Hurlstone Agricultural High School | |
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Location | |
Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°58′14″S 150°53′29″E / 33.97056°S 150.89139°E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Pro Patria (For my country) |
Established | 1 April 1907 |
Founder | John Kinloch |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Specialist | Agricultural school |
Principal | Christine Castle |
Teaching staff | c. 50 |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | c. 1,080 |
Campus | Suburban |
Campus size | 112 hectares (280 acres) |
Colour(s) | Blue, red and gold |
Website | hurlstone-h |
Hurlstone Agricultural High School (HAHS, colloquially as Hurlstone Ag) is a government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day and boarding school, located in Glenfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, in the Macarthur region of New South Wales, Australia. HAHS is the oldest government boarding school in New South Wales.[1]
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, Yanco Agricultural High School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School are the state's only public selective and agricultural schools that also include a co-educational boarding school. The 112-hectare (277-acre) Hurlstone Agricultural campus includes classroom blocks, an operational farm, sporting facilities and student accommodation.[2]