Description: This is a photograph of cattle being mustered in front of St Herliers training school. It shows three people on horseback with a herd of approximately 40 cows in front of a range of large, two-storey brick buildings. This photograph was published in the Child Welfare Department Annual Report of 1963, which identified the four cottages visible as Alyn, Patterson, Wollombi, and Glendon. It was also published in the 1966 annual report along with the following caption: “Mustering the beef herd at St Heliers, Muswellbrook, a training school for the more amenable delinquent boys. In addition to Hereford cattle, St Heliers has a Guernsey herd and dairy, Corriedale sheep, a piggery, poultry run, and several acres under cultivation, providing occupational training in many aspects of rural work.”
