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The college was operated by the state Department of Agriculture. Initially offering a two-year full-time residential course in general agriculture, it expanded to three years in 1910, after which time the course became known as the Hawkesbury Diploma in Agriculture. A dairying diploma was also introduced in 1910.<ref name=hacsar />
[[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 to this college was in 1971 when 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 | access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref>
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