Yanco Agricultural High School
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Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco
in the Local Government Area of Leeton
in south western New South Wales
. The school is one of four agricultural high schools in New South Wales which include Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
in Tamworth
in northern New South Wales, James Ruse Agricultural High School
in western Sydney
and Hurlstone Agricultural High School
in south-western Sydney. The school was officially opened in 1922 and was the first school in New South Wales to have no day students. The school serves the south of New South Wales and Victoria
with the other schools serving the other regions of the state. Yanco Agricultural High School is located approximately 10 kilometres from the Leeton CBD
along Euroley Road.
YAHS has many traditions it follows. It also enjoys sport and plays around the district in school competitions, and in intertown competitions.
There are five dormitory buildings (Mutch, Gardiner, Breakwell, Hindmarish, Mason) where students sleep; girls and boys are separated from access after certain times.
. Sir McCaughey wanted it to become a school afterwards. Most of the land was sold off but over 200 acre (0.809372 km²) were kept for the school. It was opened in 1922 but in that time students cleaned it up and made it fit for a school. The front building (McCaughey) is still there and is used as offices.
Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco
Yanco, New South Wales
Yanco is a village with a population of 572 in Leeton Shire in South Western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water. Yanco is located three kilometres from Leeton along the Irrigation Way...
in the Local Government Area of Leeton
Leeton, New South Wales
Leeton is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Leeton is situated approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne in the productive Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Leeton is administered by Leeton Shire Council...
in south western New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. The school is one of four agricultural high schools in New South Wales which include Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
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...
in Tamworth
Tamworth, New South Wales
Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth, which contains an estimated population of 47,595 people, is the major regional centre for southern New England and in the local government area of Tamworth Regional Council. The city...
in northern New South Wales, James Ruse Agricultural High School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
James Ruse Agricultural High School is one of four New South Wales Government agricultural high schools. It is a selective, co-educational public high school located at Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia...
in western Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Hurlstone Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective, co-educational, public high school, located in Glenfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in south-western Sydney. The school was officially opened in 1922 and was the first school in New South Wales to have no day students. The school serves the south of New South Wales and Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
with the other schools serving the other regions of the state. Yanco Agricultural High School is located approximately 10 kilometres from the Leeton CBD
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
along Euroley Road.
YAHS has many traditions it follows. It also enjoys sport and plays around the district in school competitions, and in intertown competitions.
Buildings and capacity
It has a capacity of over 340 students with 2009 most of the school full. It has a class block (known as "the Old Class block") because of its age. The classblock has eight classrooms, a science lab, a computer lab, the English staffroom, and the Maths staffroom. There is a Technical and Applied Studies block which contains a TAS staffroom, three classrooms, a cooking room, a computer lab, and at the end (a demountable) an ex-science lab, now used as a classroom. There are woodwork and metalwork rooms in a building known as the Hackey. There is another class block (known as "the New Classblock" or the "Brian Roberts Classblock"), which contains an Art/Music staffroom, HSIE staffroom, three classrooms, a music room, art rooms, and soon to be computer lab. There are offices in the historic McCaughy house.There are five dormitory buildings (Mutch, Gardiner, Breakwell, Hindmarish, Mason) where students sleep; girls and boys are separated from access after certain times.
History
YAHS has big history with originally being a farm owned by Sir Samuel McCaugheySamuel McCaughey
Sir Samuel McCaughey was an Irish-born pastoralist, politician and philanthropist in Australia.-Early life:McCaughey was born at Tullyneuh, near Ballymena, Ireland, the son of Francis McCaughey, farmer and merchant, and his wife Eliza, née Wilson.McCaughey came to Australia with an uncle, Charles...
. Sir McCaughey wanted it to become a school afterwards. Most of the land was sold off but over 200 acre (0.809372 km²) were kept for the school. It was opened in 1922 but in that time students cleaned it up and made it fit for a school. The front building (McCaughey) is still there and is used as offices.
See also
- List of Government schools in New South Wales
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools