Kwalejin Sakandare ta Mata ta Matthew Flinders

Makarantar Sakandare ta Mata ta Matthew Flinders makarantar sakandare ce ta 'yan mata gaba ɗaya da ke Geelong, Victoria, Ostiraliya. Tana ba da ilimi ga ɗalibai daga shekaru 7-12.

 Tarihi 
An buɗe makarantar a matsayin Makarantar Grammar Ƙasa ta Flinders a watan Janairun 1858. An kafa harsashin ginin a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1856 ta hannun mai kula da yankin Victoria, Kanar Edward Macarthur.[1] Ana kyautata zaton cewa mai ginin da abin ya shafa shi ne mai ginin gida na ƙasar Jamus, Frank Kawerau, na titin Ryrie, Geelong, wanda shi ma ya tsara gine-ginen gwamnati da yawa a faɗin Victoria, ciki har da Willsmere (wanda a da Kew Lunatic Asylum (1864)), wanda ke da irin wannan gine-gine. Za a sanya wa makarantar suna Makarantar Grammar Ƙasa ta Geelong, amma, a bikin ginin, Macarthur ya nemi izini don sanya mata suna "Makarantar Grammar Ƙasa ta Flinders", bayan Kyaftin Matthew Flinders, ɗan bincike na farko ɗan Turai da ya zagaya Ostiraliya, wanda ya hau kan tsaunukan You Yangs na yankin kuma ya bayyana yankin Geelong.[2]

Lokacin da aka buɗe makarantar a watan Janairun 1858, an yi wa yara maza 116 rajista, amma babu wurin da 'yan mata za su zauna. Raguwar rajistar ya tilasta wa makarantar zama mai ilimi tare a shekara ta 1864. An faɗaɗa gine-ginen kuma an sake gyara su a shekara ta 1879, saboda ƙaruwar adadin ɗalibai. Lokacin da aka buɗe ƙarin makarantu a watan Afrilun 1880, an sanya mata suna Makarantar Jihar Flinders mai lamba 260, amma ba a hukumance aka san ta da "Makarantar Link" ba, bayan shugaban makaranta na biyar, George Link, wanda ke kula da makarantar daga 1879 zuwa 1894. A wannan lokacin, yawan ɗalibai ya ƙaru zuwa ɗalibai 1000.

 Manazarta 
Langmore, Diane, "Cawthorn, Minnie Elizabeth (1898–1966)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 30 March 2020