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Image:asopa2004.jpg|ASOPA 2004 - delapidated and awaiting restoration

</gallery>By 1945, as [[World War II]] was drawing to a close, the [[School of Civil Affairs]] broadened its role to train officers for the [[Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit]] (ANGAU), responsible for civil administration in the Territories. Originally located at [[Royal Military College, Duntroon]] in [[Canberra]], in March 1946 the School was transferred to civilian control and renamed the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA). In May 1947 it was relocated to a group of Army huts on [[Middle Head]] in the [[Sydney]] suburb of [[Mosman, New South Wales|Mosman]]. ASOPA operated under the [[Papua and New Guinea Act 1949]] and was a responsibility of the Federal Minister for External Territories until 1 December 1973.