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Directorate of Public Relations,  Department of Defence (Army Office)  CANHE22A. A.C.T. 2600

No. 6528

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INDUSTRY, CULTURE, HIST05? TOUR

The junior class of the Army's Officer Cadet School at Portsea,

Victoria, will tour centres of industrial, cultural and historical interest

between June 16 and June 21.

The twice-yearly tour takes in visits to Canberra and Sydney.

The party of 70 officer cadets and three staff includes nine officer

cadets from New Zealand, two from each of Malaysia and the Philippines, and

one from Fiji. .

The aim of the tour is to give both Australian and overseas officer

cadets an insight into some of the many facets of Australia as a nation. In

addition it assists the assimilation of overseas officer cadets. '

The group will tour the Canberra area on Sunday (June 16), the National

Library and War Memorial the following day and Parliament House, and the Mint

on Tuesday. On Wednesday (June 19) the party will visit the Lithgo.w Small

Arms Factory, followed by a tour of the Australian Oil Refinery at Kurnell

near Sydney and the Atomic Energy Commission Research Centre on Thursday (June 20)Ã¢ÂÂ

On Friday the officer cadets will see the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Area at The

Rocks, and the Opera House before leaving Sydney.

1*3 June 1974

Further information:

Captain Ian Edwardson 65 4059

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