Everything about Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School totally explained
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 unique in Australian education, being one of the few agricultural
secondary schools catering for both boarding and day students. The school currently enrols approximately 610 students from Years 7 to 12, including 360 boarders,
Farrer embodies a conservative culture.
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.
Campus
The Farrer
campus is in size, and is located on the outskirts of
rural Tamworth, on prime Peel Valley
farmland. The
Dairy Cattle, White Suffolk Flock and Angus
stud are run as profitable business ventures, turning over in excess of
AUD$140,000 at the Bull Sale in 2005.
Agricultural opportunities include Beef cattle, Sheep, Dairy cattle, Wool husbandry, Horticulture, Pig Production, Egg
Growing, Dry land and Irrigated cropping. Some notable Farrer Old Boys include:
Academic
Business
David Rodney Mazitelli – Principal of Mazitelli Pty Ltd; Commissioner, Tourism Western Australia; Board Member, Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre; Board Member, Perth Convention Bureau; Former Chairman of Australian Tourism Export Council; Former Executive Director of the Federal Department for Tourism
Richard McPhail – Director of Gresham Partners Ltd; Former Director of The Franked Income Fund; Former Associate Director of Rothschild Australia Ltd; Former Treasurer of the Tattersalls Club (Sydney)
Geoffrey Lee Miller AO – Principal of GCM Strategic Services Pty Limited; Chair of Farmshed Ventures Pty Ltd, and Beeline Technologies Inc. (USA); Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington DC); Director of Agrilink, Agsystems Pty Ltd, and JEM Bonds Ltd; Chair of Value Added Wheat CRC Ltd
Entertainment, media and the arts
Arthur Blanch – Golden Guitar winning Country music singer; Inducted into the Country Music Roll of Renown
Pixie Jenkins – Musician; Golden Guitar winning fiddler
Stuart Maunder – Director of Opera Australia
Medicine and science
Dr Michael Kilborn – Specialist cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Sydney
Tony Windsor – Politician; Independent member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of New England
Chris Borke – Australian Wheelchair Rugby- The Wheelies
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