Ida Nancy Ashburn

Ida Nancy Ashburn (1909-1980) ta kasance shugabar makarantar sakandare kuma ma'aikaciyar jinya a Australia. Bayan kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Queensland, ta zama shugabar kafa Kwalejin Clayfield daga shekarar 1934 zuwa 1964. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta horar da ita a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya ga Sashin Taimako na Sa kai kuma daga 1959 ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Ilimi na Yara na Sojoji na tsawon shekaru 20.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Ashburn a ranar 3 ga watan Agustan shekarar 1909 a Esk, Queensland ga ma'aurata John Mark Ashburn da Ida Victoria, née Thorn, a matsayin na huɗu na yara biyar. Mahaifinta ya kasance makiyaya a kan dukiyar "Rocklea" kusa da Barcaldine, kafin ya koma Brisbane. A farkon shekarunta ta yi karatu a wata makaranta mai zaman kanta a Clayfield. An tura ta makarantar sakandare ta Brisbane ta 'yan mata (wanda aka haɗa shi da Somerville House) daga tsakanin 1923 zuwa 1927, inda Australian Dictionary of Biography ya lura "masu haɗin gwiwar Constance Harker da Marjorie Jarrett 'don amfani da gaba'.  Ashburn ta sami tallafin karatu na Jiha a shekarar 1923, wanda aka tsawaita shekaru biyu a 1926

 Ayyuka 
Bayan an ba ta tallafin karatu a 1926 zuwa Kwalejin Horar da Malamai a Brisbane,  Ashburn ta cancanci karatun Jami'ar - ta zo aji na uku a Turanci, Faransanci, Girkanci, lissafi A da tarihin dā da aji na biyu a ilmin halitta.  Ashburn ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Queensland a 1929 tare da manyan digiri biyu a Turanci, da Harshe da Ilimin Halitta. Ta koyar a makarantar farko, Albert State School a Maryborough, a matsayin mataimakiyar malama   kafin ta koma makarantar Jihar Monto a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1930. Lokacin da Kwalejin Clayfield ta koma Bayview Terrace a Clayfield ta yi murabus daga Makarantar Jihar Monto kuma ta fara matsayi a matsayin uwargidan makarantar firamare ta kwalejin. The Australian Dictionary of Biography ya bayyana ta a matsayin "malami mai kuzari da kuzari" wanda kuma "ya yi watsi da duk ayyukan sakatare da gudanarwa a farkon kwanakinta a Kwalejin Clayfield". An sanya ta shugabar makarantar a 1934, kuma a 1938 ta kafa daya daga cikin lokuta na farko na kwamitin iyaye a makarantar Brisbane. Yayinda take cikin wannan matsayi ta yi karatun Classics na ɗan lokaci a Jami'ar Queensland kuma ta sami B.A. a 1936. 

Ta kasance memba na yau da kullun na Ikilisiyar Anglican ta St Mark a Clayton . 

Bayan dan uwanta Colin ya mutu a yakin duniya na biyu ta horar da ita a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya tare da Sashin Taimako na Sa kai na Jiha kuma daga baya ta yi aiki a reshen Jiha na Hukumar Ilimi ta Yara ta Ma'aikatar Ma'aikata. Ta kasance a cikin kwamitin daga 1959 kafin ta yi ritaya a 1979. 

 Yin ritaya da mutuwa 
Ashburn ya yi ritaya daga Kwalejin Clayfield a shekarar 1964. The Australian Dictionary of Biography ya lura cewa ba za a iya la'akari da makarantar ba, amma wannan ya ba ta damar sanin kowane dalibi da kansa - har zuwa inda dalibai suka ba ta lakabi "Ashie". Ashburn ya mutu a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1980 a Clayfield kuma an ƙone shi. An sanya wa ɗakin karatu na kwalejin suna bayan ta, kuma daga baya kwalejin ta haɓaka Cibiyar Koyon Nancy Ashburn don girmama ta.

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1980
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909