Kwalejin St Columba, Essendon

Kwalejin St Columba makaranta ce ta mata ta Roman Katolika da ke Essendon, wani yanki na Melbourne, Ostiraliya. Tana ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin ilimi guda huɗu na 'Yan'uwa Mata na Australia, tare da Kwalejin St Vincent, Potts Point, Kwalejin Mt St Michael, Brisbane, da Kwalejin Mata ta Katolika, Eltham. Tarihi Bayan ta ɗauki nauyin Makarantar Firamare ta St Monica da ke Moonee Ponds a shekarar 1896, Mother Ursula Bruton (ta mutu a shekarar 1899) ta sayi kadarar da ke lamba 139 Buckley Street don samar da ilimin sakandare ga 'yan matan St Monica's. An kuma bayar da sashen firamare tun daga farkon kwalejin. Mother Ursula ta yi imanin cewa ana buƙatar ilimin sakandare domin 'yan mata su sami damar ɗaukar matsayinsu na gari a cikin al'umma. Ita ce shugabar farko kuma ta sanya wa makarantar suna St Columba's. Columba waliyyi ne ɗan ƙasar Ireland kuma babban malami, wanda ya rayu a ƙarni na shida. Taken kwalejin da aka zaɓa shine " Fidelis et Fortis " ma'ana "mai aminci da ƙarfi", kuma garkuwar da ke ɗauke da kambi da kurciya ta nuna alamar Sisters of Charity da sunan Columba (" colm cille "ma'ana "coci kurciya" a cikin Irish ). An gudanar da azuzuwan farko a ranar 13 ga Yuli 1897 ga ɗalibai 47. Shirin farko na ilimi ya samar da ilimi mai faɗi da sassauci ga mata matasa kuma a shekarar 1900 ya gabatar da 'yan takararsa na farko don shiga jami'a. Fitattun tsofaffin ɗalibai Silvie Paladino – Mawakiya Tina Arena – Mawaƙiya Jennifer Keyte – Mai gabatar da labarai Wendy Stapleton - Mawaƙiya Annette Woodward - 'Yar wasan Olympics Anne Edmonds - 'Yar wasan kwaikwayo kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Maria Thattil - Model Emily Rogers - 'Yar Wasan Olympics Manazarta