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Hurlstone Agricultural High School is located on a single campus, covering the area from Glenfield railway station, along Roy Watts Road and extending to sections of Quarter Sessions Road near the Hume Highway. The school is serviced by the East Hills, South and Cumberland train lines.
Hurlstone features a fully functional farm and a commercial dairy. Livestock on the farm include: Beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, boer goats, alpacas and peacocks.
The school's swimming pool is located adjacent to the boarding school, and is used for swimming carnivals, school sports and recreational purposes.
Clarke House is a heritage listed building which houses a Hurlstone memorabilia museum.
On Roy Watts Road past the boarding school there is a memorial forest with trees planted in the shape of a cross. The memorial forest is where the Anzac Day and Remembrance day ceremonies are held.
As part of the 2008 mini-budget, the New South Wales Government declared 140 hectares of the school to be surplus to educational needs and the land will be sold in 2011. However, due to a strong public protest against this action, an inquiry was led into process of selling approximately seven eighths of the school. As a result, Mal Peters, the Inquiry Chair, recommended the school's agricultural sector to be upgraded in order to reflect current industry practice and standards due to it being an economic, wise and important public investment for the people of NSW as it supplies young scientists with the knowledge for the ever declining, but demanding agricultural sector of the world.
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