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) 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) BulimbaNote 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 School Bathurst
Trinity Catholic College
Trinity Grammar School
Waverley College Cadet Unit
----Notes
Note 1: 203 ACU (Cumberland) is situated in Parramatta, NSW.
Note 2: 204 ACU (Parramatta) is situated in Dundas, NSW.
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 1980's
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
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
Former Cadet Units:
Melbourne Grammar School (Closed 2009)
33 ACU Detachment Benalla (Closed 2005)
Wesley College (Closed c. 1976)
----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
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
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