Makarantar Jihar Waterford

Makarantar Jihar Waterford makaranta ce ta jiha da aka lissafa a matsayin ta tarihi a lamba 40 Nerang Street, cnr Jordan Street, Waterford, Birnin Logan, Queensland, Ostiraliya. Richard George Suter ne ya tsara Block A kuma ya gina ta a shekarar 1871. An ƙara ta cikin Rijistar Gado ta Queensland a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 2008. 

 Tarihi 
Makarantar Jihar Waterford Block A gini ne mai hawa ɗaya da katako wanda ke kusurwar titunan Nerang da Jordan, Waterford. An gina sashin farko a shekarar 1871 daga ƙarfe da itacen pine na gida kuma an tsara shi don Hukumar Ilimi ta hannun mai ginin Brisbane, Richard George Suter. Ita ce makarantar ƙasa ta farko da aka buɗe a Logan Agricultural Reserve, wacce take ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin kuma mafi girma daga cikin wuraren noma da aka kafa a Queensland a shekarun 1860 lokacin da gwamnati ke neman ƙarfafa baƙi masu noma su zauna a cikin sabon yankin. Ƙarin ginin da aka gina a shekarar 1884 da kuma a shekarar 1888-1889, lokacin da aka ƙara ɗakin makaranta na biyu wanda mai ginin John Ferguson na Ma'aikatar Koyar da Jama'a ya tsara, ya ƙirƙiri tsarin ginin na yanzu. An gina ɗakin wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 1898. 

An buɗe gundumar Waterford zuwa ga matsuguni mafi kusanci tun farkon shekarun 1860, bayan sanarwar a ranar 2 ga Janairu 1861 na Logan Noma Reserve - eka 20,000 a arewa da yamma na Kogin Logan, kimanin 17 miles (27 km) kudu da Brisbane. An bayar da rabon farko don zaɓe a watan Afrilun 1862. An ninka wurin ajiyar fiye da sau biyu a shekarar 1863, tare da faɗaɗa eka 25,000 a kudu da gabashin kogin a ranar 7 ga Agusta 1863. Daga nan wurin ajiyar ya ƙunshi gundumomin Loganlea, Waterford, Logan Reserve, Logan Village, Buccan, Chambers Flat, Stockleigh da wasu sassan Maclean (yanzu North Maclean da South Maclean ) da Park Ridge. A ranar 18 ga Oktoba 1864, an ayyana ƙarin eka 8,000 ga Logan Agricultural Reserve - arewacin Kogin Logan, kusa da Loganholme.[1]

Yawancin mazauna da suka fara zama a Logan Agricultural Reserve a shekarun 1860 sun kasance baƙi 'yan Ireland ne waɗanda suka zo Queensland ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ƙungiyar Shige da Fice ta Queensland, wacce Babban Bishop na Katolika na Brisbane, James Quinn, ya kafa a shekarar 1861. Tsakanin 1862 da 1865, an ƙarfafa kimanin 'yan Irish 6,000 su yi ƙaura zuwa Queensland a ƙarƙashin wannan shirin. A Waterford sun kafa wata al'umma ta musamman. A shekarun 1870, da yawa daga cikin waɗannan mazauna Irish sun ƙaura daga Logan Reserve don yin zaɓe a Ƙauyen Tamborine, Kerry da Rathdowney, yayin da makiyaya ke gudana a kan kogunan Upper Logan da Albert don zaɓe. Yayin da 'yan Irish suka ƙaura daga Reserve, baƙi 'yan Jamus waɗanda suka ɗauki ƙasa a kusa da Bethania (Jamus Pocket) daga 1864, sun ƙaura zuwa gundumomin Waterford da Logan Village. A shekarun 1860 da farkon 1870, ƙarfafa gwamnatin mulkin mallaka na ƙaura zuwa Queensland ya haifar da kwararar 'yan Jamus zuwa gundumar Logan daga tsakiyar shekarun 1860. 

 Manazarta 
Waterford State School (Block A and Play Shed) (entry 602672)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.