List of Australian Army Cadet units

This is a list of Australian Army Cadets units, both Army Cadet Units and School Based Units, across all states and territories of Australia.

Queensland AAC Brigades (North and South Queensland Brigades)
Community Based Units: 10 ACU Southport 11 ACU LoganNote 1 12 ACU WacolNote 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 WynnumNote 3 122 ACU Mackay 122 ACU Detachment Dystart 122 ACU Detachment Clermont 123 ACU (A Company) Caboolture 123 ACU (C Company) NanangoNote 5 124 ACU Gladstone 124 ACU Detachment Biloela 125 ACU Rockhampton 126 ACU (A Company) Murrumba Downs 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 143 ACU Mount Isa

144 ACU Atherton 146 ACU Bamaga 161 ACU (Aviation) BulimbaNote 4

School Based Units: ACGS East Brisbane St Pauls Bald Hills TGS Toowoomba TSS Southport

Former Cadet Units 15 ACU Detachment Proserpine (closed 2011) 123 ACU (B Company) Kilcoy(closed c. 2011) 140 ACU William Ross State HS (closed 2011) 145 ACU Winton (closed 2008 or 2011) DCCU Toowoomba (Closed 2011) SCOTS PGC College Warwick (Closed 2011)

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 North Lakes 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 School Bathurst Trinity Catholic College Trinity Grammar School Waverley College Cadet Unit

Former Cadet Units
Fort Street High School closed 2011Note 3 20 RCU Ashfield (Haberfield)Note 4 closed 2011

Hunters Hill High School (Closed c 2011) South Sydney Boys High School closed 2011 North Sydney Boys High School closed 2011 Oakhill College closed 2011 Asquith Boys High School closed 2011 Chatswood High School closed 2011

Notes

Note 1: 203 ACU (Cumberland) is located in Parramatta, NSW. Note 2: 204 ACU (Parramatta) is located in Dundas, NSW. It is the oldest community based Australian Army Cadet unit in Australia. Note 3: Formerly Fort Street School Cadet Unit (FSCU) (1871 to 1987). Fort Street was a Company of 20 RCU from August 1987 till January 1989, still based at Fort Street High School. The Fort Street Company became a separate unit (215 RCU Fort Street) in January 1989. In June 1990, 215 RCU Fort Street absorbed 20 RCU Haberfield and moved to the RAE depot in Haberfield. 215 RCU Fort Street closed around 2002/03 and was amalgamated with 206 ACU Note 4: 20 RCU Ashfield (originally based at Punchbowl High School) started in 1984 at the RAE depot in Haberfield. The unit was merged with Trinity Grammar School Cadets and Fort Street School Cadets in August 1987. The Haberfield Company separated as 20 RCU Haberfield in January 1989. The unit was closed in June 1990 with many of the cadets joining 215 RCU Fort Street. 215 RCU moved from Fort Street High School into 20 RCU's premises at the 2 Construction Group RAE depot in Haberfield but retained the Fort Street name.

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 WatsoniaNote 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 309 ACU Bendigo 310 ACU Dandenong 311 ACU Mildura 312 ACU Broadford Note 4

313 ACU BairnsdaleNote 5

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 2011) 33 ACU Detachment Benalla (Closed 2011) Wesley College (Closed c. 2011) 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

Note 5: Formerly attached to 308 ACU Sale as 308 ACU Det Bairnsdale

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 Note 1 518 ACU Katanning School Based Units: CCGS ACU Guildford Grammar School ACU St Josephs College ACU

Notes

Note 1: Until 2003 515 ACU Bunbury was named 511 ACU B Company, with 511 ACU A Company being based in Busselton.

Tasmania AAC Battalion
Community Based Units: HQ Alpha Company, TAS AAC Bn 61 ACU Devonport 62 ACU Launceston 64 ACU Burnie 67 ACU Youngtown HQ Bravo Company, TAS AAC Bn 60 ACU Warrane 63 ACU Dowsing Point 65 ACU Bridgewater (Pontville)

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