto

138 ACU Rosedale

139 ACU Lockyer

142 ACU Balonne

144 ACU Atherton

146 ACU Bamaga

161 ACU (Aviation) Bulimba^{Note 4}


School Based Units:

ACGS East Brisbane

St Pauls Bald Hills

TGS Toowoomba

TSS Southport

Former Cadet Units

15 ACU Detachment Proserpine (closed 2010)

123 ACU (B Company) Kilcoy(closed c. 2007)

140 ACU William Ross State HS (closed)

145 ACU Winton (closed 2008 or 2009)

DCCU Toowoomba (Closed 2007)

SCOTS PGC College Warwick (Closed 2006)


----Notes

Note 1: Formerly Woodridge State High School Cadet Unit.

Note 2: Formerly Camp Hill State High School Cadet Unit and Salisbury State High School Cadet Unit, amalgamated in 1984. Renamed 10/12 RCU until 2003.

Note 3: Formerly Wynnum North State High School Cadet Unit. Amalgamated with 136 RCU in 1998. Delinked in 2004.

Note 4: Formerly known as South Queensland Aviation Detachment.

Note 5: Formerly known as 123 Yarraman Army Cadets, moved to Nanango in mid 2009.

New South Wales AAC Brigade

Community Based Units:

21 ACU Penrith

22/29 ACU Holsworthy

23 ACU Camden

24 ACU Grafton

25 ACU Erina

26 ACU Wollongong

27 ACU Coffs Harbour

28 ACU Taree

200 ACU 1 PL Grenfell

200 ACU 2 PL Cowra

200 ACU 3 PL Young

200 ACU 4 PL Boorowa

201 ACU Northern Beaches (Dee Why)

202 ACU Blacktown

203 ACU Cumberland (Lancer Barracks) ^{Note 1}

204 ACU Parramatta ^{Note 2}

205 ACU Mudgee

205 ACU (A Company) Mendooran

206 ACU North Sydney

207 ACU Glen Innes

208 ACU Port Macquarie

209 ACU Tamworth

211 ACU Newcastle

212 ACU Cessnock

213 ACU Sutherland

215 RCU Fort Street HS ^{Note 3}

216 ACU Lismore

217 ACU Lake Macquarie

218 ACU Campbelltown

219 ACU Wagga Wagga

220 ACU Lithgow

221 ACU Cobar

222 ACU Ulladulla

223 ACU Leeton

224 ACU Canberra

225 ACU Murwillumbah

226 ACU Normanhurst

229 ACU South Lakes

230 ACU Norfolk Island

233 ACU St George

234 ACU Maitland

235 ACU Dubbo

236 ACU Toukley

237 ACU Southern Highlands

240 ACU Lightning Ridge

256 ACU Cootamundra

Australian Army Cadet Band - Sydney


School Based Units:

Barker College

Baulkham Hills High School Army Cadet Unit

Chevalier College

Hurlstone Agricultural High School

James Ruse Agricultural High School Army Cadet Unit

Kinross Wolaroi School

Knox Grammar School Army Cadet Unit

Newington College

Newcastle Grammar School

Pittwater House School

Shore - Sydney Church of England GS

St Aloysius College

Sydney High School

Sydney Grammar School

The Armidale School

The King's School 

The Scots College Bellevue Hill

The Scots College

For other schools with a similar name see Scots College.The Scots College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 

The Scots School Bathurst

Trinity Catholic College

Trinity Grammar School

Waverley College Cadet Unit

Former Cadet Units

Hunters Hill High School

Hunters Hill High School

Hunter's Hill High School is a public, secondary, co-educational day school, located in Hunter's Hill, a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Lane Cove River, near the Figtree Bridge....

 (Closed c 1975)

South Sydney Boys High School

South Sydney High School

South Sydney High School is a public school located in Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1953 for boys, it is today a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training for students from years 7 through 12...

North Sydney Boys High School

North Sydney Boys High School

North Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective, public high school for boys, located at Crows Nest in Sydney, Australia.- History :...

Asquith Boys High School

Asquith Boys High School

Asquith Boys High School, is a school located in Asquith, New South Wales, Australia, on Jersey Street. It is a boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...

Chatswood High School

Chatswood High School

Chatswood High School is a public, co-educational, semi-selective high school, located in Chatswood, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

----Notes

Note 1: 203 ACU (Cumberland) is located in Parramatta, NSW.

Note 2: 204 ACU (Parramatta) is located in Dundas

Dundas, New South Wales

Dundas is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dundas is located 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.-History:...

, NSW. It is the oldest community based Australian Army Cadet unit in Australia.


Note 3: Closed around 2002/03 was amalgamated with 206 ACU after 2000 and with Trinity Grammar School CU for a short time during the 1980s

Victoria AAC Brigade

Community Based Units:

30 ACU Sunshine

31 ACU Norwood/Ringwood

32 ACU Geelong

33 ACU Wangaratta ^{Note 1}

34 ACU Colac

35 ACU Broadmeadows

36 ACU Frankston

37 ACU Albury/Wodonga

38 ACU Shepparton

39 ACU Watsonia ^{Note 2}

300 ACU Ballarat

301 ACU Echuca

302 ACU Oakleigh

303 ACU Stawell

304 ACU Newborough ^{Note 3}

305 ACU Surrey Hills

306 ACU Monash

307 ACU Deniliquin

308 ACU Sale

308 ACU Det Bairnsdale

309 ACU Bendigo

310 ACU Dandenong

311 ACU Mildura

312 ACU Broadford ^{Note 4}

School Based Units:

Beaconhills College

Braemar College

Brighton Grammar School

Camberwell Grammar School

Ivanhoe Grammar School

Ivanhoe Grammar School ACU (Plenty) Detachment

Melbourne High School

Mentone Grammar

Monivae College

The Peninsula School

Sebastopol College

Scotch College

Werribee Secondary College


Former Cadet Units:

Melbourne Grammar School (Closed 2009)

33 ACU Detachment Benalla (Closed 2005)

Wesley College (Closed c. 1976)
Christian Brothers' College St Kilda

----Notes

Note 1: Until 1999 33 ACU Wangaratta and Benalla were named 37 RCU B & C Companies respectively, with 37 RCU A Company being based in Albury/Wodonga.

Note 2: Formerly 39 RCU Preston

Note 3: Formerly 304 RCU Yallourn

Note 4: Formerly 39 RCU Detachment Broadford, renamed 312 ACU in late 2006

South Australia AAC Brigade

Community Based Units:

40 ACU Noarlunga

41 ACU Whyalla

42 ACU Broken Hill

43 ACU Warradale

44 ACU (A Company) Hampstead

44 ACU (B Company) Gillies Plains

45 ACU Murray Bridge

46 ACU Port Augusta

47 ACU Keswick

48 ACU (A Company) Mount Gambier

48 ACU (B Company) Kingston

49 ACU Smithfield

410 ACU Berri

411 ACU Clare

412 ACU Woodside

413 ACU Pipe & Drums Keswick and 1 PL Underdale HS

414 ACU (A Company) Port Pirie

414 ACU (B Company) Kadina

416 ACU (A Company) Port Lincoln

416 ACU (B Company) Ceduna

420 ACU Waikerie

423 ACU Victor Habour

School Based Units:

St Pauls College

Western Australia AAC Brigade

Community Based Units:

50 ACU South Guildford/Midland

51 ACU Girrawheen

51 Band Corps

52 ACU Armadale

53 ACU Wanneroo

55 ACU Kalgoorlie

56 ACU Fremantle

57 ACU Morley

58 ACU Carine

59 ACU Rockingham

501 ACU Como

502 ACU Karrakatta

503 ACU Experance

504 ACU Mandurah

505 ACU Albany

506 ACU Geraldton

507 ACU Joonadalup

508 ACU Karratha

509 ACU Lynwood

510 ACU Meredin

511 ACU Busselton

512 ACU Narrogin

513 ACU Eastern Hills

514 ACU Port Hedland

515 ACU Bunbury

518 ACU Katanning

School Based Units:

CCGS ACU

Guildford Grammar School ACU

St Josephs College ACU

Tasmania AAC Battalion

Community Based Units:

601 Platoon Paterson Barracks

602 Platoon Scottsdale

603 Platoon Youngtown

604 Platoon Paterson Barracks

611 Platoon Warrane

612 Platoon Pontville

621 Platoon Devenport

622 Platoon Burnie

624 Platoon Deloraine

631/632/633/633 Platoon Dowsing Point

Northern Territory AAC Battalion

Community Based Units:


70 ACU Larrakeyah

71 ACU Palmerston

73 ACU Tennant Creek

74 ACU Alice Springs

75 ACU Daly River

76 ACU Tiwi Islands

77 ACU Wadeye