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Department of Defence offices at Campbell Park.
The provisions of the Precinct Code relate primarily to ADFA and RMC. A number of the figures within this Precinct Code do not include Academy Close and Campbell Park as they do not form part of the military training institutions. Site specific provisions are included for these areas.
The ADFA, RMC, and Campbell Park Precinct comprises the two military training facilities of ADFA and RMC, which together occupy a total area of around 231 hectares approximately 3.5 kilometres south‑east of the Canberra city centre. Campbell Park offices are located to the north of the two military training facilities, separated by open space forming part of the Inner Hills.
ADFA and RMC are surrounded by Mount Pleasant to the north‑east and separated from the suburbs of Campbell and the Russell offices to the west by a bushland ridge which forms a physical barrier. To the north‑east is open land used for grazing. Canberra Airport is located to the east and the Molonglo River and Jerrabomberra Wetlands are located to the south of the site.
Figure 102 illustrates the location of the ADFA, RMC, and Campbell Park Precinct.
Figure 102: Australian Defence Force Academy, Royal Military College Duntroon, and Campbell Park Precinct location

4.9.2 Background
The foundation of the RMC in Canberra was initiated concurrently with the competition for the design of Canberra in 1911. The Griffin plan identifies the site for a 'Military Post' at the eastern end of the municipal axis and in a later version, identifies the Military College on its present site.
The pastoral property of Duntroon was acquired by the Australian Government in 1912 and cadets from the college played a prominent role in the life of the new city.
RMC provides military training for all potential Army General Service Officers (GSO). RMC also undertakes the military component of training for army cadets at ADFA.
The landscape character of the site varies according to topography and land use. The upper slopes have a native woodland character, linking the site to the Inner Hills. The dominant landscape character of the mid‑slopes consists of mixed exotic species, including some eucalypts, with an understorey of hedges and screen shrubs. An open landscape character dominates the flat areas, where large canopy trees define spaces for playing fields and closed training areas.
The current ADFA campus was designed and planned in the early 1980s, as the primary tertiary institution for the Australian Defence Force and was officially opened on 11 December 1986.

4.9.3 Objectives for Australian Defence Force Academy, Royal Military College Duntroon, and Campbell Park Precinct
The vision for RMC and ADFA is that they will continue to provide premier academic and military facilities