Old College Sandhurst History
It was changed back to bendigo in 1891 following a plebiscite when all the residents voted with 1 515 in favour and only 267 against.
Old college sandhurst history. Staff college camberley surrey was a staff college for the british army and the presidency armies of british india later merged to form the indian army. It was established in the parish as the royal military college in 1813 when moved from great marlow buckinghamshire. In 1946 it was merged with the rma at woolwich kent. Photo of sandhurst old college 2004 from francis frith.
Sandhurst is best known today as the home of the royal military academy. The railway arrived in 1849 in 1856 wellington college was built and broadmoor asylum in 1863. Large houses were built sandhurst lodge in about 1858 by robert gibson and leased to john walter founder of the times newspaper and also sir william farrer solicitor to queen victoria and the duke of wellington. The royal military academy sandhurst was formed in 1947 on the site of the former royal military college at sandhurst from a merger between the royal military academy in woolwich which trained officers for the royal artillery and royal engineers from 1741 to 1939 and the royal military college 1802 to 1939.
Having originally begun as bendigo a name spawned from bendigo creek it adopted the official name of sandhurst named after a military college in england in 1854 1. Photo of sandhurst old college 2004 from the francis frith collection. The main buildings designed by james wyatt are imposing but austere. Old scotland hill little sandhurst in 1871 the methodist central sandhurst in 1906 college town in 1907 uplands central sandhurst in 1962 and.
The parish of sandhurst is chiefly noteworthy as containing the royal military college established here in 1812 on its removal from great marlow and wellington college founded by national subscription in honour of the duke of wellington the first stone being laid by queen victoria in 1856. The royal military academy sandhurst was formed on the site of the former royal military college founded in 1801 for the training of officers for arms other than the royal artillery and royal engineers in 1947 when it amalgamated with the royal military academy in woolwich founded in 1741 for the training of officers for the royal artillery and royal engineers. It had its origins in the royal military college high wycombe founded in 1799 which in 1802 became the senior department of the new royal military college.