Corporate Body
RAAF Academy, Point Cook (1961 - 1986)
Royal Australian Air Force
- From
- 1961
Point Cook, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1986
Point Cook, Victoria, Australia - Alternative Names
Summary
In a note to the Air Member for Personnel (Air Commodore J E Hewitt) in 1945, the Director of Training (Group Captain P G Heffernan) suggesting that post-war planning should include an Air Force Cadet College based on the Army and Navy models at Duntroon and Flinders. His arguments were successful, and the RAAF College was established at Point Cook in 1947. It became the RAAF Academy in 1961 when it became associated with the University of Melbourne. The RAAF Academy closed in 1986 when all officer training for the Australian Defence Forces was conducted at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. (Reference: R E Frost, RAAF College and Academy, Commonwealth of Australia (Royal Australian Air Force), Canberra, 1991)
Details
There were three science disciplines taught at Point Cook, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The staff members were:
Physics
Victor David Hopper
James Frederick Ward
John Angus Thomas
Jean Elizabeth Laby
Peter James Eccles
Donald Gordon McIntyre
David Keith Aitken
Ian Arthur Bourne
John Francis Gearge Darby
John Victor Denholm
Eric Leonard Unthank
Owen Mace
David John Heilbrown
Brian Vaughan Denehy
Garry Robinson
Paul Lehmann
Ravinder Kumar Sood
Chemistry
Bernard Arthur Schaefer
Donald Mather Douglas
John Albert Bowden (Biochemistry)
Eileen Gruen
James Oliver Sawyer
Mathematics
Basil Cameron Rennie
Maurice Norman Brearley
Donald Ross Watson
Michael John Christopher Baker
Elizabeth Sonenberg
John Lewelyn Hopper
David Lloyd Hopper
Van Tu Le
Philip Cookson
Trevor Edward Gilham
Kathryn Jennifer Horadam
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Thomas Spurling
Created: 26 April 2023, Last modified: 27 April 2023