Description
The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) was a cadet training facility that integrated the three arms of the defence force. The Tertiary Education (Services’ Cadet Colleges) Committee, chaired by Sir Leslie Martin, was formed in 1967 to consider and plan for an integrated college. They delivered their report in 1970. UNSW had signed an agreement with the Commonwealth on 10 July 1967 to establish the Faculty of Military Studies [AGENCY110] within the Royal Military College, Duntroon [AGENCY808]. In light of the Committee's Report and ongoing deliberations, The University and the Minister of Defence signed an Extension of Agreement in 1977. On 7 May 1981, the agreement was signed between the Commonwealth and the University to establish the Australian Defence Force Academy - within which would sit the University College [AGENCY810]. In April 1984 the Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara, formally established the Australian Defence Force Academy as a Joint Service Unit under Section 32c of the Defence Act 1903. ADFA began student intake in January 1986, providing both undergraduate education, through University College, and military training to midshipmen and officer cadets. The Academy Council [AGENCY811] was only an advisory body. It reported to both the Department (on the progress of the Academy) and the University (on the progress of the College). Representatives from across the defence force sat on this Council, unlike the University College Academic Board, which was the University's ruling body for Academy activities. The first meeting of the Interim Academy Council was held on 28 June 1982, chaired by the Minister of Defence, Sir Edward Woodward. From January 2001, ADFA sat within the Australian Defence College command. This grouped ADFA with other, non-UNSW defence and security colleges. Subordinate agency: University College, Australian Defence Force Academy - 01/1/1986 - 20/8/2012 Subordinate agency: UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy - 20/8/2012 - Subordinate agency: Interim Academy Council - 28/07/1982 - 30/09/1985 Subordinate agency; Academy Council - 30/9/1985 - 11/12/2003 Subordinate agency: Executive Committee of the Interim Academy Council - 28/07/1982 - 22/9/1985 Subordinate agency: Executive Committee of the Academy Council - 10/2/1986 - ?11/12/2003 Subordinate agency: Consultative Council - 11/12/2003 -