Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
| Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | |
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Calala, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 31°08′22″S 150°58′53″E / 31.1394°S 150.9813°ECoordinates: 31°08′22″S 150°58′53″E / 31.1394°S 150.9813°E |
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| Type | Selective, Single-sex, Public, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Ad Aspera Virtus (Strength in Adversity) |
| Established | 1939 |
| Principal | Gordon Cooper |
| Enrolment | ~610 (7–12) |
| Campus | 191 hectares (472 acres) (Rural) |
| Colour(s) | Green, Gold and Rust |
| Website | www.farreragri-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School is an academically selective, day and boarding, Public high school for boys, located at Calala, a small suburb of Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is the only public agricultural high school for boys in Australia.
Established in 1939, Farrer is one of the few agricultural secondary schools catering for both boarding and day students with a healthy academic culture. The school currently enrols approximately 610 students from Years 7 to 12, including 360 boarders, making it the third largest boarding school in the State. Being a public high School, tuition is free, and the school charges the lowest boarding fees in New South Wales.
While an emphasis is placed on the agricultural curriculum, but a broad curriculum is also on offer for students from rural NSW who do not wish to return to the land or gain employment in an agricultural field. Other areas of emphasis at Farrer include sport and student welfare.
Farrer embodies a conservative culture with a high degree of inclusiveness of Ethnicity and Disabilities[School uniform]] is compulsory and is traditional in style, including blazer, tie and wide-brimmed hat. The school marches each week as part of the school assembly, and a prefect system is in place, playing an important role in the welfare and supervision of students.
Farrer Memorial High School was founded in 1939 as an agricultural high school for boarders, particularly those who are isolated and day students from the Tamworth region.
The school was named in memory of William James Farrer (1845–1906), a leading Australian agronomist and wheat breeder, best known for developing the "Federation" breed of wheat. His work led to significant increases in the Australian wheat crop for decades to come, and economic prosperity for the wheat industry.
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