sentences:  A final restructuring – and change in name to Centre for Pacific Development and Training - saw the Middle Head campus used as a base for consultants operating in the South Pacific until this role came to an end late in 1997.The history of ASOPA, and its successor institutions, paralleled the changing political milieu of the post-war and cold war years.ASOPA began as a training institution for Australians taking leadership positions in Australia's territories.