Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
Duntroon is a locality in the city of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. History Robert Campbell's property Duntroon was situated on the limestone plains of New South Wales in the area that is now covered by the ACT. Given government compensation for the loss of his ship the while under government charter, Robert Campbell, sent James Ainslie to collect 700 sheep from the government flocks at Bathurst and to go southward looking for suitable pasture. Ainslie reached the Limestone Plains and selected a site on the slopes above the Molonglo River where the Royal Military College now stands. In 1825 Campbell applied for and received his grant, naming it "Duntroon" after the family castle, Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan in Argyll, Scotland. Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan in Argyll, Scotland was sold to clan Malcolm in 1792, long before this. In 1833, Campbell built "Duntroon House" out of stone with wide verandahs. In 1862 Robert's son George added a large tw ...
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Duntroon 1870
Duntroon may refer to: * Royal Military College, Duntroon, in Canberra, Australia * Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, Robert Campbell's property in the suburb of Campbell, Canberra * Duntroon, Ontario, Canada * Duntroon, New Zealand * Duntroon, Scotland * MV ''Duntroon'', a passenger liner operated from 1935 to 1973, including wartime service as a troopship See also *Duntrune Castle Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. It was the seat of the Camp ...