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**Laburaren Kurilpa** wani ɗakin karatu ne da aka jera a matsayin kayan tarihi a lamba 178 Boundary Street, West End, Birnin Brisbane, Queensland, Ostiraliya. An gina shi a shekarar 1929 kuma an ƙara shi cikin Rijistar Gado ta Queensland a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 2007. Duk da cewa an gina shi da manufa a matsayin ɗakin karatu na birni, wani lokacin ana kiransa da **Makarantar Fasaha ta West End** . Yanzu yana ɗauke da **Laburaren West End**, wani reshe na tsarin ɗakin karatu na Majalisar Birnin Brisbane.

## Tarihi
Laburaren Kurilpa gini ne mai hawa biyu na tubali tare da hasumiyar agogo mai faɗi kuma yana fuskantar babban titin da ke cikin yankin tsakiyar Brisbane na West End. Majalisar Birnin Brisbane ce ta gina shi kuma aka buɗe shi a shekarar 1929. [1]

Samar da ɗakunan karatu da majalisun birni ke yi a Queensland wani sabon abu ne, inda a halin yanzu yawancin ɗakunan karatu ke aiki tun ƙarshen shekarun 1940. A da, Makarantun Fasaha da ɗakunan karatu na masu zaman kansu suna ba da rance ta hanyar biyan kuɗi . An kafa makarantun Fasaha ko cibiyoyin makanikai a Birtaniya a farkon shekarun 1800 da nufin taimakawa wajen inganta kai da kuma haɓaka ɗabi'a, zamantakewa da ilimi, ta hanyar ba da laccoci, azuzuwa da kuma ba da rance ga ɗaliban matsakaicin aji. A lokacin babu ɗakunan karatu na jama'a kuma littattafai suna da tsada, don haka samar da damar shiga gare su don biyan kuɗi matsakaici muhimmin sabis ne na ilimi da nishaɗi. Majalisun ƙananan hukumomi wani lokacin suna ba da tallafi ga Makarantun Fasaha kuma an ba su izini a cikin *Dokar Kananan Hukumomi ta 1878* don kafa da gudanar da ɗakunan karatu, kodayake wannan ba kasafai ake samunsa ba har zuwa ƙarni na 20. Laburaren Kurilpa shine ɗakin karatu na farko da gwamnati ke ba da kuɗi ga jama'a a Queensland kuma Laburaren Kudancin Brisbane da aka buɗe jim kaɗan bayan haka. Duk da haka, majalisun kananan hukumomi ba su shiga cikin aikin gina dakunan karatu a Queensland ba sai bayan da aka zartar da Dokar Dakunan Karatu ta 1943 wadda ta tanadi kafa Hukumar Kula da Dakunan Karatu ta Jiha da kuma inganta ayyukan dakunan Karatu a duk fadin jihar. 

Birnin Kudancin Brisbane a wani lokaci karamar hukuma ce a yankinta, amma an haɗa shi, tare da sauran hukumomin ƙananan hukumomi na yankin Brisbane, cikin Majalisar Birnin Brisbane a shekarar 1925. Majalisar Kudancin Brisbane ta nemi da a ci gaba da shirinta na gina ɗakin karatu a West End. Kwamitin Makarantar Fasaha ta West End ya tuntube su kan £  domin gina sabon ɗakin karatu tare da masauki ga mai kula da shi. Ernest Barstow, Alderman na Kurilpa, ya goyi bayan wannan buƙatar kuma an nemi Mai Zane na Birnin da ya shirya tsare-tsare da kimantawa. 

Kwamitin Tunawa da Yaƙin Kurilpa ya samar da kuɗaɗen gina hasumiyar agogo don tunawa da sojojin gundumar.  Agogon yana kunna Westminster Chimes kowace kwata na awa.

Kurilpa shine sunan da aka bai wa wani yanki da ya shafi Kudancin Brisbane, West End da Hill End daga mutanen Aboriginal na gida. Mazauna Turai sun aro wannan sunan ne don wani ƙaramin gari da ya girma a cikin West End, kusa da ɗakin karatu na yanzu kuma an rubuta wannan sunan a kan ginin ɗakin karatu. 

Mai Zane na Birni shine Alfred Herbert Foster wanda ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin daga 1925 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1932. Alfred Herbert Foster ɗalibi ne mai ƙwarewa a fannin zane-zane na George Henry Male Addison . Ya yi horo kuma ya yi aiki a Landan na tsawon shekaru shida kafin ya koma Brisbane ya kuma kafa aikin Stanley da Foster a 1902. Ya yi aiki a Gwamnatin Queensland, sannan ya zama Mataimakin Injiniyan Birni a 1913. A lokacin da yake Mai Zane na Birni ya tsara gine-ginen birni da dama da suka shahara, ciki har da Baths na Fortitude Valley . 

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