Mount Bundey Training Area

The Mount Bundey Training Area (MBTA) is a 117,300 ha. military training area in Australia, 75km south-east of Humpty Doo, south of the Arnhem Highway,  between the Mary River and Kakadu National Park. Formerly a cattle station, the property was acquired as a Defence Training Area in 1988.[1]

Mount Bundey Training Area
MBTA
Mount Bundey, Northern Territory in Australia
Mount Bundey Training Area is located in Northern Territory
Mount Bundey Training Area
Mount Bundey Training Area
Location in Northern Territory
Coordinates12°59′56″S 131°47′49″E
Type
Area117,300 hectares (290,000 acres)
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defence
Operator
Site history
In use1988 (1988) – present

Current usage

The United States and Singaporean militaries both conduct joint tank exercises with Australian forces in the MBTA. These exercises have included the use of an Urban Operations Training Facility constructed in 2005.

The MBTA has been heavily used by the US Marine Air Ground Task Force since its first deployment in 2012.

In mid-2017 the ADF held Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Mount Bundey with elements of the 1st Brigade – Australian Army, US Marine Rotation Force – Darwin (MRF-D) and the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF).[2]

References
  1. "Mt Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory" (PDF). Australian Government: Department of Defence.
  2. Hartigan, Brian (31 May 2017). "Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2017". CONTACT magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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