Talk:Army Recruit Training Centre (Australia)

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Should this article (Kapooka) be renamed to Blamey Barracks or Army Recruit Training Centre? Is Kapooka the name of the base, or of a small town nearby? --Scott Davis ^Talk 01:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

- From a Geoscience Australia search it is the name of a town or locality. Department of Defence refer to it as Kapooka Military Area Facilities and Services.--A Y Arktos\^talk 02:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Its called Kapooka to us Soldier. As I was a recruit last year for two months at Kapooka. Its called Kapooka which is in the Blamey Barracks. Kapooka is huge. Blamey Barracks is where the recruits and all the training is held, but fieldcraft and shooting ranges are outside of the Barracks. Best to leave it as Kapooka. Andreasu 22:28, 14 April 2006

Outside of the barracks? No theyre not, all of the ranges are located on what is Blamey Barracks. What corps are you in?

[edit] Renaming

As proposed above, I think the article should be named Army Recruit Training Centre (Australia). Kapooka is the name of a locality and should have its own article Kapooka, New South Wales and treated as a suburb of Wagga Wagga. A disambiguation template can be placed on the Kapooka article. While I agree it is referred to as Kapooka in the military, that does not mean that is its name.--Mattinbgn/ ^talk 02:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I absolutely agree with Mattinbgn and others above - this article needs to be renamed immediately. The article is about a department of defence location that has been officially known as the Army Recruit Training Centre since December 1, 1998 Department of Defence - Australian Army] and is located within Blamey Barracks, Kapooka. Kapooka is the suburb of Wagga Wagga and that name is required for an article about suburbs in Wagga according to the Wiki naming convention for such locations. See Template:Wagga Wagga City. --VS ^{talk...images} 04:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Choosing the site for ARTC?

The article currently states Major General C.S. Steele chose this site as it was close to Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey's birthplace of Wagga Wagga. I have marked this for citation as I have some difficulty coming to grips with this as it seems a bit incongruous that Australia should choose its main engineer and army recruit site during the middle of a War (1942) on the basis of it being close to Blamey's birthplace (who of course was busy in the field of battle/s). This needs referencing please.--VS ^{talk...images} 05:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)