The first female Agriculture students were admitted in 1917. From left: Meg Ramsey (later Brebner), Lorna Byrne (Hayter) and Mollie Boag at a palaeontological excursion to Gerringong in 1919, photo provided by Mary Stewart Jefferson (nee Boag), from 'The Gazette', February 1983.

The first two women Bachelor of Science in Agriculture graduates, in 1921 were Lorna Byrne (later Hayter) and Margaret Ramsey (later Brebner), G3_224_1338, University of Sydney Archives.

Lorna Byrne (later Hayter), photo G3_224_1336, University of Sydney Archives.

Agriculture students Helen Robinson, Joan Woodhill and Kathleen (Kitty) Sawkins in 1933. They all graduated in Agriculture in 1934, photo G3_224_1602, University of Sydney Archives.

Kathleen Sawkins (BScAgr 1934) and two other young undergraduates absorbed their practical knowledge at Berry Training Farm, Coonabarabran, and Launceston, Tasmania. Their work as "jackeroos" ranged from ploughing to repairing barn roofs and cultivating mangolds. Kitty is pictured carrying out practical work on a farm in the early 1930s, photo, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 1936, photo, SMH, 15 September 1936, NLA.

Kathleen (Kitty) Sawkins graduated BScAgr in 1934, and was awarded a postgraduate scholarship in bacteriology by the Davis Gelatine Company. For twelve months after graduating she studied medical bacteriology, and she devoted half of her time to research at the Sydney University, where she had a laboratory, photo, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 1936, National Library of Australia.

Myril Evans graduated BScAgr in 1935 with Fanny Powers. She did 2 years' research work at the University for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in regard to the preservation of meat. Then she became a bacteriologist doing routine counts on gelatine passing through the factory of a food manufacturing company, and checking up on the glue and fertilisers also made by the firm, photo, SMH, 9 January 1940, NLA.

Each year, Agriculture students from Sydney University were sent to the country to gain pracical experience on farms. Women and men students went to Government experimental farms in various parts of NSW where they engaged in the ordinary routine of farm work. Pictured above are women bagging wheat on Bomera Station, in the Gunnedah district, in 1937, photo, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 1937, National Library of Australia.

H Wrigley and N Webb, Agricultural Science students, with Glenorain Persistence II, at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1937, photo, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March 1937, National Library of Australia.

The Faculty of Agriculture women students Commem Day float in May 1938, photo, photo, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Digital order number: hood_18211.

Alice Thorburn (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture 1940) making a haystack at at Queensland's Gattan College in 1938, photo, The Courier-Mail, 15 January 1938, National Library of Australia.

Margaret Christie (BScAgr 1941) at Queensland's Gattan College in 1938, one of six University of Sydney students taking a practical course in agriculture and veterinary science. She was studying grasses with a tutor, photo, The Courier-Mail, 15 January 1938, National Library of Australia.

Noela Bennett (BScAgr 1941), Alice Thorburn (BScAgr 1940) and Gwen Griffith (Veterinary Science) at a practical demonstration - studying the points of a pig - at Queensland's Gattan College in 1938, photo, The Courier-Mail, 15 January 1938, National Library of Australia.

Patricia Bennett (BScAgr 1941) clipping the wool from a sheep's eyes to prevent wool blindness at Queensland's Gattan College in 1938, photo, The Courier-Mail, 15 January 1938, National Library of Australia.

Noela Bennett (BScAgr 1941) giving a stud pig a meal at Queensland's Gattan College in 1938, photo, The Courier-Mail, 15 January 1938, National Library of Australia.

A party of Sydney University students who arrived in Lismore on 1 September 1952 were shown over the Norco cremery later that day. Dorothy Young (BScAgr 1953) and Don Adamson are pictured examining a piece of machinery. The students spent a week in the Lismore district, photo, Northern Star, 2 September 1952, National Library of Australia.

Grade herd recording commenced in the Rockhampton district in 1953. The official herd recorder (Mr R Shields) is weighing a sample of evening milk on Mr J C Graham's farm. Watching are Sydney University Agriculture students Kathleen Donovan (BScAgr Hons I 1953) & Barbara Carne (BScAgr 1954) who were gaining field experience during their vacation, photo, The Central Queensland Herald, 19 February 1953, NLA.

Vinleigh Johnson was the only woman in final year Agriculture in 1954, photo G3_224_1609, University of Sydney Archives.

Agricultural Science students, from left Judy Baker (BScAgr 1964), Elizabeth Cunningham (BScAgr 1961), Margaret Greenwood (BAg 1963) and Columbo Plan student Amelia Acierto. Amelia is carrying out a soil fertility test in a Sydney University research laboratory in 1960, photo, 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 14 September 1960, National Library of Australia.

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday honours, Mrs Charlotte Webb OAM (BScAgr 1983) was awarded an OAM for her service to the community, particularly through the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens of which she was a Founding Member in 1998 and President since 2007.

Melissa Lauff graduated BScAgr in 2006 and is employed by Nufarm Australia, one of the world’s leading crop protection companies, as a Territory Manager for the Central West, Hunter Valley and Sydney Basin. She was one of the eight 2009 finalists in the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RASNSW) Rural Achievers Awards to recognise future leaders, photo, Agriculture Alumni Magazine: DECEMBER 2009.

Tiffany Patrick graduated Bachelor of Agricultural Economics in 2007, photo, Faculty website. She commenced working with Goldman Sachs JBWere on their 2007 Graduate Program within the Securities Division.

Alison Bentley completed her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with First Class Honours in 2003, followed by a PhD in 2007, at the University of Sydney. She won the British Society for Plant Pathology's 2009 Best Student Paper Award for her research on crown rot in wheat, and in 2011 was a plant scientist at Cambridge University, photo, Agriculture Alumni Magazine: DECEMBER 2009.

Johanna Couchman, a third year Bachelor of Science in Agriculture student, won third place at the 2012 Australian Universities Crops Competition, held at Temora, NSW, photo, Facultry news ... more.