21-544: Glenfield may refer to: In Australia Glenfield, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Glenfield Park, New South Wales , a suburb of Wagga Wagga Glenfield, Western Australia In New Zealand Glenfield, New Zealand Glenfield (New Zealand electorate) , a former parliamentary electorate, 1984–1996 In the United Kingdom Glenfield, Leicestershire Glenfield (company)
42-558: A memorial forest and cairn on Roy Watts Road, past the boarding school. Established in 1950, it is believed to be Australia's first living war memorial, with a gum tree dedicated to each of the 600 students from the school who served in WWI and II. Currently, ANZAC and Remembrance Day ceremonies are held at the memorial forest. As part of the 2008 mini-budget, the New South Wales Government declared 140 hectares of
63-639: A terminating platform to a through platform. The new railway line west to Leppington opened on 8 February 2015, meaning trains now serve Glenfield from the north, south, east and west. The M5 South Western Motorway and Hume Highway sit on the western border of Glenfield. Additionally, the Westlink M7 is also close to its western border. 33°57′54″S 150°53′35″E / 33.965°S 150.893°E / -33.965; 150.893 Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School ( HAHS , colloquially as Hurlstone Ag )
84-655: A third party company to encourage a close knit community atmosphere. Glenfield railway station is a major interchange station for South-West Sydney. It is the junction for the East Hills railway line and the South West Rail Link and the Main Southern railway line . The station received a major upgrade as part of the South West Rail Link , including construction of an overhead concourse, multi-storey car park , new, fourth platform and conversion of
105-532: A valve business In the United States Glenfield Park, New Jersey Glenfield, North Dakota Glenfield, Mississippi, a listed Mississippi Landmark Glenfield, Pennsylvania See also [ edit ] Glenfields (Philipstown, New York) , historic building Glenfield railway station (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
126-609: Is a government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day and boarding school, located in Glenfield , a south-western suburb of Sydney , in the Macarthur region of New South Wales , Australia. HAHS is the oldest government boarding school in New South Wales. Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School , Yanco Agricultural High School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School are
147-538: Is a suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Glenfield is located 36 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region. Glenfield was named after the property founded by early colonial surgeon and explorer, Charles Throsby . According to local authorities and Campbelltown City Library,
168-733: The area are separate houses (69.2%) with a substantial number of townhouses (28.1%). A number of new residential subdivisions have been developed in the north-western corner of Glenfield in the area bounded by Campbelltown Road and Glenfield Road. These developments are called Panorama, Vista at Panorama, Glenfield Circuit & Parkside Glenfield and are mixed density housing comprising duplex and freestanding housing. Panorama, Vista at Panorama estates are community titled with amenities such as pool, tennis courts, security patrols and barbecues that are available for exclusive use of residents. Community activities such as cocktails nights, family fun days and street Christmas parties are also organized by
189-518: The paddocks were marketed. A public school opened in a tent the following year and a local post office was established in 1899. Hurlstone Agricultural High School also moved to Glenfield in the 1920s. However, the suburb did not really develop until the 1950s and 1960s. Glenfield gained notoriety in 1968 as the site of a hostage siege which ended in bizarre circumstances with the NSW Commissioner of Police Norm Allen acting as witness to
210-532: The people of NSW as it supplies young scientists with the knowledge for the ever declining, but demanding agricultural sector of the world. In 2020 a new school called Hurlstone Agricultural High School was to open at Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury . The existing school in Glenfield would be renamed Roy Watts High School (after Hurlstone alumnus Roy Watts) and would remain fully selective but would no longer be an agricultural school. However, this decision
231-595: The present site of Trinity Grammar School . The original owner of the land was a teacher, John Kinloch, one of the first graduates of the University of Sydney . He named the land 'Hurlstone Estate', after his mother's maiden name and set up his own school on it in 1878 which he called the Hurlstone School and College. In those days most students completed their schooling after primary school and students at 'Hurlstone Agricultural Continuation School' (as it
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#1732772259013252-467: The property was named after the Glenfield in Leicestershire , England , where Throsby was born and brought up. Many of the streets in the suburb have links to British names, such as Canterbury Road, Cambridge Avenue and Trafalgar Street. The name was first used when Glenfield railway station was built in 1869 although a village didn't begin to develop until 1881 when the first subdivision of
273-463: The sale of the land, leaving the school with just 20 hectares. The announcement was met with immediate public protest and the formation of a local community group Save Hurlstone Educational and Agricultural Property (SHEAP) eventuating in a government inquiry into the proposed sale and proceeds of the sale. There was further pressure against the plans when the National Trust heritage listed
294-508: The school in late 2009. The government inquiry resulted in a recommendation of the sale of a small parcel of school land with the proceeds intended to help upgrade school facilities. On 18 November 2015, there was another proposal to sell the land the school and its farm operated on. The following individuals have served as principal of the Hurlstone Agricultural High School: Enrolment at
315-444: The school is dependent on selective examinations of Year 6 students from across the state. New students coming in later grades have to sit a similar exam. Hurlstone features a fully functional farm and a commercial dairy . Animals on the farm include: beef and dairy cattle , sheep , horses , pigs , and chickens . Clarke House is a heritage listed building which houses Hurlstone's memorabilia museum. The school also hosts
336-527: 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
357-463: The state's only public selective and agricultural schools that also include a co-educational boarding school. The 112-hectare (277-acre) Hurlstone Agricultural campus includes classroom blocks, an operational farm , sporting facilities and student accommodation. Hurlstone was established as a boys-only school in 1907 in Hurlstone Park , approximately ten kilometres south west of Sydney, at
378-512: The title Glenfield . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenfield&oldid=895280508 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Glenfield, New South Wales Glenfield
399-474: The training of boys in all aspects of agricultural sciences and farm management. For a brief period in the early 1940s it was known as 'Macarthur Agricultural High School' in honour of wool-grower John Macarthur , but it soon reverted to its previous name. Hurlstone was a boys' school until 1979, when the decision was made to become co-educational. In 2008, the New South Wales Government declared 140 hectares of Hurlstone's farmland 'surplus' and proposed
420-895: The wedding of gunman Wally Mellish and hostage Beryl Muddle. The incident was made into the movie Mr Reliable starring Colin Friels and Jacqueline McKenzie . According to the 2021 census , Glenfield had a population of 10,536 people with higher than average numbers of couples with children (57.1%). 46.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 9.3%, Nepal 4.7%, Bangladesh 4.4%, Philippines 3.6% and China 3.1%. 40.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 5.9%, Nepali 5.8%, Arabic 3.7%, Hindi 3.6% and Mandarin 3.3%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 18.5%, No Religion 17.4%, Hinduism 16.0%, Islam 11.9% and Not stated 8.1%. Most occupied private houses in
441-409: Was known at the time) studied there for only two years. In 1926 the school moved to its present site in Glenfield, approximately 42 km south-west of Sydney (between Liverpool and Campbelltown ) and adjacent to Glenfield railway station . By then its student numbers had grown from 30 in 1907, to 148. The school supported government policy to promote productivity in the agricultural sector through
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