Hawkesbury Agricultural College: Difference between revisions

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[[Lorna Byrne (broadcaster)|Lorna Byrne]], who was one of the first two women to graduate in agricultural science from the [[University of Sydney]] in 1921, had part of her practical training here.<ref>{{Citation |title=Lorna Byrne (1897–1989) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/byrne-lorna-12277 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-05 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> The first female students were admitted into 1971,this atcollege whichwas in 1971 timewhen the college began relaxing requirements that students reside on campus.<ref name=sgt /> It became a [[College of Advanced Education]] from 1 January 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/2941 | title=Hawkesbury Agricultural College of Advanced Education | publisher=State Archives and Records | accessdate=5 October 2018}}</ref> It continued to be operated by the Department of Agriculture until 1976, after which time it became autonomous with its own governing council.<ref name=hacsar /><ref name="hacaerda">{{cite web | url=https://researchdata.ands.org.au/hawkesbury-agricultural-college-advanced-education/166043 | title=Hawkesbury Agricultural College of Advanced Education | publisher=Research Data Australia | accessdate=5 October 2018}}</ref>

It operated a separate residential campus at [[Scheyville, New South Wales|Scheyville]], using the former [[Officer Training Unit, Scheyville]] buildings, from 1977 to 1983. It was solely residential, with all teaching remaining at the Richmond campus, and the college opted to consolidate all operations there at the conclusion of its five-year lease.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/Conservation-management-plans/scheyville-national-park-conservation-management-plan-090232.pdf | title=Scheyville National Park Conservation Management Plan | publisher=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service | accessdateaccess-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>

Notable faculty included [[George Lowe Sutton]] and [[E. A. Southee]] (principal 1921–1954), while notable students included the broadcaster Lorna Byrne and [[Walter Lawry Waterhouse]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sutton-george-lowe-8720 | title=Sutton, George Lowe (1872–1964) | publisher=National Centre for Biography | work=Australian Dictionary of Biography | accessdateaccess-date=5 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/walter-lawry-waterhouse-1887-1969 | title=Walter Lawry Waterhouse 1887-1969 | publisher=Australian Academy of Science | accessdateaccess-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>

In 1985, Premier [[Neville Wran]] initiated a Higher Education Board inquiry into higher education in [[Western Sydney]], headed by Ron Parry. The report recommended the amalgamation of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College and the [[Nepean College of Advanced Education]] to form a new university. The state government gave effect to the report's recommendations in the ''University of Western Sydney Act 1988'', and the college formally amalgamated into the new [[Western Sydney University|University of Western Sydney]] from 1 January 1989. It thereafter became the university's Hawkesbury campus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/rams/archives/uws_history | title=University History | publisher=Western Sydney University | accessdate=5 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=hacaerda /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/uws25/25_year_history/people/ronald_e._parry,_on_her_majestys_public_service | title=Ronald E. Parry, On Her Majesty's Public Service | publisher=Western Sydney University | accessdateaccess-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>