Russell Offices

Headquarters of the ADF and Department of Defence in Canberra, Australia

This article is about the building complex in Canberra. For the building in the District of Columbia, see Russell Senate Office Building.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Russell Offices" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Russell Offices

Canberra, Australia

The Russell Offices photographed from Mount Pleasant

Site information
Type| Government offices
Owner| Australian Government
Controlled by| Australian Department of Defence and the National Capital Authority
Open to
the public| No
Site history
Built| 1960–1990
In use| Administrative offices
Garrison information
Garrison| Australian Defence Organisation
Occupants| Offices of the Australian Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force

The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell, a suburb of Canberra,[1] constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force. The land area of the Russell Offices is managed and secured by the National Capital Authority.[2][3]

Together with Campbell Park, these two government complexes house the offices of the Department of Defence and contain the administrative headquarters of the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.[4] As well as other strategic, military and defence departments including those of the Australian Intelligence Community. The buildings in the complex are informally referred to as R1, R2 and so forth. R1–R4 are located together in the centre of the Russell complex,[5] R5–R7 are located to the north,[6] while R8 and R9 are together at the south.[7]

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) was located at Russell until their move into the Ben Chifley Building in July 2013.[8]

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) occupies Building 5 (R5) and Building 6 (R6) and their annexe.[9] Upgrade works costing an estimated $75M were put to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in March 2017.[10] The project is in the Department of Defence budget.[11]

The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) is located in Building 4 (R4).[12]

Security for the Russell Offices Complex is administered by the Australian Federal Police. However, ADF Military Police and the ACT Police occasionally provide security for the area.

## See also

[edit]

* Australian–American Memorial

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "RUSSELL OFFICES, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY" (PDF). Australian Government, Department of Defence. 1 October 2013.
2. ^ "Pay parking: Russell and Constitution Avenue". 24 August 2015.
3. ^ "Russell Precint".
4. ^ "Russell Offices". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
5. ^ "canberra". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
6. ^ "canberra". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
7. ^ "canberra". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
8. ^ "Rudd opens new ASIO headquarters in Canberra". ABC News. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
9. ^ "$75m upgrade to national security facilities". 2 March 2017.
10. ^ "3. Russell Offices Buildings 5 and 6, Infrastructure Upgrade Project – Parliament of Australia". Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
11. ^ "Defence Portfolio Budget Statements 2018-19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018.
12. ^ "Contact Us". Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation. AGO. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

35°17′51″S 149°9′6″E﻿ / ﻿35.29750°S 149.15167°E﻿ / -35.29750; 149.15167

This article about the military of Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This military base or fortification article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template