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annual report 2008-09
Enhancing Victoria’s cultural,
religious and linguistic diversity.
annual report 2008-09
Enhancing Victoria’s cultural,
religious and linguistic diversity.
Annual Report 2008-09
The 2008-09 Annual Report covers the core
work of the Commission and its achievements
within the context of its objectives and
functions, as outlined in the Multicultural
Victoria Act 2004.
This report can also be viewed online at:
www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
Copies of this Annual Report can be obtained
from the Victorian Multicultural Commission:
Telephone (03) 9651 0651
Facsimile (03) 9651 0612
Email info@vmc.vic.gov.au
contents
letter to the premier. ................................................................................3
chairperson’s report. .................................................................................4
about the commission
access
and equity for all
22 improving
enhancing Victoria’s cultural, religious
and linguistic diversity.............................................................................6
our role.................................................................................................................6
about the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004.............................6
objectives and functions.......................................................................6
our commissioners.....................................................................................7
our staff...............................................................................................................7
expenditure.......................................................................................................7
all of us policy
multicultural
policy for Victoria
9 new
a new multicultural policy for Victoria......................................9
community grants program
supporting and empowering Victoria’s
community groups................................................................................. 10
language services and refugee support
funding categories.................................................................................. 10
improving the access and equity
for all Victorian’s. ..................................................................................... 22
funding rounds........................................................................................... 12
language services..................................................................................... 22
information sessions. ........................................................................... 12
appointments to boards and committees......................... 22
assessment process............................................................................... 12
refugee brokerage/refugee action programs................... 24
new programs and partnerships................................................. 12
consultations, committees
and community engagement
responding to the needs of our community................... 14
consultations............................................................................................... 14
advisory/consultative committees........................................... 14
community engagement. ................................................................. 16
promoting harmony initiative
fostering understanding and
appreciation of diversity................................................................... 18
cultural precincts enhancement fund
preserving our heritage for future generations............. 25
joint projects & initiatives
parntering for better outcomes.................................................. 26
appendices
commission meeting attendance register......................... 29
grants. ................................................................................................................ 30
multicultural advisory board. ......................................................... 62
print and online communications............................................. 20
awards for excellence.......................................................................... 64
awards and receptions........................................................................ 20
victorian refugee recognition record..................................... 64
Annual Report 2008-09 1
George Lekakis Launch of the ‘Greek-Language Writers of Melbourne book, 10 December 2008
2 Victorian Multicultural Commission
Photo Michel Lawrence
“We draw strength from our diversity, and this
is one of the reasons why I believe our State is
one of the most culturally diverse and one of
the most harmonious in Australia.”
letter to the premier
The Hon John Brumby MP
Premier of Victoria
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
1 Treasury Place
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
Dear Premier,
In accordance with Section 18 of the Multicultural Victoria Act (2004)
I have great pleasure in reporting on the Commission’s operations
for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Yours sincerely,
George Lekakis
CHAIRPERSON
chairperson’s report
where we stand
This has been a challenging and rewarding year, both for the
Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) and for multiculturalism
in the State of Victoria. Broadly, these past 12 months between
2008 and 2009 mark a year of consolidation, of co-operation and
a year that compelled us to appreciate our shared cultural space.
The devastation of the Black Saturday bushfires
reminded us of nature’s capacity for destruction.
And yet, the disaster also sparked an outpouring of
good will that demonstrated the people of Victoria’s
capacity for hope and renewal. In the wake of the
disaster, the people of this State dug deep, and gave
generously to help others rebuild their lives. All
Victorians, regardless of their cultural or religious
background, re-discovered the importance of
community as a wellspring of support in the ashes
of Black Saturday.
Victorians have often drawn strength from
adversity. Following a number of unfortunate
assaults on international students, the Premier
announced a Walk for Harmony to give Victorians
an opportunity to show their support for cultural
diversity and collectively condemn the social
poisons of racism and prejudice.
More than 40,000 people flocked to Federation
Square in March for the inaugural Viva Victoria
festival, which was held as part of Victoria’s Cutural
Diversity Week, the State’s largest annual event for
the promotion of cultural, linguistic and religious
diversity and community harmony. It’s always
heartening to see these events as examples of
multiculturalism in practice.
The Week also saw the launch of All of Us,
Victoria’s new multicultural policy. Developed with
extensive community consultation and built on a
strong foundation of partnerships, advocacy and
supportive programs, the Policy re-affirms the State
Government’s commitment to multiculturalism
and sets out how we can make the most of the
opportunities to improve our society as a whole.
We look forward to working with the
Commonwealth to further develop a national policy
framework for addressing multicultural issues
Australia-wide, to help Australians embrace diversity
as a source of cultural enrichment for us all.
Since the previous year’s merger of the Victorian
Office of Multicultural Affairs into the Commission,
the VMC’s fundamental role as an independent
link between the community and the government
has been augmented with the task of developing
and providing policy advice in the area of
multicultural affairs. Feedback garnered through
regular consultations with communities and key
stakeholders now directly feeds into the policy
options that are developed. The Commission’s
positioning as an Administrative Office aligned
to the Department of Premier and Cabinet
demonstrates the whole-of-Government approach
to multicultural affairs in the State of Victoria.
One of the key strengths of my Commission
is its continuing engagement with community
organisations, helping them to address their
specific needs and issues; because a community’s
problems are a society’s concerns.
That is why we continued to support and
empower communities through promoting
unity, delivering on community aspirations and
understanding, and celebrating diversity, while
providing independent, timely and responsive
advice to the Government.
The State Government formally endorsed the
Commission’s strategic aims by announcing some
important funding initiatives for 2009-10. The
State Budget allocated an additional $4.6 million to
help strengthen Victoria’s multicultural diversity
and help support refugees in Victorian communities.
Our Multicultural Advantage initiative received a
funding boost with the commitment of $2m over two
years to promote and support harmony and social
cohesion in Victoria. This initiative will develop a
range of programs and campaigns to help Victorians
better understand, embrace and celebrate cultural
diversity; leading to improved social cohesion.
The budget cycle also acknowledged the
importance of redressing settlement issues for
refugees. The Refugee Action Program (formerly
the Refugee Brokerage Program) received $2 million
over two years, which will assist more than
50 newly emerging refugee and humanitarian
communities across Melbourne and regional
Victoria, linking services at the local level to support
refugees, their families and
their communities.
The Victorian Multicultural Commission’s popular
chairperson’s report
grants program continued to provide financial
support to Victoria’s culturally and linguistically
diverse community organisations, providing grants
to more than 1,600 such organisations to help them
carry out a range of activities which encourage
individuals to participate in community life and
in the wider Victorian society.
The Government earmarked an additional
$2 million for the Cultural Precincts Enhancement
fund, bringing total investment in the precincts
to $10 million. This infrastructural investment is
helping to revitalise the well-established Little
Bourke Street Chinese precinct, the Lygon Street
Italian precinct and the Lonsdale Street Greek
precinct, to help these communities retain and
share their cultural heritage.
These funding initiatives will further enable the
VMC to deliver on the needs and aspirations of
various community support groups, so that they
can contribute to the social fabric of Victoria and
Australia as a whole.
I would like to extend a special thanks to
the Premier, John Brumby for his outstanding
leadership, Minister Assisting the Premier
on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino,
the Parliamentary Secretary, Liz Beattie, the
Commissioners, and VMC staff for their active
engagement in the promotion of cultural, linguistic
and religious diversity in the state of Victoria.
Their combined efforts have produced tangible
contributions towards our goal
of improving social cohesion for all Victorians.
I would also like to extend my gratitude for the
leadership of our Governor, Professor David de
Kretser and Mrs Jan de Kretser for their support of
multicultural communities and intiatives.
Continued support and recognition for our
culturally-diverse society will engender a spirit of
co-operation and understanding that will encourage
us to aim higher, to dig deeper, and work harder
to realise a society where we find strength in
our differences.
George Lekakis
Chairperson
TOP Victoria’s faith leaders at the annual Dandenong Interfaith
Network Gathering. centre Launch of the Perceptions of Dementia
in Ethnic Communities resource, December 2008. above Cultural
Diversity Week gala dinner, March 2009.
enhancing Victoria’s
cultural diversity
The Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) is committed to fostering harmony
and encouraging the full participation of Victoria’s culturally, linguistically and
religiously diverse communities in all aspects of life in Victoria.
OUR ROLE
The VMC is committed to working for a prosperous
and united future in which diversity is respected
and cultural heritage preserved, and where all
individuals can access opportunities to participate in
and contribute to the social, cultural, economic and
political life of the State. The Commission’s objectives
and functions are specified in the Multicultural
Victoria Act 2004.
About the Multicultural
Victoria Act 2004
The Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 (MVA) enshrines
in legislation a preamble and a set of principles
that recognise the State’s cultural, religious and
linguistic diversity as one of its greatest assets.
The MVA has made it a legislative requirement
for all Victorian Government departments to
annually report to the Minister for Multicultural
Affairs on their activities and achievements in
relation to multicultural affairs. This includes
their use of interpreting and translating services,
their communications in languages other
than English, the appointment of people from
different cultural and linguistic backgrounds to
government boards and committees, and any other
major improvements or initiatives that promote
multiculturalism and meet the identified needs of
Victoria’s CALD communities.
The MVA was amended in 2008 to formalise the
changes arising from the merger of the Victorian
Office of Multicultural Affairs into the VMC in 2007.
The amendments enhanced the whole-of-Government
approach to multicultural affairs and provided
a greater focus on the community and improved
the accountability of Government Departments
in the area of multicultural affairs. These changes
streamlined and enhanced the administration of the
portfolio and provided better outcomes for Victoria’s
diverse community.
Following the ammendements to the MVA, and
effective from 1 January 2009, the VMC became
aligned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS
The VMC’s objectives and functions, as specified
in the MVA are:
Objectives
•to promote full participation by Victoria’s culturally
and linguistically diverse communities in the social,
cultural, economic and political life of Victoria;
•to promote access by Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse communities to services made
available by governments and other bodies;
•to encourage all of Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse communities to retain and
express their social identity and cultural inheritance;
•to promote co-operation between bodies
concerned with multicultural affairs;
•to promote unity among Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse communities; and
•to promote a better understanding within
Victoria of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically
diverse communities.
Functions
•to ensure that the objectives of the Commission
are met to the maximum extent that is practicable;
•to investigate, report and make recommendations
to the Minister on any aspect of multicultural
affairs referred to it by the Minister;
•to advise the Minister on factors inhibiting the
development of harmonious community relations and
on barriers to the participation of Victoria’s culturally
and linguistically diverse communities in the social,
cultural, economic and political life of Victoria;
•to consult with relevant bodies and people to
determine the needs of Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse communities, including needs
in relation to matters covered by any report prepared
by the Minister under section 21 (of the MVA); and
•to maintain and further develop harmonious
community relations between all relevant groups
in the context of Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse society.
ABOVE The Antipodes
Festival, March 2009.
“The right to express our culture, our religious
beliefs and our heritage without fear or
favour is an ethos the VMC and the Victorian
Government is firmly committed to.”
George Lekakis Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria Iftar Dinner, 13 October 2008
During the reporting period the terms of three
Commissioners came to an end: Ms Vicki Mitsos,
Ms Viv Nguyen, and Ms Usha Sharma.
To ensure the interests of Victoria’s culturally and
linguistically diverse community are represented,
the Commission meets regularly to discuss issues
of importance to Victoria’s diverse communities.
The Commission then promotes the views of the
community on a range of boards and committees
and at national forums. The Commission held seven
full day meetings between July 2008 and June 2009
(See Appendix 1).
During the reporting period, Commissioners
continued to participate in community functions,
consultations, events, conferences and seminars.
In 2008-09, the Commissioners collectively attended
more than 650 community engagements.
Front row from left Ms. Marcia Pinskier, Mr. Hakan Akyol,
Mr. George Lekakis, Ms. Hang Thi-Bich Nguyen.
back row from left Dr. Linda Sydor Petkovic, Ms. Samar
Mougharbel, Ms. Elizabeth Drozd, Mr. Yasser Soliman, Dr. Stanley
Chiang, Mr. Joseph Caputo, Ms. Elleni Bereded-Samuel.
(Absent: S. Jagdeep Singh Shergill).
Our Commissioners
The VMC comprises of 12 dedicated Commissioners
who advocate the objectives of the Commission and
act as an important conduit between communities
and the Commission.
Our Commissioners have a solid understanding
of the issues affecting multicultural communities
and are actively involved, regularly attending
events and playing a vital role in building
networks and liaising with different faith and
community groups.
The Commissioners meet 6-8 times a year to
provide input into the work being undertaken by
the VMC and to discuss a wide range of issues raised
with them by communities.
Commissioners
Mr. George Lekakis (Chairperson)
Mr. Hakan Akyol (Deputy Chairperson)
Ms. Elleni Bereded-Samuel
Mr. Joseph Caputo
Dr. Stanley Chiang
Ms. Elizabeth Drozd
Ms. Samar Mougharbel
Ms. Hang Thi-Bich Nguyen
Dr. Linda Sydor Petkovic
Ms. Marcia Pinskier
S. Jagdeep Singh Shergill
Mr. Yasser Soliman
Our staff
During the year the Commissioners were supported
by a team of dedicated staff who worked closely
with the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and
Commissioners to ensure the VMC performed its
legislative functions and achieved its core objectives.
As at 30 June 2009 this team comprised 29 people.
Expenditure
Salaries and associated salary costs
$2,731,172
Operating Expenses
$1,526,611
Community Grants Program
$8,216,891
Total
$12,474,674
Includes grants under the Community Grants Program,
Language Services Strategy, Refugee Support Package,
Cultural Precincts Enhancement Fund and Promoting
Harmony initiative.
all of us policy
a new multicultural
policy for Victoria
In March 2009, the Premier launched, All of Us: Victoria’s Multicultural Policy. The policy’s
name demonstrates our belief that effective multicultural policy benefits all members of
our society and highlights that multiculturalism describes who we are as a people.
All of Us proudly declares the Victorian Government’s
commitment to multiculturalism. It is built on a solid
legislative framework – including the Multicultural
Victoria Act 2004 – which supports human rights and
cultural and religious diversity.
The policy was developed through an extensive
and highly visible consultation process, led by the
Premier of Victoria, which included:
•the release of a discussion paper prepared by
Victoria University;
•a high-level roundtable, hosted by the Governor
of Victoria;
•public consultations held across the State,
attended by more than 800 community leaders
and stakeholders;
•written submissions; and
•ongoing high-level liaison with
Government departments.
The consultation process ensured that the views
of all Victorians are reflected in the policy, and
identified a range of priority strategies for the
Government to support multiculturalism for the
benefit of all Victorians.
The policy consists of four themes, which provide
the framework for the Government’s priority
strategies. The themes are as follows:
•advancing equality by supporting the human
rights of all Victorians;
•supporting our cultural, linguistic and
religious diversity;
•fostering unity and promoting community
harmony; and
•boosting our economic advantage.
All of Us demonstrates the ways in which we can
achieve a socially progressive society that reaps the
real social, cultural and economic benefits that are
inherent within our multicultural Victoria.
TOP RiGHT Multicultural Policy Round Table, August 2008 from left,
Hon. James Merlino, Hon. John Brumby and Prof. David de Kretser.
BOTTOM RIGHT Dancing at the Polish Festival, November 2008.
“All of Us reinforces the strong
legislative and human rights
platform we have to support
multicultural affairs.”
George Lekakis Refugee Week Celebration, 18 June 2009
supporting and empowering Victoria’s
community groups
The Victorian Multicultural Commission supported more than 1,600 Victorian communities
and groups from culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse backgrounds during the 2008-09
financial year through funding from its successful and popular community grants program.
In addition to the funding allocated to multicultural
communities during this period, the grants program
once again partnered with the Department of
Education and Early Childhood Development to
provide targeted funding support towards educational
and training programs and with the Office of Women’s
Policy for Women Creating Harmony projects. By
supporting communities through these grants, the
Commission is working hard to meet the needs of
ethnic communities, promote community cohesion
and strengthen communities’ capacities to sustain
their organisations, programs and events.
through the community grants
program, the commission:
• supported more than 1,600 community groups
and organisations by directly funding community
initiatives;
• delivered an accessible, high-quality, client-focused
service to Victoria’s multicultural communities; and
• assisted groups to retain and celebrate their
cultural heritage by supporting local festivals
and events; and
• introduced a new funding category to support
interfaith networks and projects and initiatives
that promote understanding between faiths.
Funding categories
The funding categories of the Community Grants
Program represent the seven areas of greatest need,
as identified by communities during consultations
with the Commission.
Organisational Support Grants
To provide financial assistance for the general costs
associated with running community organisations
(appendix 2a).
Senior Citizens Grants
To support multicultural senior citizens clubs to hold
regular social and community strengthening activities
(appendix 2b).
Buildings and Facilities Improvement Grants
To assist ethnic community organisations to
undertake minor upgrades to buildings that they
own (appendix 2c).
Educational Program Grants
The Commission was pleased to receive the
ongoing support of the Department of Education
and Early Childhood Development to deliver
this program, which supports after hours ethnic
schools with the development of classroom
teaching materials in languages with few
available resources.
Multicultural Festivals and Events Grants
Support major festivals, conferences and special
ethnic community events that encourage the
participation of the broader community. Grants
are also provided to support activities addressing
major issues through a conference or special event
(appendix 2e).
Strengthening Multicultural Communities Grants
Support community organisations to undertake
projects that address the unmet needs of Victoria’s
CALD communities. Priority was given to
projects that:
•develop the capacity of new and emerging
communities and multicultural networks;
•provide assistance to migrant and refugee women
and/or young people;
•support local heritage projects that acknowledge
and document the contribution of migrants and
refugees; and
•enable organisations to develop partnerships
with other community and government agencies
that address community needs (appendix 2f).
Multifaith/Interfaith Grants Program
Supports Multifaith initiatives and Interfaith
networks which focus on promoting understanding
of and respect for faiths in Victoria.
“Through these grants we aim to empower
cultural groups to deliver their own programs
and events and address the specific needs of
their own community.”
George Lekakis Emerging Leaders Forum, July 2008
“The very fabric of Victoria is made up of a
unique and distinctive blend of a number of
different cultures, languages and faiths.”
George Lekakis Meeting with Consular Core, 18 June 2009
Funding rounds
The Community Grants Program included three
funding rounds:
• Round One Multicultural Festivals and Events,
for activities being held between July 2008 and
January 2009;
• Round Two Multicultural Festivals and Events,
for activities being held between January 2009
and July 2009; and
•Major funding round including the Organisational
Support, the Building and Facilities, the
Strengthening Multicultural Communities,
Educational, and Multifaith/Interfaith categories.
Information Sessions
To ensure that all communities have been provided
with the opportunity to access the Community
Grants Program, information sessions were
conducted throughout metropolitan and regional
Victoria. The guidelines and application forms
were also made available to all organisations
registered with the Commission and online, via the
Commission’s website.
Assessment Process
In the reporting period, the Victorian Multicultural
Commission received approximately 3,000
applications for funding. The Funding Sub-committee
(Commissioners Mougharbel, Drozd, BerededSamuel, Nguyen and Petkovic) met to assess the
applications and made recommendations based on
the quality of the expected outcomes and relevance
to program guidelines. These assessments were
conducted in accordance with the Commission’s
procedures and standards specifying transparency
and equity. The final recommendations were then
presented to the Minister Assisting the Premier on
Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, for approval.
New Programs and Partnerships
During the 2008-09 reporting period, the Commission
was pleased to support many new community
projects and continued to strengthen existing
events throughout Victoria. These projects were
as diverse and rich in scope as the communities
themselves and included a wide range of activities,
including the following:
Community Strengthening projects
• A Multicultural Arts Victoria program established
a youth band, the Angels Voices Band, involving
more than 20 young people from the Shepparton
Congolese community.
• Somlink’s African Youth Leadership Project
providing youth leadership training to African
young people residing in inner-metro Melbourne
public housing estates.
• Friends of Farm Vigano’s Nostalgia Vigano
project to produce a series of interpretive
installations at Farm Vigano which commemorate
the memories and experiences of the local
Italian migrants.
• Fruitful Films Banks of the Tigris documentary film
and community education project celebrating
the Jewish contribution to Iraqi music and the
cultural ties that link Iraqis of all backgrounds.
• Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre’s 20th
Anniversary Heritage Publication documenting
the history of RILC over the past 20 years.
• Springvale Neighbourhood House all women’s
swimming group program at Dandenong
Oasis Leisure Centre in collaboration with
the YMCA.
• Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities’ Council
program providing opportunities for CALD
women to overcome isolation, build resilience
and gain strength and encouragement through
interaction and networking with other women.
• The New Hope Foundation (Werribee Refugee
Resource Centre) ran a three-day camp for 30 newly
arrived young people from refugee backgrounds.
• Hararian Community Association’s cultural
program brought together Hararians of different
ages, and Australian community to train, rehearse
and perform cultural dance and music.
• A Victorian Deaf Society and Holden Street
Neighbourhood House program provided access
to ESL classes for deaf migrants.
Festivals and Events
• Polish Festival, a celebration of Polish culture.
• Italian Festival, devoted to highlighting the
cultural, artistic and economic collaboration
between Italy and Victoria.
• Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association Tenth
Anniversary Celebrations with entertainment
including classical Indian dancing and
Bollywood dancing.
• Buddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival celebrates
Buddha’s birthday and Victoria’s multicultural
community Festival Indonesia 2008 – the largest
Indonesian-Australian investment, trade and
tourism forum in Melbourne.
• Chilean Latin American September Festival
– A three day multicultural event involving more
than 50 Chilean and Latin American community
organisations in Victoria.
• Turkish Tulip Weekend celebrates the Origin
of the Tulip, showcasing Turkish culture (food,
music, arts, history) and demonstrating the
affinity the Turkish community has with other
communities and cultures.
• Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights at
Federation Square, food and music festival
followed by fireworks display at Yarra River.
• South Sudanese Nuer Youth Conference
– A conference on Sudanese youth problems
in the south eastern suburbs, addressing crime
prevention, education, health, violent behaviour
and drug and alcohol abuse.
• Pako Festa, Victoria’s premier multicultural street
festival showcasing Geelong’s diversity, through
food, folk dancing, the famous Pako Parade,
workshops, art exhibitions, multicultural craft
displays and entertainment.
CASE STUDY
TOP Turkish Tulip Festival, September 2008.
ABOVE Iftar Dinner at Government House.
Buddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival
The Buddha Day and Multicultural
Festival hosted by the Buddha’s
Light International Association of
Victoria (BLIA VIC) and Fo Guang
Shan Melbourne, has become one
of the most highly anticipated
cultural festivals on the Victorian
events calendar.
Held at Federation Square during
May, the Festival has consistently
attracted large crowds, with more
than 84,000 people attending during
the two-day festival in 2009. The program is specifically
designed to introduce Buddhist
traditions through a range of artistic
and cultural groups, as well as an
assortment of vegetarian culinary
delights.
While the program incorporates
aspects of the Buddhist faith
through the World Peace Blessing
Ceremony, the Festival continues
to place a strong emphasis
on cooperation, community
understanding and harmony
amongst all faiths and cultures
within our society.
consultation, committees and community engagement
responding to the needs of
our community
The Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 sets out the Commission’s consultative functions
and as such the Commission consults with relevant bodies and people to determine the needs
of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
In 2008-09 the Commission continued to facilitate
grassroots discussion and information flow with
multicultural communities, keeping the Government
abreast of community concerns. Community
input garnered through the Commission’s regular
consultative forums and advocated for the needs
of Victoria’s communities through involvement in
advisory boards and committees.
THE COMMISSION CONTINUED TO
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BY:
• delivering on its commitment to hold at least
60 community consultations throughout
Victoria to address the needs and concerns of
multicultural communities;
• meeting with representatives from community
organisations individually to address their
specific needs and concerns; and
• maintaining its ‘Open Door’ policy to community
representatives.
Consultations
The Commission held its annual state-wide
community consultations in 11 locations across
Victoria in September 2008. The consultations are an
opportunity to gauge community perceptions of the
Victorian Government’s performance in multicultural
affairs and identify areas for future action to improve
outcomes for CALD communities.
The consultations were attended by over 800
community leaders and service providers, including
representatives from peak bodies, ethnic organisations,
mainstream services, CALD communities and state,
local and federal government.
Activities that the Victorian Government has
undertaken in multicultural affairs and good
practice examples of service delivery were captured
in the 2007-08 whole of Victorian Government
achievements report. This report was tabled in
Parliament on 23 June 2009 and is available to
the public on the Commission’s website:
www.multicultural.vic.gov.au.
Advisory /Consultative Committees
The Commission continued to be active on a range
of advisory or consultative bodies that proactively
addressed issues pertinent to the multicultural affairs
portfolio including:
• The Police and Community Multicultural
Advisory Committee (PACMAC), which the
Commission co-chairs;
• Ministerial Advisory Council on LOTE, ESL
and Multicultural Education (MACLEM);
•Standing Committee on Local Government and
Cultural Diversity, which the Commission chairs;
•Centre for Dialogue Advisory Board;
•Multifaith Advisory Group, which the
Commission chairs;
•Multicultural Arts Policy Advisory Committee;
•Parliament of World’s Religions Board; and
•VMC Advisory Council, which the
Commission chairs.
Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs (MCIMA) & Standing Committee on
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (SCIMA)
The Commission continued its involvement in
SCIMA and MCIMA. These national crossjurisdictional forums provide an important
opportunity to discuss and address issues relating
to immigration and multicultural affairs and bring
a local and state perspective to deliberations on
issues of national importance.
At the meetings in 2008-09 Victoria continued
to advocate for improvements in the provision
of settlement services and chaired the MCIMA
Working Party on Settlement Issues.
Cultural Diversity Plans Network
In 2008-09, the Commission established the Cultural
Diversity Plans Network, with representatives from
all Victorian Government departments responsible
for developing each department’s Cultural
Diversity Plan.
All Departments are required to develop Cultural
Diversity Plans under A Fairer Victoria (2006) to
“We listen to the needs of our diverse
community and convey that information
to the Government with advice on real
and practical solutions.”
George Lekakis Meeting with Consular Core, 18 June 2009
“The Victorian Government continues to be
committed to supporting newly-arrived migrants
and refugees to settle into our community.”
George Lekakis Refugee Week Celebration, Springvale
Community Aid and Advice Bureau, 18 June 2009
address the provision for culturally sensitive
service delivery to Victoria’s CALD communities.
Through the Network, which meets on a regular
basis, the VMC facilitates and supports exchange
of ideas and learnings between departments to
assist in the preparation and implementation of
the plans.
The Network also provides an opportunity for
information-sharing across departments on broader
government activities and key developments in
multicultural affairs. The preparation of Cultural
Diversity Plans for all Victorian Government
departments is a new requirement under the
Multicultural Victoria Act.
Community engagement
The Commission also coordinates ongoing
consultative structures, including the VMC
Advisory Council, Multifaith Advisory Group
and the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network.
VMC Advisory Council
The VMC Advisory Council was established in
March 2007 to provide advice to the VMC on issues
affecting Victoria’s CALD communities. The Council
is made up of representatives from a wide crosssection of service providers and peak cultural and
faith-based representative organisations, including
newly emerging communities and regional and
youth organisations.
In its second year, the Council provided valuable
advice relating to the Commission’s priorities,
including input to the multicultural affairs wholeof-Government report.
During 2008, the Council was consulted and
provided advice on major policy work undertaken
by the VMC, including the development of Victoria’s
new multicultural policy and settlement issues.
Organisations represented on the Advisory Council
are listed in Appendix 3.
Multifaith Advisory Group
The Multifaith Advisory Group (MAG) was
established in January 2008 as an outcome of the
Premier’s Multifaith Leaders Forum in October
2007 and as part of the Victorian Government’s
commitment to ongoing dialogue with Victoria’s
faith leaders.
The MAG meets quarterly and is made up of
approximately 20 senior faith representatives who
provide advice to the Government via the Victorian
Multicultural Commission on issues of interest and
concern to faith communities and opportunities
and strategies to promote community harmony
in Victoria.
The MAG has enabled strong and sustained
consultation between the Government and our
diverse faith communities on a range of issues.
In 2008-09 the MAG:
•Presented a joint statement from Victoria’s faith
leaders at the National Memorial Service for the
Victorian Bushfire Victims on Sunday 22 February;
•Promoted and supported the Walk for Harmony
through Melbourne CBD on 12 July;
•Provided a joint statement on the environment
to the Minister for Environment and Climate
Change and;
•Developed an Interfaith Calendar.
Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network
The Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network (MMYN)
continued its activities for a second term with
15 new young people recruited to join the MMYN.
The MMYN now comprises 25 young people
representing a diverse range of faiths, cultures,
ages, geographical locations and life experience.
Alongside their advisory role, MMYN members
were involved in a number of initiatives including:
•Planning and running a Regional Schools Tour
to discuss faith, culture and human rights in
Shepparton in March 2009; and
•Hosting a panel discussion at the Everyday People,
Everyday Rights Conference in March 2009.
Standing Committee on Local Government
and Cultural Diversity
The Standing Committee on Local Government
and Cultural Diversity was reconstituted in 2009.
It now has representatives from 21 Victorian
councils and seven organisations from the local
government sector.
The Standing Committee continues to provide
an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas and
strategies in the local government sector to facilitate
greater responsiveness to culturally, linguistically
and religiously diverse communities in Victoria.
CASE STUDY
Youth participation and
leadership programs
The VMC also supported the Centre for Multicultural
Youth (CMY) to run the Multifaith Multicultural Youth
Mentoring for Leadership Program again in 2009.
The Program came out of a recommendation
from the July 2006 Multifaith Multicultural Youth
Forum where a need was identified for greater
avenues for young people to participate in leadership
and mentoring opportunities in the government,
community, faith and corporate sectors.
The 2009 Youth Mentoring for Leadership program
is a continuation of a pilot program conducted at
RMIT University and Victoria University in 2008.
In 2009 the program targets young people from
an extended age range of 18-28 years and
incorporates a greater opportunity for dialogue on
particular areas of interest, as well as support for
the development of youth-led initiatives.
TOP Working party on workplace diversity. centre George Lekakis
with local MP John Pandazopoulos and participants at the Dandenong
Community Consultation. ABOVE Minister Assisting the Premier
on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, and George Lekakis with
members of the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network.
fostering
understanding
and appreciation of diversity
The Commission is committed to promoting the benefits of our rich cultural,
linguistic and religious diversity to all Victorians. The Victorian Government has
a strong commitment to ensuring Victoria remains an inclusive multifaith and
multicultural society that is respectful of diversity.
Through the Promoting Harmony initiative the
Commission seeks to promote, enhance and secure
harmony and social cohesion in the Victorian
community and counter the risk of racial and
religious vilification, social isolation and exclusion.
It also strengthens and reaffirms Victoria’s
reputation as a welcoming and harmonious society
for all of us.
In the 2006-07 and 2007-08 Victorian State Budgets,
the Victorian Government allocated a total of $4.1
million from 2006 to 2010 to strengthen and promote
Victoria’s multifaith and multicultural diversity.
In the 2009-10 budget the Government committed
a further $2 million over two years to build on the
success of this initial investment.
THE COMMISSION USED ITS
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS TO:
• Promote mutual respect and understanding of
diversity through campaigns and targeted activities.
• Inform and connect multicultural communities,
including in regard to developments in government
relevant to multicultural affairs via publications,
online resources and media announcements.
• Celebrate Victoria’s cultural, linguistic and
religious diversity through a series of and local
and major events.
Cultural Diversity Week
During the reporting period the Commission
coordinated the sixth Cultural Diversity Week
15-21 March – a series of activities aimed at raising
awareness of Victoria’s cultural, linguistic and
religious diversity.
The Commission again oversaw a broad
community relations and media campaign to reach
cultural and faith community groups, primary and
secondary school students, their families and school
communities, and the wider Victorian community.
More than 200 events and activities took place
across Victoria including: the inaugural Viva
Victoria – a multicultural festival at Federation
Square that attracted more than 40,000 people,
the Premier’s Gala Dinner, the Black Harmony
Gathering, the Cultural Diversity Quest Awards
and the Cultural Diversity Cup.
Through the Community Grants Program,
the Commission supported many more activities
delivered by community groups, service providers,
schools and councils.
All of Us – Community Harmony Campaign
In March 2009, the Victorian Multicultural
Commission ran the highly successful All of Us
community harmony campaign for the second
consecutive year.
Using images from the All of Us, photographic
exhibition initiated by photographer Michel
Lawrence, the advertisements illustrated Victoria’s
rich diversity though a sequence of still images,
words and music using the ‘All of Us’ messaging
to emphasise the inclusive nature of Victoria and
engender a sense of pride in being Victorian.
The All of Us community harmony education
campaign included advertisements on television
(metro and regional) and outdoor advertising in
the greater metropolitan area.
Community Accord
The Community Accord continued to be signed by
community groups and organisations including Parks
Victoria, Western Health and the Geelong Netball
Association. During the past year more than
200 individuals, community groups and organisations
committed to the principles of the Accord which are
outlined in the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004.
“Each year our Cultural Diversity Week celebrates
the diverse cultures which make Victoria the
vibrant, vital and interesting place that it is.”
George Lekakis Cultural Diversity Week speech at Melbourne Zoo, 24 March 2009
left to right VMC Publications:
All of Us, Multicultural Victoria
magazine, VMC Annual Report
2007-08 and the Whole of
Government Report 2007-08.
The principles of the Accord include the following:
• Respect all ethnic, cultural, religious and
linguistic communities;
• Seek opportunities to work together to re-affirm our
similarities as human beings and the fundamental
principals which unite us as Victorians;
• Advocate for the elimination of racial and religious
intolerance; and
• Reject all forms of racial and religious vilification,
violence, harassment and unlawful discrimination.
Print and Online Communications
The Commission continued to keep stakeholders
engaged and informed through a number of highquality publications and online communications.
CASE STUDY
Viva Victoria
More than 40,000 people flocked to Federation Square
on Saturday 21 March 2009 to enjoy a vibrant
celebration of multiculturalism at the inaugural Viva
Victoria festivals. Highlights included two stages of
outstanding music from around the world, a vibrant
marketplace of quality handmade products, an
exceptional selection of authentic traditional foods,
children’s activities and exhibitions, entertainers,
chefs, traders and artists. People from more than
60 cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds were
invited to participate in this event and apart from the
entertainment, other activities included an interactive
art display called a Rangoli, which saw an amazing
design created from grains, seeds and other natural
ingredients on the day, plus a Bodhi Tree that allowed
participants to share their wishes of enlightenment.
Print
• All of Us – Victoria’s Multicultural Policy
• Multicultural Victoria magazine
(Issues 25, 26, 27 and 28)
• Whole of Government Report:
Achievements in Multicultural Affairs 2007-08
• Victorian Multicultural Commission
Annual Report 2007-08
Online
The VMC website (www.multicultural.vic.gov.au)
provided regular updates on issues of importance
for community groups, as well as advertising
community and government events and activities.
All VMC publications were also uploaded to the
site and made accessible in a form that could be
downloaded.
Awards and Receptions
Functions and events hosted by the Commission
provided opportunities for Victorians from diverse
backgrounds, representing a range of ethnicities
and religions, to come together and acknowledge
their differences in a positive way.
In acknowledging the achievements and
outstanding contributions made by migrants
and refugees through the Commission’s awards
programs, we encourage greater awareness and
respect for our cultural diversity.
Victoria’s Multicultural Awards for Excellence
The Awards program was established by the
Commission in 2002 to recognise and reward the
contribution of individuals and organisations in
the promotion of Victoria’s multicultural harmony.
The ceremony was held at Government House in
December 2008 where 188 recipients were presented
with awards across nine categories:
• Ambassador Award
• Award for Meritorious Service in the Community
• Business Corporate Award
• Local Government Award
• Media Award • Police and Community Multicultural Advisory
Committee (PACMAC) Awards
• Premier’s Award for Community Harmony
• Service Delivery to Multicultural Victoria Awards
• Victorian Multicultural Education Award
The Commission received numerous nominations
for the Awards which were assessed by the Victorian
Multicultural Awards for Excellence Sub-Committee.
The Police and Community Multicultural Awards and
the Victorian Multicultural Education Awards were
received and assessed by the respective departments.
For a full list of Award recipients see Appendix 4.
Victorian Refugee Recognition Record (VRRR)
Each year, the Commission formally recognises the
invaluable contribution that refugees make to the
community. In June 2009, a total of 21 recipients were
added to the VRRR in a ceremony hosted by the
Deputy Premier, Rob Hulls MP.
For the third consecutive year, the Victorian
Government invited photography students from
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE to create a
photo exhibition featuring portraits of the recipients.
For a full list of the recipients see Appendix 5.
Premier’s Community Receptions
Each year, the Premier’s community receptions
provide an opportunity to formally acknowledge
the contribution of particular communities to the
State of Victoria. The Commission coordinated the
following community receptions that were hosted
by the Premier:
• South Korea 17 July 2008
• Egypt
23 July 2008
• Chile
25 September 2008
• Ireland
16 March 2009
• Netherlands 27 April 2009
• Portugal
10 June 2009
TOP Premier John Brumby with Multicultural Awards for Excellence
recipients Melaku Ali and Kiemi Lai. CENTRE VRRR recipient Farah
Faiq. ABOVE George Lekakis and Mark Stone, Chief Executive of Parks
Victoria, at the signing of the Community Accord, March 2009.
improving access and equity
for all Victorians
During the 2008-09 financial year the Commission undertook a variety of projects
and programs designed to improve access by Victoria’s CALD communities to services
provided by government and other bodies. The Commission has also continued its
work to reduce barriers to the participation of Victoria’s multicultural communities
in all aspects of life in Victoria.
language services
One of the major barriers to accessing government
services and information is low English language
proficiency. Victorian Government policy supports
the provision of language services – as the most
effective means of overcoming this barrier – to
improve access and outcomes for people who do
not speak English well or at all.
Through the Language Services Strategy, the
Commission continues to promote the effective use
of interpreters to facilitate access to government
services. Since the inception of the Strategy in 2002,
over 70 projects have been funded to improve the
use of interpreters by government service providers
and to help develop and strengthen the quality and
supply of interpreters.
THE COMMISSION WORKED TO
IMPROVE ACCESS AND EQUITY BY:
• Encouraging individuals to study to become
interpreters in emerging languages by providing
40 scholarships.
• Delivering quality programs to improve access
to services and support community-led projects
for refugees.
• Ensuring equal access for CALD communities
to participate in boards and committees by
refining guidelines.
Key achievements include:
•Interpreter Scholarship project – In 2008-09, a
further 40 scholarships were awarded to encourage
individuals to study to become interpreters in
emerging languages. Now in its seventh year
152 scholarships have been awarded under the
Interpreter Scholarship project, in eleven languages.
• Translating and Interpreting External Advisory
Group was established in April 2009 to garner
industry and sector advice on matters relating
to the provision of language services in Victoria.
The Group consists of representatives of language
service providers, training providers, the
National Accreditation Authority for Translators
and Interpreters (NAATI), the translating and
interpreting professional association and the health,
legal and education sectors.
•Regional Interpreter Skills Course – In September
2008, the Commission engaged RMIT University
to deliver six-week interpreter skills courses in
Mildura and Bendigo to increase the pathways for
accredited interpreters in regional Victoria.
•The Multilingual Technology Project examined the
use of information communications technology
to bolster current interpreting services and how
additional interpreting service options can be
provided particularly in rural and regional locations.
•The Workforce Development Strategy explored ways
to attract and retain interpreters and translators
in languages spoken by both long-standing and
newly arrived communities. The Strategy examined
a range of short to long-term measures to facilitate
an adequate supply of appropriately qualified and
skilled interpreters to meet the language needs of
CALD communities in Victoria. Part of this strategy
included the role out of training of VPS staff on
how to work effectively with interpreters.
Appointments to Boards
and Committees
Work was undertaken in 2008-09 with the State
Services Authority and the Department of Premier and
Cabinet to revise the guidelines for the Appointment
and Remuneration of Part Time Non-Executive
Directors of State Government Boards and Members
of Statutory Bodies and Advisory Committees
to include a more comprehensive and consistent
approach to identifying CALD membership.
As a result, the revised guidelines now include three
additional questions that will generate more consistent
data on CALD representation on government boards
and committees.
Photo Robert Blackburn
“The opportunities to participate in the global
economy are vast, and if we continue to develop
Victoria’s linguistic and cultural capacity in the
economy, we will all reap the rewards.”
George Lekakis MLTAV 2009 Conference, 15 May 2009
Refugee Brokerage/Refugee
Action Programs
In partnership with key agencies and refugee
communities across Victoria, the Commission’s work
on the Refugee Brokerage Program (RBP) has met
with great success. The state-wide program provides
vital support to Victoria’s recently arrived refugee
and humanitarian entrants. The RBP works to:
•Build capacity within refugee communities;
•Support communities to develop ideas and
initiatives to address their specific needs; and
•Promote and enhance access to existing
mainstream services.
The RBP operated across 12 partnerships within
Melbourne and Victoria. Initiatives from this
Program have included:
•Approximately 200 isolated Iraqi women are
independently accessing a range of services
through their local council following participation
in the RBP;
•Provision of critical social support and community
infrastructure alongside the employment of
refugees in regional areas;
•A range of community enterprise initiatives which
provide refugees with the opportunity to utilise
existing or new skills in a business setting;
•Driver education and driving lessons for socially
and geographically isolated refugee women and
other community members; and
•Local leadership training and/ or mentoring
support with more established communities
delivered to more than 100 refugees.
TOP Interpreter Scholarship Ceremony, April 2009.
ABOVE Far to Here, Darfuri youth art exhibition, February 2009.
CASE STUDY
Refugee Brokerage Program
The West Papuan community
in inner Melbourne, through the
Refugee Brokerage Program
(RBP), has made vital links to
service providers and important
steps in their self-sufficiency
as a community.
The small community arrived in
Australia on Temporary Protection
Visas without any prior experience
of living in a city.
During the year, the community
has worked closely with their RBP
coordinator to develop a community
plan to address areas of need and
create links with a wide range of
service providers.
One of the issues identified was
the need for more education around
financial literacy. The RBP Coordinator
was able to organise financial literacy
training for community members
including in areas such as mobile
phone contracts. Whilst subsequently
engaging financial counsellors
through the local council to work
with the community.
Some community members have
also participated in leadership courses
that have equipped them with the
knowledge and skills to establish
and operate their own community
associations successfully.
cultural precincts enhancement fund
preserving our heritage for
future generations
The Cultural Precincts Enhancement Fund (2007-10) was established as an $8 million
infrastructure investment by the Victorian Government to revitalise the well established
Little Bourke Street Chinese precinct, the Lygon Street Italian precinct and the Lonsdale
Street Greek precinct.
In response to community feedback and
recommendations made by the Fund’s Steering
Committee on proposals received to the Fund, the
Government earmarked an additional $2 million,
bringing the Government’s total investment in the
precincts to $10 million.
Ideas were put forward by communities, residents
and traders to enhance the infrastructure and
community space of the three precincts. Extensive
community consultations via the consultative
forums formed for each of the three precincts was
undertaken on the short listed ideas.
The allocation of funding available in this
program has been announced by the Premier in
all three precincts:
•A total of $6.8 million will be allocated for
streetscapes improvements across the three
precincts, including a $2.7 million contribution
from the City of Melbourne.
•Funding of $3.5 million has been committed
for the Lonsdale Street precinct, of which
$2 million will go towards the fit-out of the
Antipodes Centre for Greek Culture, Heritage
and Language;
•Funding of $4.1 million has been committed
for the Chinatown precinct and funding of
$3.9 million has been committed for the Lygon
Street precinct;
•As part of these packages, funding of $1.2 million
will be provided for the upgrade of the Chinese
Museum, an additional $1.45 million for an
Italian Cultural Heritage Centre at Co.As.It,
and $120,000 to RMIT for the creation of public
art at the Southern end of Lygon Street.
ABOVE The new Chinatown Gateway lighting pillars installed
at the top end of Little Bourke Street.
CASE STUDY
Chinatown Lighting Pillars
On 13 May 2009, the Premier unveiled the first
project completed under the Fund at the Tianjin
Gardens in Chinatown. The new lighting pillars,
installed at the top end of Little Bourke Street, act
as a new gateway to Chinatown and mark the 25th
anniversary of Melbourne’s sister city relationship
with Tianjin. The traditional Chinese archways at the
Swanston Street, Russell Street and Exhibition Street
entrances to Chinatown will be refurbished through
the Fund. Further improvements will also be made
to the Tianjin Gardens, including new Chinese plants,
improved signage and new Bronze lion sculptures
donated by the Tianjin Government.
joint projects and initiatives
partnering for
better outcomes
During the 2008-09 financial year, the Commission worked on a large number of projects and
initiatives across a range of different portfolio areas. Partnerships were developed with other
organisations including: government departments, local governments, the corporate sector,
non-government organisations and community organisations.
This partnership approach has allowed for improved
outcomes from the initiatives and the provision
of greater assistance and support to Victoria’s
multicultural communities.
CALD audiences in fisheries projects and to
enhance an understanding by cultural groups of
fisheries activities.
CENTRE FOR MULTICULTURAL YOUTH (CMY)
The Commission met with Life Saving Victoria to
discuss the specific needs of various communities
and provided advice on specific strategies to convey
water safety messages.
The Commission worked with CMY to deliver a
Mentoring Program for more than 40 young people
(16-25 years) which linked individuals with industry
leaders. The program involved weekly two-hour
discussion sessions and in-depth sessions with
a range of leaders as well as facilitating dialogue
between young people of diverse faith backgrounds.
CITY OF GREATER DANDENONG (CGD)
LIFE SAVING VICTORIA
METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE (MFB)
In 2008-09 the Commission was pleased to work
with the MFB on a number of projects during
Cultural Diversity Week.
In conjunction with other Victorian government
departments, the Commission has worked with
the CGD on a project to enhance coordination of
resources so as to better respond to the needs
young people from a refugee background.
NEW HOPE FOUNDATION
Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC)
NORTHERN HEALTH
Prior to becoming an Administrative Office aligned
to DPC, the Commission worked with other
government departments, lead by DPC, to coordinate
the faith component of ceremony for the National
Day of Mourning for the Bushfires which was held
in February 2009.
The Commission partnered with a number of
providers including Northern Health, Barwon
Community Health, and Sunshine Court to
commence pilots for using video interpreting in
health and justice settings. The project will look at
the benefits to staff and clients along with an
evaluation of any cost benefits.
DIVERSITAT & CITY OF GREATER GEELONG
The Commission has worked with Diversitat and
the local council on the development of a new
multicultural centre in Norlane. The centre will create
a multifunctional community space and will be an
administrative base for Diversitat and more than
30 other ethnic community groups.
FISHERIES VICTORIA
In May 2009, the Commission partnered with
Fisheries Victoria to establish an Advisory
Committee to consult on strategies to engage
Along with City West Water, the Commission
worked with the New Hope Foundation to deliver
a soccer tournament called the Cultural Diversity
Cup in March 2009.
Northern Metropolitan Institute
of TAFE (NMIT)
The Commission once again partnered with NMIT’s
photography department to create an exhibition of
the 2009 VRRR recipients.
OFFICE OF WOMEN’S POLICY (OWP)
– DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The Commission worked with the Office of Women’s
Policy on the CALD Women’s leadership Project.
Photo Michel Lawrence
“This coming together of cultures, each
listening and learning from the other, is one
of the things that makes Victoria the vital,
yet harmonious place that it is.”
George Lekakis Sudanese Community National Conference, 25 July 2008
joint projects and initiatives
The project equips women with the skills,
knowledge and resources to seek formal leadership
positions in their local communities and the wider
Victorian community.
PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS (PWR)
The Commission continued to work closely with
the PWR organisers and Sport and Recreation
Victoria (Major Projects) to ensure the delivery of
an engaging and diverse program for this important
December 2009 event.
ROYAL WOMEN’S HOSPITAL (RWH)
The Commission has provided funding to the
RWH to develop a program for utilising bilingual
workers for non-medical communication within
the hospital. This project proposes to pilot new
ways to communicate with patients leading to
better outcomes for patients and their families.
VICTORIA POLICE
The Commission maintained a close partnership
with Victoria Police through PACMAC which met
monthly to discuss policing issues and CALD
communities. In addition, the Commission worked
with Victoria Police on a number of projects including
an information day for ESL students at Melbourne
Zoo, the Multicultural Awards for Excellence and
planning for the Walk for Harmony.
TOP Metropolitan Fire Brigade, March 2009. centre Cultural
Diversity Week soccer match. ABOVE Leading Senior Constable
Craig Spicer visits with residents of the Western Suburbs.
appendices
appendix 1 commission meeting attendance register
appendix 2 grants
• Multicultural Festivals and Events
• Multicultural Senior Citizens Organisational Support
• Organisational Support
• Education Programs
• Buildings and Facilities Improvement
• Strengthening Multicultural Communities
• Interfaith and Multifaith Programs
appendix 3 multicultural advisory board
appendix 4 awards for excellence
appendix 5 victorian refugee recognition record
appendix 1
commission meeting attendance register
NO. OF
COMMISSIONERMEETINGS
ATTENDED
Mr George Lekakis
7
Mr Hakan Akvol
7
Ms Elleni Bereded-Samuel
6
Mr Joseph Caputo
5
Dr Stanley Chiang
6
Ms Elizabeth Drozd
5
Mrs Vicki Mitsos
2
Ms Samar Mougharbel
7
Ms Hang Nguyen
4
Ms Vivienne Nguyen
0
Dr Linda Sydor Petkovic
6
Ms Marcia Pinskier
4
Ms Usha Sharma
2
S. Jagdeep Singh Shergill
2
Mr Yasser Soliman
7
Ten of the existing VMC Commissioners’ terms expired
between 3 September and 17 September 2008.
All Commissioner positions, excluding that of the
Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson were advertised
in the local, regional, national and ethnic press during
June and July 2008.
Under Section 11 of the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004,
a member of the Commission holds office for a term
not exceeding four years and is eligible for reappointment
to a second and third term.
There were eight reappointments (including the
Deputy Chairperson) and three new appointments
to the Commission.
appendix 2
multicultural FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
ORGANISATION
GRANT (GST EXCLUDED)
ORGANISATION
A2K Media
$1,000
Association of Ukrainians in Victoria - St Albans
$400
Accademia Letteraria Italo-Australiana
Scrittori (ALIAS)
$1,200
Associazione Culturale L'Aurora
$300
Associazione Nazionale Marinai D'Italia
$300
Atherton Gardens Chinese Neighbourhood
$900
Atherton Gardens Resident's Association
$500
Auburn South Primary School
$700
Aust-China Writer's Association
$200
$300
$800
Afghan Australia Community Social Sports Club Inc
$400
Afghan Australian Association of Victoria Inc
$1,200
Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association
$2,000
African Leadership, Learning and Advocacy Group
$800
AfroArts Inc
$800
Agelidis Foundation
$500
Australasia Business Development Enterprise
Association Inc
Al Ehsan Centre
$500
Australasia Coptic Society Inc
Al Sadeq Education and Charity Association inc
$500
Australasia News Pty Ltd - Uthayam
Albanian Moslem Society (Shepparton) Inc
$500
Australia Burma Society Inc
Albany Rise Primary School
$650
Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch Inc
Albert Park Primary School
$700
Australia Denizli Association
Albion North Primary School
$800
Australia India Solidarity Group
$400
Alevi Community Council of Australia Inc
$1,500
$500
$1,000
$400
$1,500
Australia Sri Lanka Catholic Association Inc
$400
Alexandrians Friendship (AAHA) Social Club Inc
$300
Australian Ankawa Club
$300
Am Echad Federation of Jews from
Former Soviet Union Inc
$900
Australian Association of Kastorians Inc
$400
Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation
$800
Australian Bosniak Association Inc
$800
Australian Bosnian Seniors
$600
Angolan Community Association
Antiochian Community Support Association (ACSA)
Antipodes International Inc
Anwar Association Inc
Anzano Di Puglia Social Club Ltd
$1,000
$500
$60,000
$1,000
Australian Council of Bosnian-Herzegovinian
Organisations Inc
$2,000
$500
Australian Croatian Community Services
$500
Arabic Welfare Inc
$2,000
$1,200
Australian Croatian Women Association
"Katarina Zrinski"
$800
Ararat Golden Gateway Festival Committee
Archangel Michael Senior Social Club of Oakleigh
$300
Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools
Associations (AFESA)
$1,000
ArciLesbica Australia
$400
Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations
$1,500
Armenian Mesrob Mashdotz School
$700
Armenian Relief Society Nayiri Chapter
$500
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen Elderly Seniors Club
of Northcote
Artesur of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Asian Business Association Of Whitehorse Inc
$5,000
Associacion de Latinos Residentes de Victoria
$400
Associated Netherlands Societies in Victoria Inc
$3,000
Association of Filipino Australians in Gippsland
$800
Association of Former Inmates of Nazi Concentration
Camps and Ghettos from the Former Soviet Union
$500
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Association
$400
$1,300
Australian Humanitarian Aid for Macedonia Inc
$2,000
Australian Indian Innovations Inc
$13,000
Australian Indonesian Association of Victoria Inc
$400
Australian International Food and Culture
Association Inc
$400
Australian Irish Welfare Bureau Inc
$1,000
Association of Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs
of Melbourne & Victoria
Australian Karen Organisation Inc
$800
$6,500
Australian Kurdish Community Inc
1100
Association of International Childrens Festivals
$2,000
Australian Lebanese Christian Ladies Group – Darrebin
$300
Association of Italian Senior Citizens Clubs of Victoria
$1,500
Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in Australia
(ASLAMA)
$500
Australian Lebanese Youth Association of Victoria
$1,000
Australian Macedonian Folk Dancing Association
"Goce Delcev" Inc
$600
Association of the Alliance Francaise of Victoria
$1,000
Australian Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Reservoir
$300
Association of the Liberian Community of Australia
(ALCA Victoria)
$2,000
Australian Macedonian Tetovo Association
'Shar-Planina' Inc
$300
Association of Ukrainians in Victoria
$2,500
Australian Nadur Association Inc
$400
– Noble Park Branch
$1,000
Australian Oromo Community Association
in Victoria Inc (AOCAV)
$6,000
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Australian Polish Community Services
$1,000
Australian Slovenian Social and Sporting Association
Melbourne Inc
$600
Australian Somali Society
$700
Australian Technical College Sunshine
Australian Theatre of Poetry Inc
Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) Inc
$1,600
$400
$8,500
Australian Turkish Women's Cultural Group
$400
Australian Ukrainian Senior Citizens Fellowship
"Golden Age"
$300
Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of
Victoria Inc
$500
Australia-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce Inc
$800
AUSTURK Education & Cultural Association Inc
$400
AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group
$800
Avondale Heights and East Keilor Residents
Association
$2,000
Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners and Elderly
Citizens Club
$300
Ayios Therapon Welfare Association Inc
$500
ORGANISATION
Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association Inc
Bosnian Choir 'Behar' Inc
$800
$400
Braybrook Secondary College
$1,000
Brimbank City Council
$4,000
Brimbank Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
$300
Brimbank Senior Citizens Friendly Group
$300
Broadmeadows Special Development School
$1,000
Broadmeadows Turkish Senior Citizens Club
$900
Brunswick East Primary School
$800
Brunswick North West Primary School
$400
Brunswick Special Development School
$1,000
Brunswick Sri Lankan Community Group
$300
Buddha's Light International Association
of Victoria Inc
$4,000
Buddha's Light International Association of Victoria
Inc – Young Adult Division
$500
Buddhist Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV)
$1,200
Buddhist Vihara Victoria Inc
$1,000
Bulleen Heights School
$1,100
Azad Gharibian Dance Inc
$1,000
Baha'i Council For Victoria
$500
Burgher Association (Australia) Inc
2000
Bait Al-Hossien
$800
Cameroon Association of Australia Inc
$700
Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council (BRMC)
$4,800
Ballarat Sudanese Association Inc
$350
Banda Musicale Italiana "Vincenzo Bellini"
$800
Bangla Sahitya Sansad (Bengali Literary Society) Inc
$1,100
Bangladesh Cultural Group Inc
$1,200
Bangladesh Samity Inc
Banyule City Council
Baptist Union of Victoria – Multicultural Group
$1,300
$700
$2,800
Barnabas Counselling, Education & Community
Support Services
$500
Basava Samithi of Australisia Inc
$300
Bayanihan Australia Community Network Inc
$1,000
Bayswater-Boronia Templer School
$500
'Bea Cantare' Choir Inc
$400
Beechworth Celtic Festival Inc
$1,000
Beit Jala Palestinian Association
$600
Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House Inc
$800
Bendigo Australia Indonesia Klub Inc
Bendigo Filipino Australian Association Inc
Bengali Association of Victoria Inc
$1,200
$600
$4,800
Cantorion Cymreig Victoria (Victorian Welsh
Male Voice Choir) Inc
Carraragarmungee Primary School
$800
Casey Chinese Seniors Group
$300
Castlemaine State Festival
Catholic Education Office – Diocese of Ballarat
Celebrate India Inc
$2,000
$700
$20,000
Central Victorian Lion Team Inc
$500
Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia Inc
$600
Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemens Elderly Citizens Club
of Darebin and District
$300
Chabad House of Malvern/Toorak Inc
Chabad Institutions of Australia Inc
$700
$1,600
Chaldean Women Association in Victoria
$500
Chile Magazine Media and Cultural Group
$4,500
China Philatelic Society of Australia Inc
$300
Chinese Association of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Chinese Beijing Opera Club of Melbourne
$1,200
Chinese Community Health Advisory of
Australia Inc (CCHAA)
$400
Chinese Culture School Inc
$500
Bengali Language and Culture School Inc
$600
Chinese Health Foundation of Australia (CHF)
Biemnhom Australia Association
$500
Bitola Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Whittlesea
$300
Chinese Mandarin Community Friendship
Association (CMCFA)
B'nai B'rith Shalom Unit Arts Committee
$400
Bor Community Association of Australia
$1,000
$1,200
$1,000
$500
Chinese Professionals Club of Australia
$1,600
Chinese Restauranteurs Association of Victoria Inc
(CRAV)
$5,000
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Chinese Senior Citizens Club of Frankston & Peninsula
$300
Chinese Senior Citizen's Club of Manningham
$900
Chinese Singing and Dance Troupe of Melbourne
$500
Chinese Women's Association of Victoria Inc
$700
Chinese Xinjiang Senior Citizens Association
$500
Christ the Lord Slovak Lutheran Congregation
$300
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Bentleigh
$700
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Footscray
$300
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Mildura and Sunraysia
Circolo Pensionati Multiculturale Di Greenvale
$2,200
$300
ORGANISATION
Cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans and
Mauritians in Victoria (CHARM)
$500
CXP Music
$800
Cypriot Community of Eastern Suburbs-Elderly Citizens
$600
Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria
$4,000
Cyprus Greek Orthodox Community of "Apostolos
Andreas" Sunshine
$1,000
Dandenong and Endeavour Hills Club de Los Abuelos:
Italo-Spanish
Dandenong Youth Services
– City of Greater Dandenong
$300
$2,500
Darebin City Brass Inc Youth Group
$400
Darebin Greek Women's Senior Citizens Group
$500
City of Ballarat
$2,000
City of Darebin
$900
Darfur Australia Network
$600
$500
Delahey Town Club
$500
Dental Health Services Victoria
$700
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Kingston
$20,000
$2,000
Diversitat
City of Port Phillip
$1,000
Don Bosco Brunswick Youth Foundation Inc
$800
City of Stonnington
$2,000
Doncaster Primary School
$700
$800
City of Maribyrnong
City of Whitehorse
$800
Donvale Primary School
City of Whittlesea
$800
Drouin Ficifolia Festival Committee Inc
$250
Dutch Australian Social Club 'The Rocket'
Clarinda Greek Senior Citizens Club
Club Astoria German Australian Society
$1,000
$51,200
$1,000
$700
Dutch Orange Day Inc
Club De Abuelos De Habla Hispana De Clayton
$400
Dutch Women's Club of Geelong Inc
Club Tivoli Deutscher Verein Melbourne Inc
$800
East African Women's Foundation Inc
$5,000
$400
$2,100
Colac Sudanese Community Inc
$1,500
East Doncaster Secondary College
Collingwood College
$1,500
Eastern and Central African Communities
of Victoria Inc
$1,200
Eastern District Polish Association-Polish School of
Rowville
$1,800
Eastern Districts Polish Association (Melbourne)
$1,600
Collingwood Greek Senior Citizen Club
Committee for Common Celebrations of
Greek & Australian National Days
Communities Council on Ethnic Issues
(Eastern Region) Inc
Community In Harmony
$900
$1,000
$500
$1,300
Community Radio Federation (Community Radio 3CR)
$500
Confederazione Fanti D'Italia – ANSI
– Cavalieri Della Patria
$500
Congolese Community of Victoria
$2,500
$700
Eastern Karen Community Association
$800
Eastern Schools Refugee Action Network (ESRAN)
Eastern Senior Chinese Association
$2,000
$300
Eastwood Primary School
$1,000
EKOL School of Arts
$5,000
Elderly Club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood
of Melbourne and Victoria
$1,000
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail
& St Anthony Church Inc
$400
Ensemble 'Nostalgia' - Women Group
$600
Coral Park Primary School
$700
Epirotic Philanthropic Society of Australia "Dodoni"
$400
Corona Italian Seniors Club of Casey
$300
Eritrean Elderly Association in Melbourne
$600
$700
Corpus Christi Primary School
Council of Slovenian Organisations of Victoria Inc
Council of Sudanese Groups Inc
Council of Turkish Associations of Victoria
Eritrean Orthodox Association in Australia Inc
$1,400
$1,500
Ethick Community Mozambique of Victoria Inc
$1,100
$1,000
Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria Inc
$4,500
$10,000
Ethnic Communities Council of the South East Inc
(ECCOSE)
$2,000
Ethnic Council of Shepparton & District Inc
$1,600
Croatian Folklore Group "Lado"
$700
Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Footscray
$300
Croatian Senior Citizens Club Sunshine
$300
Cultural Centre of Florinians 'Aristotelis'
$1,500
Ethnic Public Broadcasting Association of Victoria
(3ZZZ FM)
Famiglia Pugliese D'Australia
$20,000
$300
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Faye Dumont Singers Inc
$600
German/Austrian Association
Federation of Chinese Associations Senior Citizens
Social Club
$900
Gilmore College for Girls Footscray
$1,000
Gippsland Ethnic Communities Council (GECC)
$4,500
Gippsland Indian Association Inc
$1,300
Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils
of Australia (FECCA)
Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria Inc
Federation of Indian Women's Association
of Australia (FIWAA) Inc
$30,000
$500
$1,800
Gippsland Indonesian Australian Association
Gippsland Multicultural Services Inc
$600
$2,500
Gippsland Sudanese Association
$500
Gladesville Primary School
$700
Federation of Macedonian Cultural & Artistic
Associations of Victoria (FOMKUD)
$800
Federation of Macedonian Senior Citizens Groups
of the Northern Region of Victoria Inc
$600
of the Western Region Inc
$500
Glenrowan Primary School
$300
Golden Dragon Museum
Federation of Taivgetos of Laconia
$500
Glen Eira Italian Pensioners & Senior Citizens Club
Glenorchy Primary School
$300
$1,000
$500
$6,000
$1,500
Goulburn Valley Afghan Association
Festival Indonesia Inc
$4,000
Goulburn Valley African Communities Association Inc
Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association Inc
$1,100
Goulburn Valley Chinese Fellowship Association Inc
$800
$300
$700
Federation Panepirotic Union of Melbourne & Victoria
Fiji Islamic & Cultural Society of Victoria Inc
$600
Goulburn Valley Sudanese Association
Fiji Melbourne Community Club Inc
$600
Great Ryrie Primary School
Fiji Senior Citizens Association (FSC)
$600
Greek & Cypriot Social Welfare Centre
$800
$1,200
$1,200
$1,100
Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne Inc
$400
Filipino Australian Senior Citizens Advisory Council
in Australia
$500
Greek Australian Recreational & Instructive League
of Vic Inc
$1,000
Filipino Australian Senior Citizens of Victoria (FASCOV)
$300
Greek Community of Northcote, City of Darebin
& Districts
$1,000
Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat
Filipino Community Council of Victoria Inc
$13,000
Filipino Community of Sunraysia Inc
$600
Filipino Elderly Get Together Association
$300
Filipino-Australian Friends Association (Northern
Victoria) Inc
$500
Filipino-Australian Society Melbourne's Northwest
(FASMENOW)
$600
Finnish Society of Melbourne Inc
$1,800
Fitzroy Atherton Gardens Table Tennis Association
$300
Fitzroy Chinese Residents Association Inc
$500
Greek Community of Springvale and Districts
$300
Greek Cypriot Parent & Youth Club Western Suburbs
of Melbourne
$700
Greek Democritus Worker's League
$500
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Caulfield
$600
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Northcote
$250
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Maribyrnong & Districts
$300
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moonee Valley
$300
Greek Federal Organisation of Ex-Servicemen's Reserve
of Greece in Australia
$500
Greek National Resistance Fighters League
$500
Fitzroy Primary School
$1,000
Footprint Enterprises Inc
$1,000
Footscray Asian Business Association
$5,000
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aust Holy
Monastery Axion Estin
$1,000
Frankston City Council
$3,300
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
$7,500
Futuristic Group for Southern Sudanese in Australia
(FGSSA) Inc.
$500
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated
Trust Parish of St Johns North Carlton
$600
Gaatjaak Nuer Community Association of Australia Inc
$500
$500
Galini Greek Elderly Association of Port Melbourne
$300
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Parish of
Saint Haralambos Doncaster and Templestowe
Geelong Dutch Clubs
$800
Geelong Highland Gathering Association Inc
$3,000
Greek Orthodox Community of Clayton Ltd
$1,000
Greek Orthodox Community of Dandenong & Districts
$1,000
$1,100
Geelong Iranian Society
$400
Greek Orthodox Community of Frankston and
Peninsula Inc
Geelong Irish Society Inc
$500
$600
Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland
Elderly Citizens' Group
$600
Geelong Lithuanian Folk Dance Group "Gegute"
Geelong Scottish Dance Inc
$850
Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay Inc
$300
Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir
$800
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Andrew's" Forest Hill
Greek School
$300
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Dimitrios" Ascot Vale
Greek School
$600
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Holy Cross" Box Hill
and Districts
$700
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Three Hierarchs"
Clayton, Greek School
$300
Greek Orthodox Parish of Coburg and Pascoe Vale
"Presentation of Our Lord"
ORGANISATION
Hope Connection
$400
Horn of Africa Communities Network
$4,000
$1,000
Houma-Fahefa Alumni (Tongan) Association
of Victoria Inc
$800
House of Persia Community & Cultural Centre
$1,000
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
$600
$700
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Albans & Districts
$300
Hume City Council (Roxburgh Park Homestead
Community, Arts and Cultural Centre)
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Athanasios Springvale
$300
Hungarian Senior Citizens Club of Greater Dandenong
$400
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Dimitrios Moonee Ponds
$300
Il Piccolo Teatro Di Melbourne Inc
$700
Greek Orthodox Senior Citizens Group of Whittlesea
$500
Indian Arts Academy
Greek Senior Citizens Association of St Gregorios
$300
Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria
$1,000
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Carnegie and
Murrumbeena
$300
Indian Subcontinent Cultural and Community
Welfare Association Inc
$300
Greek Senior Citizens District of Richmond
$1,000
Indonesian Club Melbourne Inc
$500
Greek Senior Citizens of Frankston and Peninsula
$2,500
International Buddhist College of Victoria Inc (IBCV)
$600
Greek Studies Program – La Trobe University
$2,000
International Women's Group
$900
Iranian Society of Victoria Inc
$2,500
Greek Women's Club of Maribyrnong
$800
Greek Women's Club of Northern Suburbs "Anemones"
$300
Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the Stageritian
$700
Hamerkaz Shelanu Inc
$2,100
Hamilton Primary School
$1,300
Hampton Park Primary School
$1,200
Harmony Chinese Opera Group of Melbourne
$1,000
Harrisfield Primary School
$1,000
Hazara Australian Community Association of Victoria
$1,300
Hazara Community Mildura
$500
Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club 'Vigor'
$300
Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club 'Vigor' – Inner
Metro South Russian Community Language School
$900
Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club Ltd
$3,000
Heidelberg United Alexander Senior Citizen Club Inc
$300
Hellenic Association of Mornington Peninsula
Aged Citizens Club
$900
Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin
(Kingston) & Districts Ltd
$800
Hellenic Women's Federation of Victoria
$800
Hellenic Writers Association of Australia
$400
Hellenic Youth Federation of Victoria Inc
$500
Highton Primary School
$700
Hindi Niketan Inc
$600
Hindu Foundation
$1,000
Hindu Society of Victoria (Inc)
$5,000
Hispanic Latin American Festival & Cultural Association
Hispano-American Co-operative for Family
Support (COHAF) Inc
$10,000
$3,000
$300
Iraqi People Association Inc
$700
Isik College
$400
Islamic Association of Australia
$800
Islamic Society of Melbourne Eastern Region
$500
Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria
$1,800
Italian Catholic Federation Morwell
$900
Italian Pensioners Club of Wangaratta
$1,100
Italian Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
$300
Italian Social Club Altona
$600
Japanese for Peace (JFP)
$1,000
Jat Jagat
$300
Jesuit Social Services
$6,700
Jewish Community Council of Victoria
$3,400
Jing Song Senior Chinese Men's Inc
$300
John Pandazopoulos Hall Committee of Management
$500
Justice & Freedom for Ceylon Tamils Inc
Human Rights & Refugee Action Group
$400
Kaiga Tuvalu Victoria Inc
$1,000
Kalakruthi Parent Association
$400
Kensington Chinese Friendship Association
$300
Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club
$250
Kew Home of Chinese
$600
Keysborough Turkish Islamic & Cultural Centre Inc
$800
Kingston Chinese Senior Citizens Club
$400
Kingston Indian Senior Citizens Association
$300
Klabb Ghannejja Maltin Inc
Hmong Australia Society Inc
$800
Knox Chinese Elderly Citizens Club
Holy Saviour Primary School
$700
Kurdish Association of Victoria
Hong Bang Vietnamese Ethnic School
$300
Kurdish Women Society of Victoria
$1,000
$300
$1,800
$800
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
La Fiera Myrtleford Committee
$1,000
Macedonian Senior Group "Tumbe Café"
$250
La Mirada Inc
$2,500
$1,000
Macedonian Women's Pensioner Group
of Keilor Downs
$300
Lakeside Secondary College
Macedonian Women's Pensioners Association
of Footscray
$300
Macedonian Women's Senior Citizens Club
of West Sunshine
$300
Macedonian Womens Senior Citizens Group
of Altona North and District
$600
Lao Australian Society Inc
Latin American Friendship Fonda La Clinica
of Victoria Inc
$800
$2,500
Latin American Multicultural Association
$500
Latrobe Community Health Service Inc
$400
Le Belle Arti
$500
Ma'di Community Association in Victoria Australia
(MACA) Inc
Le Page Primary School
$700
Malayalee Catholic Society of Victoria Inc
$500
League of Maniates and Friends of Melbourne
and Victoria "I Mani" Inc
$300
Malta Star of the Sea House Inc
$600
Lemnian Community of Victoria Senior Citizens Group
$300
Maltese Association Hobsons Bay
$900
Liberian Community Association for Unity, Social and
Economic Development LICAU-SED (Victoria) Inc
$600
Maltese Historical Association
$500
Maltese Pensioners Association Inc
$400
Lien Tri Temple
$300
Maltese Senior Citizens Social Club St Albans
$600
Literary Creative Association "Lukomorie"
$300
Manchester Primary School
$900
Live@Collingwood Music Festival
$800
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services
$2,200
$900
$500
Maroondah Southern Sudanese Christian Welfare
Association
$500
$600
Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary School
$700
Meadow Heights Learning Shop Inc
$400
Meadow Heights Turkish Women's Association
$600
Melbourne Ai-Yue Choir Inc
$400
Melbourne Chin Community
$800
$700
Longhorns Basketball Club Inc
Lopit Community Association of Australia
Lygon Street Festa Inc
Macedonian Australian Cultural Youth Association
'Tanec' Inc
$1,100
$20,000
$1,300
Macedonian Australian Senior Citizens Group "Ilinden"
$600
Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne
and Victoria
$500
Macedonian Community Welfare Association
$600
Macedonian Elderly Group of Keilor Downs
$300
Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne and
Victoria Ladies Association
$300
Macedonian Pensioner Club of Altona Inc
$1,700
Marlborough Primary School
Longechuk Community Development Services
in Australia
Louise Multicultural Community Centre Inc
Maribyrnong Library Service (Maribyrnong City
Council)
$2,000
$1,000
Melbourne French Theatre
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc
$1,700
$400
Melbourne Irish Festival Committee Inc
(St Patrick's Festival Melbourne)
$1,000
Melbourne Linh Son Buddhist Congregation Inc
$1,000
Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese Friendship
Centre of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Melbourne University Overseas Students Service
$700
Macedonian Pensioner Group 'Uspeniena Presveta
Bogorodica' Sydenham
$300
Melton Secondary College
$1,000
Macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray
$300
Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
$2,600
Macedonian Senior Citizen Group of Hillside Inc
$500
Mill Park Primary School
Macedonian Senior Citizen Women's Group "Pelister"
of St Albans
$300
Minaret College Inc
Macedonian Senior Citizens Club of West Sunshine
$300
Monash Chinese Events Organising Committee
Macedonian Senior Citizens Club Pelister
of St Albans Inc
$300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Altona North
$300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Ardeer
$700
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Hobsons Bay
$600
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Monash
$300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Zlatna Sonce
of Footscray
$300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Women's Dancing Group
"Veseli Makedonki"
$300
$800
$500
$10,000
Monash Chinese Friendship Association
$600
Monash Maltese Seniors Social Group Inc
$300
Montemurro Social Club 'San Rocco'
$400
Moonee Valley City Council
$1,500
Moreland Turkish Educational and Social Affairs
Centre Inc
$5,000
Mornington Dutch Australian Senior Club
Morwell Senior Italian Citizens Club
Mount Beauty Music Muster Inc
$600
$700
$1,200
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Mount Eliza North Primary School
Mount Eliza Secondary College
$800
$1,500
Multicultura Australia Inc
$50,000
Multicultural Arts Victoria
$61,500
Multicultural Sudanese Centre
$800
Muslim Women's Council of Victoria
$1,600
Nadezhda Russian Senior Citizens Club
$4,000
Nafsika Stamoulis Hellenic Museum Ltd
$12,500
Nang Hong Non-Profit Association
$1,200
Nasir Community Association
$600
Nasir Community Development Agency
$500
ORGANISATION
Operation Recreation Inc T/as Bayside Festival
$500
Operation STITCHES
$500
Oromo Women's Association in Australia Inc South
Pacific Region
$500
Ouyen Incorporated
$500
Pacifika People's Community Group (PPCG) Inc
$2,000
Palesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria
$600
Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria
Leonidas Inc
$1,000
Pammessinian Brotherhood of Melbourne & Victoria
Ltd
$600
Pan Australian Federation of Thessalian Associations
Inc
$1,100
National Celtic Festival Inc
$1,800
Panagia Kamariani Greek Senior Citizens Club
$600
National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies
$5,000
Panagia Soumela Pontian Association of Whittlesea
$400
National Council of Jewish Women Australia (Vic)
Golden Age Club
$500
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia
$800
Natya Kala Mandir
$500
Nepalese Association of Victoria Inc
$1,000
New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre
$1,900
Pancretan Association of Melbourne Australia Ltd
$1,100
Panjab Warriors Sports and Cultural Club Inc
$1,000
Pankoaki Brotherhood of Victoria "O Ippocrates"
Association Inc
$1,000
Panpieriki Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria
'Olympus' Inc
$600
New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre (Mornington
Branch)
$600
Panpyliaki Brotherhood of Navarinon of Melbourne
and Victoria
$300
New Star Art School
$700
Papadakis Park Inc
$300
New United Villages of Florina
$3,000
Penders Grove Primary School
$1,800
New Zealand Maori Club
$1,000
Peninsula & Rye Greek Women's Group
$300
$400
Newport Maltese Association
$300
Pensioner Macedonian Womens Group of Brimbank
Niruththa Indian Fine Arts Association Inc
$800
Phat Quang Temple Inc
$1,500
Philanthropikos Syllogos-Dimos Meligala Messinias
O Profitis Elias Inc
$1,000
Philippine Fiesta of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Noble Park English Language School
$1,500
Norlane West Primary School
$1,200
North East Multicultural Association (NEMA)
$1,500
North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association Inc
(NEMCA)
North Geelong Secondary College
North Melbourne Chinese Association
Platform Youth Theatre Inc
$500
$2,000
Polish Association in Melbourne Inc
$500
$1,200
Polish Club 'Forty Plus'
$400
1600
North Richmond Community Health Centre
$25,000
North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship
Association Melbourne
$700
North Victorian Buddhist Association Inc
$1,200
Northern Federation of Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs
$700
Northern Melbourne Sri Lankan Association
$400
Northern Melbourne Vietnamese Elderly Association
$300
Northern Region Indian Seniors' Association of
Victoria
$300
Polish Community Council of Victoria Inc
$3,000
Polish Dance Ensemble 'Lowicz'
$500
Polish Senior Citizens Club Morwell
$300
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Caulfield
$500
Pontian Association of Melbourne "Euxenos Pontos"
$500
Port Melbourne Greek Community Inc
$700
Port Melbourne Greek Community Senior Citizens Club
$300
Portarlington and District Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$300
Prahran Chinese Elderly Citizens Association
$300
Nubian Mihaira
$1,200
Preston Girls Secondary College
$700
Nuer Christian United Churches
$1,000
Pride of the Cook Islands
$700
Nuer Community in Victoria Inc
$800
Quang Minh Temple
Nuer Youth Association of Australia
$500
Rabat Malta Senior Citizens Association
Okyanusya Theatre & Culltural Activities Group
Olympian Society Inc
$2,000
$400
Rajasthani Kutumb of Victoria Inc
Reconciliation Manningham
$1,000
$300
$1,200
$400
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc
$8,000
Slovenian Australian Social & Sports Club Jadran
$600
Regional Arts Victoria
$1,000
Slovenian Welfare & Information Office
$300
Rejoice Chinese Christian Communication Centre Inc
$500
Society for Asian Languages & Arts Inc
$400
Reservoir East Primary School
$700
Solouchin Literary and Theatrical Society
$600
$1,500
Somali Australian Council of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Somali Community Inc
$1,600
Rethimnian Association of Melbourne
Return to Anatolia Inc
2000
Richmond Asian Business Association Inc
$5,000
Somali Support and Development Association Inc
$800
Ringwood Highland Games Inc
$1,500
Somali Women's Development Association
$400
Somalian Cultural School
$400
Somaliland Youth Network Society (SLYNS)
$600
South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre
$800
Robinson Reserve Neighbourhood House
RODU
Rosamond Special School
Rotary Club of Mooroopna Inc
$300
$1,000
$300
$2,000
Royal District Nursing Service – Homeless
Persons Programs
$500
Russian Cultural and TV Association Inc "Sputnik"
$900
Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria
$3,500
Russian Senior Citizens Club Yarraville
$1,000
Russian Seniors Club (Joy)
$300
Rye & Peninsula Greek Senior Citizens Club
$600
Saint Addai Community Society Inc
$400
Saint Gaetan Society Inc
$700
Saint Maratken Community Society Inc
$500
Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria Inc
$800
South Sudan Equatorial Community Association
Southern Ethnic Advisory & Advocacy Council Inc
(SEAAC)
$1,200
$500
Southern Sudanese Community of Australia
$1,000
Spanish American Foundation for the Arts (SAFA) Inc
$1,500
Spanish Association of Geelong
$800
Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Inc (CELAS)
$2,500
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre Inc
$1,000
Spinete Social Club
Springvale Asian Business Association
Springvale Indochinese Mutual Assistance
Association Inc
$900
$2,500
$400
San Donato Association Inc
$1,000
Springvale Mandarin Support Network
Sangam Community Association Inc
$1,000
Springvale Neighbourhood House
Santa Marija Assunta Association
$1,000
Springvale Primary School
2000
Sapthaswara School of Carnatic Music
$1,200
Springvale Senior Citizens Multicultural Club
$500
Sri Lanka German Technical Training Institute
Old Boys Association of Australia
$800
Sri Lankan Elders' Welfare Association "SEWA"
$500
Srotar Ashor
$600
Scottish Clans and Associations Council
$800
Selimiye Youth Support & Recreation Inc
$300
Senior Citizens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish
of Saints Methodios and Kyrillos, Preston
$300
Serbian Orthodox Church Community
"St Nicholas" Geelong
$800
Serbian Pensioner Group 'St Sava' Greensborough Inc
$600
St Albans Business Group Association Inc
$400
$3,000
$5,000
St Albans Good Friday Association Inc
$900
$500
Serbian Social Club
$300
St Andrews Luqa Social Club
Serbian Social Services and Support Inc
$800
St Anthony Greek Orthodox Church
$300
$1,000
St Anthony's Primary School
$600
Shalom Association Inc
$400
St Athanasius Coptic Centre
$800
Shire of Campaspe
$800
St George Association Inc
Shranish Association of Melbourne
$400
St Georges Antiochian Orthodox Church Association
Shri Sanatan Dharam Society of Victoria Inc
$300
Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria Inc (SWAV)
Shurolok Music Appreciation and Performance
Group Inc
Sicilia Nostra Senior Citizens Club
$2,000
$800
$300
$1,100
St Helena Maltese-Australian Social Club
$300
St John of Kronstadt Russian Welfare Society Inc
$600
St John's Church Vietnamese School
$700
Sierra Leone Australia Community of Victoria
(SLACOV)
St Joseph's Committee
$300
$1,200
St Marks Adult Day Centre and Respite Services
$500
Sindhi Association of Australia Inc
$1,000
St Mark's Coptic Church
Singh Sabha Sports Club
$400
St Monica's Primary School
$300
$1,700
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
Ladies Society
$400
St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church S
eniors Group
$300
St Nicholas Orthodox Church
$600
The Indonesian Society of Victoria – PERWIRA
$1,400
St Nicholas Philanthropic Society of Proty
$500
$700
St Paul's Feast Committee
$600
The Italian Australian Coordinating Committee
of Gippsland
St Sebastian Association Inc
$400
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Limited
$1,000
St Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
$400
Stawell West Primary School
$900
Stella Maris Maltese Association Inc
$300
Strathmore Heights Greek Senior Citizens Club
Student Leadership Ambassador Program (SALP)
– Team ALG 22
The Highway Gallery Inc
$400
The Hornbill Chin Association of Australia
$800
The Indian Tamil Association of Victoria
$500
The Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah
$400
The Jewish Film Foundation of Australia Inc
$5,000
The Khmer Buddhist Centre Inc
$2,000
The Korean Society of Victoria Australia
$1,500
The Melbourne Comhaltas Inc
(Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Melbourne Branch)
$300
$300
The New Hope Foundation
(Werribee Refugee Resource Centre)
$800
$400
The New Hope Foundation Inc (Flemington)
$1,100
$4,000
Sudanese Community Association of Victoria Inc
$1,000
The New Hope Foundation Inc
(Refugee Resource Centre Footscray)
Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia
$1,500
The Nigerian Society of Victoria Inc
Sudanese Women On The Move Network Inc (SWOM)
$1,300
The Old Macaroni Factory
$3,000
The Oromo Islamic Light School
$1,000
$800
Sunraysia Contemporary Alevi Cultural Centre Inc
$400
Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities' Council Inc
$3,000
The Pan Maniot Youth Union of Australia Inc
Sunshine College
$1,200
Sunshine Heights Primary School
$1,200
The Panmacedonian Association of Melbourne
and Victoria
$8,000
$600
The Pushkin Lyceum
$1,200
Sunshine Primary School
$300
The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Inc
Surfside Primary School
$300
The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Ltd (RASV)
$2,000
The Samoan Advisory Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Sunshine Polish Charity Association Inc
Sveti Georgi Selo Velusina Humanitarian Association
of Victoria
Swiss Club of Victoria
$400
$1,500
The Samoan Community Link of Victoria
$2,000
The Spanish Film Festival in Australia (National)
Tamil Australian Friendship Society Inc
$600
The Ukrainian Youth Association of Australia
(Melbourne) Inc
Tarerer Gunditj Project Association Inc
$1,000
Tarxien Social Club Inc
$900
Tatura Italian Social Club Inc
$700
Temple Society Australia
$700
$800
Templestowe Heights Primary School
$800
The Albanian Australian Islamic Society
The Association of Hazaras in Victoria Inc
The United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation
of South Eastern Melbourne
$500
THE-HE Vietnamese Language Centre
$500
Thessaloniki Association "The White Tower" Inc
$25,000
$5,000
$700
$1,400
$400
Thomastown Secondary College
$1,400
Thornbury Primary School
$800
Tibetan Buddhist Society
$1,600
Tibetan Community of Australia (Victoria) Inc
$600
Timorese Association in Victoria
$800
The Australian Greek Orthodox Community
of Moreland Inc
$300
Turkish Womens Recreation Group Inc
The Committee for Sri Lanka Inc
$500
Ukrainian Arts and Culture
The Goan Overseas Association of Victoria Inc
$1,400
The Zambian Association of Victoria Inc
The Australian Chaldean Federation
of Victoria/Australia
The Federation of Chinese Associations (Vic) Inc
$400
Thiasos Themida
Temple Society German Language School BentleighMoorabbin
Thai Culture and Food Festival Inc
$700
$1,600
$400
$1,000
$700
The Song Room Inc
Taiwanese School of Melbourne
Tamil Educational, Cultural and Charitable Association
(TECCA)
$600
$1,600
Traralgon East Community Group (TECG)
$500
Turkish Sub-Branch of the Victorian RSL of Australia
$40,000
$800
Ukrainian Education Council of Australia
Ukrainian Senior Citizens Club in Melbourne
$1,200
$650
$1,300
$500
$1,000
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Ukrainian Social Club
$500
Wilmot Road Primary School
$900
United Jewish Education Board
$300
Wingate Avenue Community Centre
$600
Women's Friendship Group
$400
$400
United Nations Association of Australia
(Victorian Division) Inc
$6,000
ORGANISATION
United Somali Organisation in Australia Inc
$800
Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish
of Moonee Ponds
United Somali Women Organisation in Victoria
$500
Wyndham Humanitarian Network
UnitingCare-Cutting Edge (UCCE)
$400
Xaghra Association of Australia Inc
$300
$700
$1,000
Xinjiang Chinese Association of Australia Inc
$900
Uruguayan Social Club of Melbourne Inc
$1,000
Yarra Multi-Culture Sports Centre (Organisation) Inc.
$300
Vedanta Society of Australia
$1,000
Yarra Settlement Forum
University High School
Victoria Hua Xin Chinese Women's Association Inc
$700
$1,000
Yarra Valley Italian Cultural Group Inc
$600
Victoria Multicultural Education Services Inc
$1,000
Yirol Mothers & Daughters Network in Victoria Inc
$900
Victoria Police Soccer Club Inc
$1,000
YMCA Victoria – North Melbourne Community Centre
$800
Victorian Arabic Artists Association Inc
$3,100
Young Filipino Australian Ambassadors Inc
$300
$400
Victorian Association of World War II Veterans
from Former Soviet Union
$800
Young Generation Filipino Citizens Club
of the South East
Victorian Assyrian Community
$500
$300
Victorian Community Support Network
$800
Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of
the Presentation of St. Dimitrios Moonee Ponds
Yugoslav-Australian Workers Centre
'Brotherhood Unity' Inc
$600
$900
Victorian Eritrean Community Association
$3,000
Victorian Fijian Sports Club
$400
Zahrira Social Club
Victorian Greek Australian Elderly Citizens Group
$800
Zimbabwean Community in Australia (Victoria)
$1,700
Zionist Council of Victoria
$3,000
Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's
Coalition Inc (VIRWC)
$1,000
Victorian Nagarathar Sangam Australia
$1,000
Victorian Scottish Union Inc
$1,000
Victorian Sikh Association Inc
$2,500
Victorian Tamil Cultural Association
$1,000
Vietnamese Community in Australia
– Vic Chapter (VCA)
$25,000
Vietnamese Ethnic School of Broadmeadows
$300
Vietnamese Parents Association of Victoria
$600
Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club of Hume
$300
Vitoria Women's Fellowship Group
$1,200
Viva Italia Festival Wangaratta Inc
$800
Wangaratta High School
Warrnambool City Council
Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club
Werribee Secondary College
$700
$2,000
$900
$1,200
Western Health
$500
Western Region Bengali School Inc
$600
Western Region Health Centre
$400
Western Suburbs Indigenous Gathering Place
$800
Western Victoria Sri-Lankan Buddhist Association Inc
$600
Whitehorse Club
$1,000
Whittlesea Chinese Association Inc (WCA)
$1,600
Whittlesea Community Connections
$800
Whittlesea Vuong Trung Vietnamese Womens Group
$700
Zomi Association Australia Inc
TOTAL
$1,000
$1,346,000
appendix 2
Multicultural Senior Citizens Organisational Support
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Australian Greek and Cypriot Senior Citizens Club
of Melbourne
$1,800
$2,400
Australian Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Mentone
and Districts
$1,400
ANCRI Sezione di Melbourne
$1,500
Australian Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Oakleigh
$2,450
ANCRI Werribee
$2,200
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Association
$2,000
$2,000
Australian Greek Isolated Group
$1,600
Arabic Elderly Pensioners Group
$1,800
$500
Arabic Senior Citizens Group
$1,000
Australian Lebanese Christian Ladies Group – Moreland
$900
Armenian Relief Society Nayiri Chapter
$1,200
Australian Lebanese Christian Ladies Group - Moreland
$900
Armenoro Senior Citizens Association
$2,000
$1,100
Asklipios Greek Women's Group
$1,400
Australian Macedonian Disability Pensioner Group
"Vardar" Melbourne
Assoc Marinai D'Italia Gruppo "M.O. Pugliesi"
$1,500
Australian Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Reservoir
$1,400
$1,000
Australian Oromo Community Association in Victoria
Seniors Group
$1,800
Association of Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs
$3,300
Australian Serbian Pensioners Club of St George
Church, St Albans & Districts
$2,100
Associazione Amica Pensionati Italiani Di Hawthorn
$1,200
Australian Thornbury Pensioners Club
$1,400
Associazione Arma Aeronautica
$1,300
Associazione Elbani nel Mondo
$2,000
Associazione Emilia Romagna del Victoria
$1,300
African Communities Elderly Association of Victoria
$1,300
Agrupacion de Pensionistas Y Tercera Edad de Victoria
$2,300
Altona North Senior Citizens Centre
Associazione Figli D'Italia Inc
$900
Associazione Laziali Pensionati di Geelong
$1,500
Associazione Nazionale Artiglieri D'Italia Sezione
di Melbourne
$1,000
Associazione Nazionale Carristi D'Italia, Sezione
Di Melbourne
Associazione Nazionale Combattenti Della Guerra
Di Liberazione
Associazione Nazionale Marinai D'Italia
Australian Yugoslav Multicultural Pensioner Group
$900
Australian Yugoslav Pensioners Group
$1,600
AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group
$1,200
AVA Elderly Group in Maribyrnong
$800
Avondale East Keilor Senior Citizens Club
$1,100
Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners and Elderly
Citizens Club
$2,000
AVWA Yarra City Senior Citizens Group
$800
$1,400
$800
Associazione Pensionate Laziali di Monash
$1,250
Associazione Piemontesi Victoria
$1,300
Associazone Pensionati Laziali Australia
$2,200
$1,000
Australia Ceylon Fellowship
$1,200
Australia Denizli Association
$800
$800
Ballarat Polish Seniors Club
$1,000
Barry Road Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,400
Bellarine International Women's Senior Citizens Club
$650
Benevolent Brotherhood of Kolindros
$1,200
Benvenute Donne Glenroy
$1,200
Bigla Senior Citizens Association
$1,500
Bitola Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Whittlesea
$2,250
BlackRiver Macedonian Australian Association
Avondale Heights, Moonee Valley & District
$900
Boroondara Camberwell Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,300
Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association Inc
$1,400
Bosnian and Herzegovinian Elderly Citizens Club
$1,400
Box Hill Chinese Elderly Citizens Club
$4,000
Brighton Greek Senior Citizens Association
$1,500
Brimbank Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
$1,700
Australian & Bosnian-Herzegovinan Community Club
Brcko Melbourne
$1,800
Australian Ankawa Club
$1,400
Australian Armenian Welfare Society
$1,100
Australian Bosnian Seniors
$1,000
Australian Coptic Senior Citizens Club of Manningham
$1,200
Australian Croatian Club Bocce – Gospic
$1,200
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens
Association Geelong
$1,200
Broadmeadows Greek Womens Club
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club
"Vila Velebita" Broadmeadows
$1,100
Broadmeadows Turkish Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Clifton Hill
$1,200
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
Gladstone Park
Australian Cyprian Sports & Social Association Seniors
Brimbank Senior Citizens Friendly Group
$700
Broadmeadows Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$1,600
$950
Broadmeadows Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
Brunswick Greek Elderly and Pensioners Association
$2,450
$1,100
Calabresi Pensioners Association of Australia
$1,400
$2,000
Camberwell Senior Citizens Club
$1,400
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Cantanzaro Senior Citizen's Club of Monash
$1,400
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North & West Melbourne
Casey Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North Fitzroy
$1,400
Centro Argentino of Victoria (CAV) Seniors
$1,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North West Essendon
$1,100
Ceylonese Welfare Organisation
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Nunawading/Box Hill
$1,800
Ceylonese Welfare Organisation
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Pascoe Vale
$1,400
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Port Melbourne
$1,000
Chilean Federation of Older People
$800
$900
Chinese Community Health Advisory of Australia Inc
(CCHAA)
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Richmond
$1,200
Chinese Senior Citizens Club of Frankston & Peninsula
$1,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di San Luca,
Lalor, Thomastown
$2,300
Chinese Senior Citizen's Club of Manningham
$2,400
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di St Albans
$1,600
$1,000
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di St Mary Magdlen
Chadstone
$1,200
Chinese Xinjiang Senior Citizens Association
Chios Brotherhood Korais of Melbourne and
Victoria Ltd
$1,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Tullamarine
$1,500
Circolo Fiumano Melbourne
$1,150
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Waverley
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati "Don Bosco"
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Tatura
$950
$1,900
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di West Brunswick
$1,500
Circolo Pensionati Abruzzesi Abruzzesi Senior Citizens
Social Club
$2,800
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Doutta Galla-Essendon
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Campani Italiano Di Clayton
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani East Keilor
& Avondale Heights
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Casa D'Abruzzo Club
$1,500
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Merlynston
$2,400
Circolo Pensionati del Reggio Calabria Club
$1,150
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Napoli Family Club
$1,600
Circolo Pensionati della Comunita' Vizzinese
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Multiculturale Di Greenvale
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Federazione Clubs Laziali
Melbourne Victoria
$1,400
Circolo Pensionati Pugliesi
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Airport West
$2,000
Circolo Ricreativo Pensionati Italiani Di St Ignazio
$1,100
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Ascot Vale
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Bentleigh
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Bundoora
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Campaspe
$800
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Casa Nostra
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Coburg
$3,600
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Deer Park
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di East Brunswick
$750
Clarinda Greek Senior Citizens Club
$800
$1,000
Club De Abuelos De Habla Hispana De Clayton
$1,300
Cobradah Senior Citizens Centre
$500
Collingwood Fitzroy Indo-Chinese Elderly Group
$1,600
Collingwood Greek Elderly Womens Association
$1,200
Collingwood Greek Senior Citizen Club
$850
Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association
of Victoria – Noble Park Branch
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Essendon
$2,200
Community Club 'Smile – Ulibka'
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Footscray
$1,800
$2,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Geelong
$1,200
Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs
of Melbourne Elderly Group
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Gladstone Park
$1,600
Community of Niki
$1,650
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Greenvale
$1,600
Confederazione Fanti D'Italia – ANSI
– Cavalieri Della Patria
$2,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Hadfield
$1,300
Corona Italian Seniors Club of Casey
$1,200
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Kensington
$1,200
Cosenza Senior Citizens of Kingston
$1,500
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di
Kew/Hawthorn/Camberwell
$1,200
Cranbourne Hampton Park Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,550
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Knox
$1,500
Cranbourne Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,800
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Lilydale
$1,200
Cretan Elderly Club of Melbourne and Victoria
$1,500
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Mildura and Sunraysia
$1,800
Croatian Senior Citizens Association
"Cardinal Stepinac" Geelong
$1,800
Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Altona
$1,100
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Mordialloc
$600
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Moreland
$1,200
Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Footscray
$1,250
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Newport-Williamstown
$1,400
Croatian Senior Citizens Club St Albans
$1,800
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Croatian Senior Citizens Club Sunshine
$1,200
Galini Greek Elderly Association of Port Melbourne
$1,500
Croatian Senior Citizens Group Keysborough
$3,300
Geelong Dutch 50 Plus Club
$1,800
Croydon Dutch Social Club
$1,500
Geelong Dutch Clubs
Croydon Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
Geelong Golden Age Polish Seniors Club
$1,200
Cultural Centre of Florinians 'Aristotelis'
$1,600
$1,400
Cultural Vietnamese Women's Association
$1,100
Geelong Hungarian St Laszlo Senior Citizens
Social Club
Cypriot Community of Eastern Suburbs-Elderly Citizens
$1,600
German Friendship Society Bendigo
$1,000
Cyprus Greek Orthodox Community of
"Apostolos Andreas" Sunshine
$2,600
Cyprus Senior Citizens Turkish Club
$1,200
Giuliani Senior Citizens Association of Geelong
$1,800
Dandenong and Endeavour Hills Club de Los Abuelos:
Italo-Spanish
$1,600
Glen Iris/Burwood Greek Seniors Citizens Club
$1,600
Darebin Greek Women's Senior Citizens Group
$1,600
Glenroy Greek Elderly Group
$1,200
Deer Park Senior Citizens Club
$1,000
Glenroy Italian Senior Citizen's Centre
$2,200
Deutscher Verein KG Nerrische Insulaner
$1,900
Glenroy Maltese Senior Citizens Group
$1,600
Diamond Valley Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,500
Goche Delchev Senior Citizens Association
$2,200
Doncaster Italian Senior Citizens Group
$2,700
Golden Sun Disabled & Senior Citizens Association
$1,600
Greek Community of Springvale and Districts
$2,200
Greek Community over 50's Elderly Citizens Club
$1,200
Greek Cyprian Senior Citizens of Glen Eira
$1,800
Greek Cypriot Parent & Youth Club Western Suburbs
of Melbourne
$1,900
Dutch Australian Society Social Club
$900
Dutch Independent Senior Citizens of Oz
$900
East African Elders Association Inc
$800
Eastern Senior Chinese Association
$800
$850
German/Austrian Association
$900
Gippsland Croatian Association
$800
Elderly Club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood
of Melbourne and Victoria
$2,200
Greek Cypriot Senior Citizens Club of Whitehorse
and District
$2,000
Elderly Filipino Association of Australia
$1,200
Greek Democritus League Elderly Citizens Club
$1,200
Elderly Group of the Greek Orthodox Community
of Hobson Bay
$1,600
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Caulfield
$1,600
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Highett
$1,300
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Northcote
$2,400
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Geelong
$1,400
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Manningham
$2,200
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Maroondah
$1,400
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moonee Valley
$2,000
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moreland
$2,000
Eltham Dutch Over Fifties Club
$1,200
Epping Combined Pensioners Association
$1,200
Eremia Greek Elderly Association of Port Phillip
$1,400
Eritrean Elderly Association in Melbourne
$1,300
Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria
– Seniors Group
$2,000
Ethnic Chinese Happy Age Association of Victoria
$3,000
Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre
$500
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Newport
$900
Federation of Chinese Associations Senior Citizens
Social Club
$1,950
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Nunawading
$1,600
$2,600
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Werribee
$1,400
Federazione Pensionati Italiani Del Victoria
$1,500
Greek Elderly Citizens of Clayton and District
$2,200
FIDCA Federazione Italiana Combattenti Alleati
Melbourne
$1,300
Greek Elderly Club North Fitzroy & North Carlton
$1,800
Greek Elderly Club of the Bellarine Peninsula
$2,200
Fiji Senior Citizens Association (FSC)
$1,150
Filipino Australian Senior Citizens Advisory Council
in Australia
$1,100
$2,200
Greek Elderly Women's Club of Frankston
and Peninsula
Filipino Elderly Get Together Association
$1,200
Greek Federal Organisation of Ex-Servicemen's
Reserve of Greece in Australia
$1,400
Filipino-Australian Society Melbourne's Northwest
(FASMENOW)
$1,200
Greek Macedonian Elderly Club of Werribee
& Werribee South
$1,200
Fitzroy Atherton Gardens Table Tennis Association
$500
Greek National Resistance Fighters League
$1,150
Greek Orthodox Community of Box Hill and Districts,
Elderly Citizens Club
$2,200
$2,000
Fitzroy Vietnamese Elderly Group
Flemington Chinese Bridge Club
Frankston Bosnian Elderly Club
$1,100
$500
$1,200
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
$1,600
Greek Seniors & Pensioners Association Clayton
& District
$2,100
Greek Orthodox Community of Lalor, Thomastown,
Epping and Districts, Women's Group
$2,000
Greek Seniors 60 Walker Close
$1,200
Greek Orthodox Parish of "Panagia Soumela"
East Keilor, Senior Citizens Group
Greek Women's Association of the Western Suburbs
$1,400
$1,400
Greek Women's Club of Maribyrnong
$1,500
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Andrew's" Forest Hill,
Senior Citizens Group
$1,600
Greek Women's Elderly Friendly Club Preston
$1,200
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Athanasios" Springvale,
Green Gully Senior Citizens Social Club
$2,000
$2,000
Grupo Primavera Prahran Latin American Association
$1,800
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Constantine and Helen"
South Yarra, Senior Citizens Group
$1,400
Gruppo Pensionati Italiani di Keilor
$1,600
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Dimitrios" Ascot Vale,
Hadfield Golden Years Social Club
$1,500
$1,600
Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the Stageritian
$1,500
Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland,
Elderly Citizens' Group
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Eleftherios" Brunswick,
Senior Citizen' Group
$1,500
Health Centre Italian Group
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Haralambos"
Templestowe, Senior Citizens' Group
$2,000
Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin
(Kingston) & Districts Ltd
$2,200
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Vasilios", Brunswick,
Senior Citizens' Group
Hellenic Stegi Friendly Elderly Citizen's Club of Darebin
$2,000
$1,300
Hellenic Women's Federation of Victoria
$1,000
Hera Greek Ladies Club
$1,200
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Holy Trinity" Footscray
$800
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Presentation of Our
Lady to the Temple" North Balwyn, Senior Citizens
Group
$1,300
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Presentation of
Our Lord" – Coburg Senior Citizens Group
$1,400
Clayton, Senior Citizens' Group
$1,400
$1,400
Greek Orthodox Senior Citizens Shepparton & District
$1,000
Greek Pensioners Club of North Fitzroy
$1,200
Greek Senior Citizen Association of Moorabbin
$2,000
Greek Senior Citizen Club of Airport West and District
$2,000
Greek Senior Citizens Association of South Melbourne
and Albert Park
$1,400
Greek Senior Citizens Association of St Gregorios
$1,200
Greek Senior Citizens Association of the Bass Coast
$1,250
Greek Senior Citizen's Club – Hobsons Bay
$1,400
Greek Senior Citizens Club Altona and Region
$1,400
Greek Senior Citizens Club Hawthorn
$1,600
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Carnegie
and Murrumbeena
Hope Connection
$800
$600
Hungarian Senior Citizens Club of Greater Dandenong
$2,200
Hungarian Senior Citizens of Prahran & District
$1,800
Imvrians Society of Melbourne
$1,300
Independent Hellenic Senior Citizens Association
of Clayton
$1,500
Independent Italian Senior Citizens Club of Sunshine
$1,000
Independent Senior Citizens Club – Nunawading
$1,500
Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria
$1,600
Indochinese Elderly Assocation in the Eastern Suburbs
$2,600
Instituto Nazionale per la Guardia D'Onore alle Reali
Tombe del Pantheon
$2,200
International Women's Group
$1,600
Iranian Senior Citizen Society of Victoria
$1,300
Irymple Bocce Club
$1,500
Islamic Elderly Group
$2,000
Islamic Society of Melbourne Eastern Region
$2,200
Italian and Ethnic Senior Citizens Club of Flinders
$2,700
$2,600
Italian Catholic Federation Morwell
$1,300
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Dandenong
$2,650
Italian Community of Keilor Association
$1,800
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Flemington & Kensington
$1,300
Italian Elderly Citizens Group Holy Spirit
East Thornbury
$1,400
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Gladstone Park
& Tullamarine
$1,600
Italian Pensioners Association of Mill Park
$1,600
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Prahran 'St Demetrios'
$1,600
Italian Pensioners Club of North Altona
$1,600
Greek Senior Citizens District of Richmond
$1,600
Italian Pensioners Club of Wangaratta
$1,600
$2,000
Italian Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
$1,400
Greek Senior Citizens of North Balwyn & Districts
$1,500
Italian Senior Citizens Club of Lalor & Thomastown
$1,600
Greek Senior Citizens of Southern Eastern Regions
and Districts
$1,400
Italian Senior Citizens Club of Moorabbin
$1,900
Greek Senior Elderly Citizens Club The Dormition
of Our Lady
Italian Senior Citizen's Club of Preston
$4,000
$1,700
Italian Senior Citizens Recreation Group of Caulfield
$1,700
Greek Senior Women's Club Hobsons Bay
$1,000
Italian Social Club Altona
$1,600
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Italian Speaking Senior Citizens Association of Epping
$1,400
Macedonian Senior Citizens Club Geelong
$1,650
Italian Welfare Association of Whittlesea
Senior Citizens
$1,500
Macedonian Senior Citizens Club of West Sunshine
$1,500
Italian Women's Health Group Fawkner/Campbellfield
$1,600
Macedonian Senior Citizens Club Pelister
of St Albans Inc
$1,200
Italian Women's Senior Citizens Association
of Whittlesea
$1,600
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group – Lalor,
Thomastown, Epping & Mill Park
$1,800
Kariatides Oakleigh Greek Womens Group
$1,600
$1,600
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Altona
Meadows, Laverton and Point Cook
$1,200
Kastellorizian Senior's Club
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Ardeer
$1,300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Avondale
Heights, East Keilor, Moonee Valley and Districts
$1,100
Macedonian Senior Citizens' Group of Doncaster
& Templestowe
$2,200
Kensington Chinese Friendship Association
Kensington Elderly Indochinese and Middle Aged
Vietnamese Group
Kensington Indo-Chinese Elderly Group
$500
$1,600
$900
Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club
$2,000
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Hobsons Bay
$2,000
Kew Home of Chinese
$1,000
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Kingspark
$1,300
$800
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Monash
$2,200
Kingston Indian Senior Citizens Association
$1,200
$1,300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of the City
Greater Dandenong St Dimitrija
$1,400
Kingston Turkish Senior Citizens
Knox Chinese Elderly Citizens Club
$2,600
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of the City
of Darebin Pelister
$1,400
Knox Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
$900
Kondia Limnos Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,300
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Zlatna Sonce
of Footscray
Korean Elderly Citizens Association of Victoria
$1,000
Macedonian Senior Citizens Women's Dancing Group
"Veseli Makedonki"
$700
Korumburra Italian Social Club
$1,200
Macedonian Senior Group "Tumbe Café"
$1,200
Kouchkovski Social Club
$1,400
Macedonian Women's Group "Elpida Karamandi"
$1,200
$1,500
Macedonian Women's Group of Hillside – Melton
Kyabram Italian Ladies Association
$1,400
$1,000
Macedonian Women's Pensioner Group
of Keilor Downs
$1,300
Lakhanda Media Centre
Lalor Thomastown Combined Pensioners Association
$1,200
Macedonian Women's Pensioners Association
of Footscray
$1,200
Lao Elderly Association
$2,000
Macedonian Women's Senior Citizen Group Lalor
$1,300
Latvian Relief Society "Daugavas Vanagi" of Geelong
$1,600
$1,650
Macedonian Women's Senior Citizens Club
of West Sunshine
$1,100
Le Belle Arti
Lebanese Elderly Group
$1,200
of Altona North and District
$1,600
Lefcadian Brotherhood "LEFCADA"
$1,800
Lemnian Community of Victoria Elderly Citizens Club
$1,500
Lemnian Community of Victoria Senior Citizens Group
$2,200
Kingston Chinese Senior Citizens Club
Lien Tri Temple
Macedonian Australian Senior Citizens Group "Ilinden"
Macedonian Beranci Social Seniors
Macedonian Orthodox Church Footscray
$600
$900
Macedonian Women's Senior Citizens Group
of Avondale Heights, Moonee Valley & Districts
$950
of Hobsons Bay
$1,200
Macedonian Women's Senior Group Tumbe Café
$800
Macedonian Women's Social Club of Whittlesea
$1,400
$500
Maltese Association Hobsons Bay
$2,600
$950
Maltese Association Northern Suburbs
$1,600
Maltese Bocce Social & Recreation Club
$1,000
Maltese Community of Shepparton and District
$1,100
$1,300
Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne
& Victoria Elderly Citizens Group Epping
$3,000
Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne and
Victoria Ladies Association
$1,800
Macedonian Pensioner Group 'Uspeniena Presveta
Bogorodica' Sydenham
$1,200
Macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray
$1,300
Macedonian Senior Citizen Group 'Markovi Kuli' Inc
$1,000
Macedonian Senior Citizen Group of Hillside Inc
$1,200
Macedonian Senior Citizen Women's Group
"Pelister" of St Albans
$1,200
Maltese Pensioners Association Inc
$800
Maltese Senior Citizens Club Airport West Inc
$1,500
Malvern Greek Senior Citizens Association
$1,800
Malvern Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,400
Maroondah Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,300
Mauritian Silver Edge Club
$1,500
Meadow Heights Turkish Senior Pension Association
$1,600
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Medjimurski Club Mildura
$700
ORGANISATION
Panagia Soumela Pontian Association of Whittlesea
$1,200
Melbourne Murugan Cultural Centre
$1,900
Parea Inc
Merrilands Italian Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
$1,600
Mildura Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$1,400
Pensioner Macedonian Womens Group of Brimbank
$1,000
Mill Park Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$1,600
Pensioners Association of Bulleen and Templestowe
$1,000
Mill Park Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
$1,650
Monash Korean Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
Philipino Elderly Association South East Region
Victoria (PEASER)
Monte Lauro Social Club (Buccheri) Ltd
$1,300
Polish Association of Ballarat
$1,500
Montemurro Social Club 'San Rocco'
$1,200
Moreland Italian Women's Group
$1,200
Moreland Maltese Elderly Citizens' Association
$1,600
Moreland Maltese Pensioners Group
$1,500
Mornington Dutch Australian Senior Club
$1,900
Morwell Senior Italian Citizens Club
$1,400
Multi Ethnic Senior Citizens Group Preston
Multicultural Senior Citizens Group of Whittlesea
Multicultural Womens Group
$900
$1,300
$600
Polish Club 'Forty Plus'
$800
$900
Polish Cultural & Social Club 'Palma'
$1,100
Polish Senior Citizens Club - Geelong
$3,000
Polish Senior Citizens Club 'Astry' - St Kilda
$2,000
Polish Senior Citizens Club Footscray
$2,200
Polish Senior Citizens Club in Albion
$1,350
Polish Senior Citizens Club in Rowville
$2,200
Polish Senior Citizens Club Melbourne
$1,100
Polish Senior Citizens Club Millenium
$900
Polish Senior Citizens Club Morwell
$1,400
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Altona
$1,400
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Caulfield
$1,650
Nadezhda Russian Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
Golden Age Club
$1,200
Neret Senior Citizens Club
$2,000
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Collingwood
$1,300
New Life Association
$1,300
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Doncaster
$1,300
New United Villages of Florina
$1,300
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
Niddrie Senior Italian Citizens Club
$2,200
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Moorabbin
$1,200
Nieuw Holland Dutch Social Club
$1,300
Polish Senior Citizens Club of Reservoir
$1,100
$800
Polish Senior Citizens Club of St Albans
$1,500
Nisyrian Philanthropic Society
$900
Noble Park North Multicultural Elderly Citizens Club
$1,300
Polish Senior Citizens Club Waverley Vic
$1,250
North Eastern Greek Elderly Citizens
$1,900
North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship
Association Melbourne
Polish Senior Citizens Mutual Support Club
of Keilor Downs
$1,200
$2,800
Port Melbourne Greek Community Senior Citizens Club
$1,150
North West Reservoir Italian Pensioner Group
$2,200
Portarlington and District Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$1,400
Northcote Australian Greek Society Care for the Aged
$1,100
Portarlington Maltese Pensioners Association
$1,600
Northcote Italian Pensioners Club
$900
Prahran Chinese Elderly Citizens Association
$3,300
Northcote Macedonian Senior Citizens Club
'Kajmakcalan'
$1,200
Prahran Chinese Womens Association of Australia
$2,200
Northern Federation of Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs
$2,200
Prahran Polish Elderly Citizens
$1,300
Northern Mauritian Seniors Club
$1,100
Preston Greek Senior Citizens Club
$2,200
Northern Melbourne Vietnamese Elderly Association
$2,000
Preston-Reservoir Indo-Chinese Elderly Group
$1,700
Northern Metropolitan Multicultural Seniors
Club Network
$3,300
PTOLEMEI Association of Greek Senior Citizens
From Egypt & Middle East
$2,200
Northern Region Indian Seniors' Association
of Victoria
$500
Raduga Russian Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
& Peninsula
$1,000
Nunawading Hungarian Senior Citizens Club Inc
$2,100
Regioni D'Italia Bocce Association
$1,400
Oakleigh Coptic Senior Social Club
$1,200
Reservoir Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$2,200
Old Citizens of Ascot Vale & Districts
$1,200
Reservoir Italian Pensioners Club
$2,200
Opera Nazionale Per I Caduti Senza Croce
$1,600
Resistenza Circolo Sette Fratelli Cervi, Victoria
$1,000
Reskeon Maltese Assoc & Reskeon Seniors Group
$2,200
Richmond Chinese Elderly Welfare Association
$2,200
Pamissos Messinis
Panagia Kamariani Greek Senior Citizens Club
$500
$2,000
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Spanish Speaking Senior Citizens of Broadmeadows
and Districts
$1,300
$2,600
Spanish Speaking Senior Women’s Group
North East Region
$1,000
$1,600
Spinete Social Club
$1,400
RSL Italian Sub-Branch
$1,200
Spotswood Multicultural Older Group
$1,250
Russian Australian Senior Citizens Club in Prahran
$1,100
$2,200
$1,000
Springvale Ethnic Chinese Elderly Caring
Friendship Association
$1,200
Springvale Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,600
Springvale Senior Citizens Multicultural Club
$1,150
Sri Lankan Elders' Welfare Association "SEWA"
$1,200
St Albans Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
St Eleftherios Greek Elderly and Invalid
Pensioners Group
$1,650
Richmond Indo-Chinese Elderly Group
$2,600
Risorgimento Club St Margaret Mary
$1,400
Rodriguan Social Club of Victoria
Rosanna Macleod Circolo Pensionati
$850
$1,800
Saint Gaetan Society Inc
$2,000
Saint Nicolaas Club of Greater Shepparton
$1,300
Salaginto – Filipino Senior Citizens Caring Group
$800
St Francis Filipino Senior Citizens Club of Whittlesea
$1,200
Santa Marija Assunta Association
$950
$2,200
Savoy Ladies Recreation Group
$1,300
St Joseph's Committee
$1,600
Senior Citizens Group of Heatherton
$1,600
St Kilda Greek Senior Citizens Group
$1,200
Senior Citizens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish
of St Paraskeve St Albans
$1,200
St Kilda Mauritian Social Club
$1,100
Senior Citizen's Group of the Greek Orthodox
Parish of the Holy Monastery of the Virgin
"Axion Estin" Northcote
St Olivers Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,150
$1,200
St Paul's South Eastern Suburbs Association
$1,300
Senior Citizens Melbourne Croatia
$2,000
Senior Citizens of the Greek Community of Forest Hill
$1,600
Senior Multicultural Skills Exchange Group for Women
Senior Polish Friendship Club
St Theresa Aged and Retired Service (STARS)
$800
Stonnington Chinese Association
$3,500
$1,200
Stonnington Greek Senior Citizens Association
'The Friendship Club'
$1,700
$1,200
Stonnington Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,400
$900
Strathmore Heights Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,400
$1,100
Suez Basketball Senior Social Club Association
of Victoria
$2,200
$700
Sunraysia Alevi Senior Citizens
$1,000
Serbian Pensioners Club "Branko Radicevic" Geelong
$900
Sunshine-St Albans Indo-Chinese Elderly Group
$3,400
Serbian Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club 'Tzar Lazar'
$900
Tamil Senior Citizens Fellowship
$2,200
Tamil Seniors Social Club
$1,000
Senior Slavic Women's Group Springvale
Serbian Pensioner Club "King Peter"
Serbian Pensioners Church Association Free
St Sava Melbourne
Shepparton Italian Women's Group
$1,000
Sicilia Nostra Senior Citizens Club
$800
Tatura Italian Women's Group
Sikh Senior Citizens Association of Whittlesea
$750
Tatura Italo Australian & Friends
$1,350
The Argos District Australian Greek Senior Citizens
Club of Kastoria
$1,400
The Greek Nazarene Senior Citizens Club
$1,200
The Italian Pension Club of Kingston
$1,500
$1,200
Social Care Program, Temple Society Australia
$1,000
Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood
$1,100
Somali Elderly Women's Group (part of East African
Women's Foundation)
$1,200
South American Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
and Peninsula
$1,200
South Eastern Yugoslav Pensioner Group Springvale
and Dandenong
$1,400
South Melbourne Greek Womens Club 'Olympia'
$1,200
South Yarra Greek Senior Citizens
"Kontandinos and Eleni"
$1,750
$1,500
Spanish Speaking Elderly Group of North Melbourne
$900
Spanish Speaking Pensioners and Senior Citizens
Club of Werribee
$950
$900
The School for Korean Senior Citizens
$600
The Spanish Speaking Friendship Club of Springvale
$1,400
The Western Suburbs Greek Elderly Citizens Club
$1,400
Thomastown East Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,600
Thomastown East Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,600
Thornbury Greek Senior Citizens Club
$1,800
Tiszavirag Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
$800
Turkish Cypriot Elderly Women's Association
$1,400
Ukrainian Pensioner's Club Geelong
$1,100
Ukrainian Senior Citizens Centre Ardeer
$1,200
appendix 2
Multicultural Senior Citizens
Organisational Support
ORGANISATION
organisational support
ORGANISATION
Accademia Letteraria Italo-Australiana Scrittori
(ALIAS)
$800
Ukrainian Senior Citizens Club in Melbourne
$2,600
Ukrainian Social Club
$1,050
Union of Christians from Constantinople Inc
$2,000
Unione Nazionale Sottufficiali Italiani in Congedo
$1,200
United Filipino Elderly Group
$1,200
United Slavic Pensioner Group Footscray
$1,200
Uruguayan Social Club of Melbourne, Senior Citizen
Sub-Committee
$1,100
Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC) Inc
$1,000
Victorian Association of Argos Orestiko & District Inc
$2,000
African Australian Sport Association
$1,500
Victorian Association of World War II Veterans from
Former Soviet Union
$2,900
Akobo Community Development Agency
$1,000
Al Ehsan Centre
$2,000
Victorian Assyrian Community
$2,000
$1,200
Victorian Greek Australian Elderly Citizens Group
$1,300
Vietnamese Australian Senior Association
of Victoria (VASA-VIC)
Alawi Islamic Association of Victoria Inc
$3,000
$2,200
Albanian Moslem Society (Shepparton) Inc
$1,200
$1,000
Acholi Community Association in Australia
$2,000
Afar Community Association of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Afghan Australia Community Social Sports Club Inc
$1,500
Afghan Australian Association of Victoria Inc
$1,500
$800
Afghan Mosque Project Committee Inc
$800
Vietnamese Chinese Elderly Association in the West
$4,000
Alexandrians Friendship (AAHA) Social Club Inc
Vietnamese Elderly Community Collingwood
$1,100
All Women Concern
$800
Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club of Hume
$1,100
Alle Munchkins Inc
$500
Vizzini Social Club
$2,200
Alliance Francaise de Geelong
$800
Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club
$4,000
Al-Sajad Association Inc
Welcome Womens Group
$1,350
Werribee Dutch Seniors Club
$1,100
Am Echad Federation of Jews from Former Soviet
Union Inc
Werribee Friendship Club
$2,200
Werribee Macedonian Senior Citizens Club
$1,100
West Sunshine Greek Elderly Club
$1,850
Western Region Maltese Women's Group
$1,600
Whitehorse Club
$800
Whitehorse Older Persons Action Group
$2,200
Whittlesea Maltese Senior Citizens Club
$2,000
Whittlesea Northern Cyprus Turkish Women's Group
$1,300
Whittlesea Senior Citizens Club
$800
Andalucian Dancing Group of Geelong
$1,000
$800
$400
Anglo-Indian Australasian Association of Victoria Inc
$1,000
$1,500
Anwar Association Inc
$1,000
Anzano Di Puglia Social Club Ltd
$800
Arabic Australian Family Association
$500
Arabic Society of Victoria Inc
$2,000
Arabic Welfare Inc
$1,500
ArciLesbica Australia
$500
Argentinian Social Circle South East Melbourne Inc
$1,500
$1,500
Whittlesea Turkish Elderly and Pensioners Association
$2,000
Whittlesea Turkish Women's Association
$2,000
Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU)
– Victoria Inc
Williamstown Italian Social Club
$1,450
ARVN Rangers Association of Victoria Inc
$500
Wonthaggi Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,500
Aspendale Gardens Senior Citizens of Kingston Inc
$600
Associacion de Latinos Residentes de Victoria
$750
Association Nationale Combattente Reduci Italiani
– Myrtleford
$400
TOTAL
$917,750
Association of Filipino Australians in Gippsland
$1,000
$1,000
Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in Australia
(ASLAMA)
$1,500
$1,500
Association of Ukrainians in Victoria – Geelong Branch
$700
Associazione Figli D'Italia Inc
$700
Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri D'italia
(Sezione di Melbourne) Vic Inc
$600
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Associazione Nazionale Famiglie Delli Emigranti (ANFE)
Associazione Padovani Nel Mondo Inc
Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Council of Australia
$700
$1,000
$800
$1,000
Auspicious Arts Project Inc
$2,000
Aust-China Writer's Association
Australasia Business Development Enterprise
Association Inc
$400
$500
Australasia Coptic Society Inc
$1,000
Australia (Nur) The Light Foundation Inc
$2,000
Australia Burma Society Inc
$1,500
Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch Inc
$800
Australia Hainan Association Inc
$1,000
Australia Sri Lanka Catholic Association Inc
$1,000
Australia Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc
$1,200
Australian African Children's Aid and Support
Association Inc. (AACASA)
$800
$1,000
ORGANISATION
Australian Polish Historical Society
$700
Australian Punjabi Association Melbourne Inc
$600
Australian Slovenian Cultural & Sports Association
'Ivan Cankar' Geelong Inc
$1,000
Australian Slovenian Social and Sporting Association
Melbourne Inc
$1,000
$1,200
Australian Somali Youth Association
$1,200
Australian Tamil Literary & Arts Society Inc (ATLAS)
$500
Australian Thornbury Pensioners Club
$1,300
Australian Turkish Association Inc
$2,000
Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) Inc
$1,000
Australian Turkish Institute Inc
$1,200
Australian Turkish Men's Cultural Group
$2,000
Australian Turkish Women's Cultural Group
$1,500
Australian Welsh Male Choir (Cor Meibion Cymreig
Australia) Inc
$1,000
Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of
Victoria Inc
$2,000
Australian/African Support Group
$500
$1,000
Australian-Asian Association of Victoria Inc
$800
Australian Burundian Community in Victoria Inc
$1,500
Australia-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce Inc
$800
Australian Chollo Community Inc
$1,500
Avondale Heights and East Keilor Residents
Association
$500
Australian Croatian Association "Hercegovina" Geelong
Inc
$2,500
Aweil Community Association in Victoria
$1,000
$1,500
Ayios Therapon Welfare Association Inc
$1,100
Australian Croatian Psychiatric Outreach Service Inc
$1,000
Babylon Tower Club
$1,500
Baha'i Council For Victoria
$1,000
Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation
Australian Bosnian Women's Group
$800
Australian Croatian Social Club Mornington Peninsula
Rye Inc
$800
Australian Croatian Women Association "Katarina
Zrinski"
$800
Bait Al-Hossien
$400
Bakarzala Charitable Association Inc
$800
Ballarat African Association
$1,000
Ballarat Indian Association
$1,000
Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations
(AFESA)
$5,000
Australian Federation of International Students Inc
(AFIS)
$1,000
Ballarat Italian Association Inc
Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations
$1,000
$1,000
Banda Musicale Italiana "Vincenzo Bellini"
$1,000
Australian Filipino Community of Northern Victoria
& Southern Riverina Inc
$2,000
Australian Gay Multicultural Council (AGMC)
$1,000
Australian Humanitarian Aid for Macedonia Inc
$1,000
Australian Intercultural Society Inc
$750
$1,500
$1,200
$400
Australian Lebanese Football Association Inc
$800
Australian Lebanese Youth Association of Victoria
$1,200
Australian Lithuanian Community in Melbourne
Association Inc
$1,500
Australian Macedonian Tetovo Association
'Shar-Planina' Inc
Australian Oromo Community Association in Victoria
Inc (AOCAV)
$500
Bangla Sahitya Sansad (Bengali Literary Society) Inc
$900
Bangladesh Cultural Group Inc
$3,000
Bangladesh Samity Inc
$1,500
'Bea Cantare' Choir Inc
$500
$2,000
Beth-Nahrin (Assyrian) Cultural Club
$1,600
Bint Al Huda Iraqi Women's Organisation
$1,000
B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission Inc
$1,000
Bonegilla Former Residents Association (Vic) Inc.
Bosnian Choir 'Behar' Inc
Bosnian Choir Sevdalinka
$2,000
$600
British Australian Community (Inc)
$500
$1,500
$500
$800
$2,000
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Buddhist Council of Victoria Inc
Buddhist Council of Victoria: Buddhist Education in
Victorian Schools Program
$4,000
$700
Buddhist Vihara Victoria Inc
$1,000
$1,500
Burmese Welfare Operation
Cambodian Chinese Friendship Association of Victoria
Cambodian Community Welfare Centre Inc
Cameroon Association of Australia Inc
Canto Coro Inc
$800
$1,200
$750
$1,500
$900
Central America Pastoral House Inc
$1,000
Central Community Centre Inc
$2,000
Central Highlands Asian-Australian Association
of Victoria
Centre for African Australian Women's Issues
$500
$5,000
Chabad House of Malvern/Toorak Inc
$800
$800
Chile Magazine Media and Cultural Group
$2,000
Chilean Federation of Older People
$800
China Philatelic Society of Australia Inc
$400
Chinese Association of Geelong Inc
$2,000
$1,000
Chinese Beijing Opera Club of Melbourne
Chinese Health Foundation of Australia (CHF)
$600
$1,500
ORGANISATION
$1,500
Cranbourne Italian Senior Citizens Club
$1,800
Cretan Elderly Club of Melbourne and Victoria
$1,500
Croatian Catholic Welfare Association Inc
$1,500
Croatian Cultural Association Cardinal Alojzije
Stepinac Inc
$700
Croatian Media Association Inc (CMA)
$700
Cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans
and Mauritians in Victoria (CHARM)
$1,500
Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria
$2,000
$1,500
Delegazione ANGET Australia Inc
$1,500
Dinka Ngok Abyei Community Association
in Victoria Australia
$1,000
Dutch Social Club Diamond Valley Inc
$800
Dutch Women's Club of Geelong Inc
$600
Dutch-Australian Club Albury Wodonga Inc
$600
East Africa Castlemaine Community (Inc) EACC
$3,094
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc
$1,000
Eastern Districts Polish Association (Melbourne)
$1,000
$3,400
Eritrean Australian Youth Association
$750
Eritrean Community in Australia Inc
$1,500
Eritrean Islamic Society of Australia
$750
Eritrean Jeberti Association In Victoria
$1,500
Chinese Mandarin Community Friendship Association
(CMCFA)
$800
Eritrean Women's Association of Victoria
$1,200
Chinese Nurse Association Australia Inc
$500
Ethick Community Mozambique of Victoria Inc
$2,000
Chinese Poets & Authors Society of Victoria
$500
$3,000
$500
Ethiopian Women Group
$1,750
$700
(ECCOSE)
$2,000
$5,000
Ethnic Public Broadcasting Association of Victoria
$2,000
$1,000
Famiglia Pugliese D'Australia
$1,000
$1,000
Faros Senior Citizens Inc
Chios Brotherhood Korais of Melbourne and Victoria
Ltd
Chollo Community Christian Fellowship Inc
Circolo Filatelico Italiano
City of Ringwood Highland Pipe Band
Club Frecce Tricolori Victoria
$1,500
$400
$600
$600
Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria Inc
$2,500
$1,000
Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA)
$2,500
Committee for Common Celebrations of Greek
& Australian National Days
$2,000
Federation of Indian Women's Association of
Australia (FIWAA) Inc
$1,500
Communities Council on Ethnic Issues
(Eastern Region) Inc
$2,000
Federation of Indo-China Ethnic Chinese of
Australia Inc
$1,200
Community In Harmony
$1,000
Federation of Macedonian Cultural & Artistic
Associations of Victoria (FOMKUD)
$1,000
Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs
of Melbourne Women's Group
$1,200
of the Northern Region of Victoria Inc
$1,800
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail
& St Anthony Church Inc
$1,200
Federation of Messinian Organisations of Melbourne
And Victoria
$1,200
Cornish Association of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Cobram italFest
Coro Furlan Melbourne Inc
Council of Slovenian Organisations of Victoria Inc
$500
$1,500
$550
Federation Panepirotic Union of Melbourne & Victoria
$1,500
Federazione Pensionati Italiani Del Victoria
$1,500
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ORGANISATION
Fiji Geelong Friendship Club Inc
$500
ORGANISATION
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Vasilios" Brunswick,
Youth Group
$500
Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association Inc
$1,000
Fiji Sangam Association of Victoria
$1,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of Saints Methodios and
Kyrillos, Preston
$500
Fiji Social and Cultural Organisations of Victoria
Australia (FSCOVA)
$1,000
$500
Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat
Filipino Australian Friendship Association of Geelong
$800
$500
Filipino Australian Social Club of Loddon-Campaspe
$1,200
$1,500
Greek Orthodox Youth Association of Oakleigh
– Sts Anargiri
$1,000
Greek Philanthropic Community of Shepparton
& District
$600
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Carnegie and
Murrumbeena
$800
Filipino Community of Sunraysia Inc
$500
$800
Filipino Senior Citizens Club of the South East Inc
$600
Greek Women's Club of Northern Suburbs "Anemones"
$800
Grupo Folklorico Violeta Parra
$500
Hamazkaine Armenian Educational and Cultural
Society (Gomidas Chapter)
$700
$700
Filipino-Australian Friends Association (Northern
Victoria) Inc
Finnish Friendly Visiting Service Inc
Finnish Society of Melbourne Inc
Fitzroy Atherton Multicultural Inhabitants Alliance Inc.
(FAMIA)
Fitzroy Chinese Residents Association Inc
Fitzroy Chinese Women's Group
$1,000
$700
$1,200
$800
$1,200
$900
Hammurabi Cultural Society
$1,500
Hands For Hope Inc
$700
Hararian Community Association Australia Inc
$1,200
Footscray Asian Business Association
$1,200
Harmony Foundation Victoria Inc
Friends of Farm Vigano Inc
$1,000
$1,000
$800
Hazara Community Mildura
$1,500
$800
Hellenic Writers Association of Australia
Geelong Dutch Clubs
Geelong Scottish Dance Inc
Geelong Sudanese Association Inc
Gippsland African Society
Gippsland Indonesian Australian Association
Hellenic Youth Federation of Victoria Inc
$1,000
Hindu Foundation
$1,000
$800
Hindu Satsang Mandal of Victoria
$1,000
$900
Hispano-American Co-operative for Family Support
(COHAF) Inc
$1,500
$1,800
Goulburn Valley African Communities Association Inc
$1,500
Goulburn Valley Pacific Islander Association Inc
$800
$1,000
Goulburn Valley Afghan Association
Goulburn Valley Ethnic Professionals' Association
$700
$600
$1,000
Goulburn Valley Polish Association Inc
$800
Greek & Cypriot Social Welfare Centre
$1,500
$600
Holy Trinity Chinese Congregation Coburg
$500
Hope and Care for All (HCFA) International Inc
$500
Hope Connection
$2,000
Hotham Mission (Asylum Seekers Program)
$5,000
House of Persia Community & Cultural Centre
$1,000
Howra Women's Association
$800
$600
Hungarian Scout Group 54-63 Co-operative Ltd
$500
Greek Democritus Worker's League
$5,000
$1,000
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Newport
$1,200
Ikawiria (Indonesian Community Association of
Victoria) Inc
Greek Elderly Women's Club of Frankston
and Peninsula
$1,000
Greek Australian Recreational & Instructive League
of Vic Inc
Greek Orthodox Community of Box Hill & Districts
Ladies Auxiliary
$500
Il Piccolo Teatro Di Melbourne Inc
$800
Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Association of Victoria Inc
Indonesian Muslim Community of Victoria Inc
$1,000
$750
Greek Orthodox Community of Broadmeadows
and Districts Inc
Iranian Society of Victoria Inc
$1,500
$1,000
$1,500
$1,000
Italian Catholic Federation
$800
Italian Elderly Citizens Club Noble Park Inc
$900
Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay Inc
$800
$1,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St George" Thornbury,
Women's Group
$400
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St George" Thornbury,
Youth Group
$400
Italian Services Advisory Council Inc
$800
Italian Social Club Swan Hill
$1,000
Japan Club of Victoria
$1,200
Japanese for Peace (JFP)
$800
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Jat Jagat
ORGANISATION
$700
Maltese Community of Shepparton and District
$800
$850
Maltese Historical Association
$500
Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia
$3,000
Mandela Soccer Club
$500
Jewish Museum of Australia Inc
$3,000
Mang-Non Vietnamese Language School Association
John Pandazopoulos Hall Committee of Management
$1,000
Maori Culture Community of Geelong
Kaiga Tuvalu Victoria Inc
$1,000
Maronite Sports Division
$400
Maronite Youth of Melbourne
$800
Maroondah Southern Sudanese Christian Welfare
Association
$500
Mauritian Silver Edge Club
$800
Meadow Heights Learning Shop Inc
$800
Jewish Breast Cancer Support Group
Kalakruthi Parent Association
$750
Kardelen Youth Association Inc
$1,500
Karen Baptist Community
$1,500
Karnavals Club The Swallows Geelong Inc
$800
Khmer Community of Victoria
$900
Klabb Ghannejja Maltin Inc
$2,000
$1,500
$800
Meadow Heights Turkish Women's Association
Meeting Melbourne Maronites 25-45
Melbourne Chin Community
Melbourne French Theatre
Kurdish Women's League of Australia Inc
$1,000
Kuusa Services Inc
$8,000
Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese
Friendship Centre of Victoria Inc
Kyabram Italian Social Bocce Club Inc
$1,600
Melbourne.Pl
Ladies Auxiliary Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish
Of St Johns Carlton
$400
L'Alliance Francaise De Ballarat Et District Inc
$700
Lao Australian Welfare Association
$1,000
Lao Community of Victoria Inc
$2,000
Latin American Multicultural Association
$800
Lau Nuer Community Association
$1,000
L'Chaim Chabad Inc
$1,000
Monash Chinese Friendship Association
Monash Maltese Seniors Social Group Inc
$500
$1,000
$1,200
$600
$1,000
$600
$1,000
$750
$2,000
$700
$3,000
Multicultural Senior Citizens Group Inc of Kingston
and Surrounding Regions
$1,500
Museum of Chinese Australian History Inc
$800
Golden Age Club
$1,200
National Union of Greek Australian Students
$2,500
League of Maniates and Friends of Melbourne
and Victoria "I Mani" Inc
$800
Nepalese Association of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Lebanese Folklore Dabke Group
$600
NESB Links
$2,000
Liberian Community Association for Unity, Social and
Economic Development LICAU-SED (Victoria) Inc
$500
Networking Women of Victoria Inc
$1,000
New Generation Inc
$800
Liech Nuer Community Association Inc
$1,100
Liech Nuer Community Women Association
In Australia
$1,000
$5,000
North East Melbourne Sudanese Community Forum
$1,000
Maccabi Victoria
$1,000
$5,000
Macedonian Australian Cultural Youth Association
'Tanec' Inc
$1,000
North Eastern Bocce Association Inc
Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne
and Victoria
$1,500
North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association Inc
(NEMCA)
$2,500
Macedonian Community Council of Shepparton
and District Inc
North Melbourne Chinese Association
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
Nubian Mihaira
$1,000
$1,500
Nuer Women's Group
$1,500
Macedonian Human Rights Committee for
Melbourne and Victoria Inc
$2,000
Macedonian Pensioner Club of Altona Inc
$1,000
Maharashtra Mandal Victoria Inc
Makor Library and Resource Centre
Maltese Bocce Social & Recreation Club
$500
$1,000
$500
Maltese Community Centre LV
$2,000
Maltese Community Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Niruththa Indian Fine Arts Association Inc
Olympian Society Inc
$1,500
$500
$700
$800
Onside Victoria Inc
$1,500
Palestinian Community Association of Victoria
$1,500
Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and
Victoria Leonidas Inc
$1,500
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
Pammessinian Brotherhood of Melbourne
& Victoria Ltd
Pan Argoliki Philanthropic Brotherhood To Palamidi Inc
Pan Australian Federation of Thessalian
Associations Inc
Pan Korinthian Association of Melbourne and Victoria
$2,000
$500
$1,000
$500
Panevrytanian Association of Melbourne Australia
'The Velouchi' Inc
$1,000
Pankoaki Brotherhood of Victoria "O Ippocrates"
Association Inc
$1,000
Panpyliaki Brotherhood of Navarinon of Melbourne
and Victoria
$1,500
Pantrifilian Association of Melbourne and Victoria Inc
Panvictorian-Panelladic Associations of Friends
of Peace
Papadakis Park Inc
Papua New Guinea Australia Association Inc
$800
$1,000
$500
$1,500
ORGANISATION
Russian Women's Health Group
$600
Saint Addai Community Society Inc
$1,000
Saint Maratken Community Society Inc
$500
Salesian Youth Club
$1,000
Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Samoan Community Education Centre
$1,500
Satyam Shivam School of Music
$800
Scottish Clans and Associations Council
$1,500
Selimiye Foundation Ltd
$1,200
$1,000
Senior Citizens Melbourne Croatia
$1,000
Serbian Australian Pensioners Group
$800
Serbian Orthodox Choir 'Kornelije Stankovic'
$500
Serbian Orthodox Church & School Community
St Stefan
$600
Serbian Orthodox Church of "St Stefan"
– Keysborough, Youth Club
$750
Pascoe Vale Italian Community Bocce Club
$700
$600
Philanthropic Society Nomoy Kavalas Agios Silas Inc
$800
Philanthropikos Syllogos Velika Messinias Leykothea
Melbourne Australia Inc
Serbian Orthodox Dancing Group Sumadja
$500
$500
Serbian Pensioners Club "Branko Radicevic" Geelong
$700
Philippine Rondalla Victoria (PRV)
$500
Serbian Sisters Group 'Zene Mironosice'
$400
Polish Association of Kingsville and Ladies
Auxilliary Inc
$800
Polish Choir "Syrena"
$500
$2,000
Polish Siberyaks Association in Victoria
$500
Polish Women's Association of Geelong
$500
Polynation Combine Centre Inc
$800
Pontian Community of Melbourne and Victoria
$1,000
Shepparton Italian Catholic Federation
$4,000
$800
Shepparton Italian Social Club Inc
$1,200
Shurolok Music Appreciation and Performance
Group Inc
$500
Sierra Leone Australia Community of Victoria
(SLACOV)
$1,500
Sikh Welfare Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
Sinhala Cultural & Community Services Foundation Inc
$1,200
Refugee and Immigrant Women's Support Group
Springvale
$800
Slavic Women of Gippsland
$800
Rejoice Chinese Christian Communication Centre Inc
$500
Slavic Women's Group 'Nase Zene' Inc
$700
Relief Association of South Sudan (Victoria) Inc
(RASS)
$800
Slovenian Australian Cultural & Sport Association
Planica Springvale Inc
$1,000
Reskeon Maltese Association Inc
$1,200
$1,300
Rethimnian Association of Melbourne
$1,000
Social Support Group Preston
$1,200
Richmond South Yarra Chinese Parents Association Inc
$800
Social Support Network Group 'Friends' Springvale
Roma Social Club Inc
$700
Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood
$1,000
Russian Cultural and TV Association Inc "Sputnik"
$800
Somali Australian Council of Victoria Inc
$1,500
$2,000
Somali Community Information Services Network Inc
$1,500
Somali Inter-Riverine Community Development
Association Inc
$1,500
Somali Support and Development Association Inc
$1,500
$1,500
Russian House Victims of Chernobyl National
Relief Fund Inc
$800
$1,000
$800
$850
Russian Welfare Society – Russian Children's Choir
$400
South American Senior Citizens Club of Frankston
and Peninsula
Russian Welfare Society – Russian Women's Group
$800
South East Arabic Elderly Citizens Club SEAEC
$900
Russian Welfare Society – Russian Men's Group
$800
South Eastern Chinese Association Inc
$700
Russian Welfare Society – Russian Orthodox
Church Choir
$500
South Eastern Region Melbourne Oromo Community
Association Inc (SERMOCAVA INC)
Russian Women's Association 'Ogonyok' Inc
$1,200
South Melbourne Chinese Women's Group
$1,500
$500
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
$1,500
South Sudanese Women's Network
$1,500
(SEAAC)
$1,500
Southern Sudanese Community of Australia
ORGANISATION
The Association of the Refugee Children
from Aegean Macedonia
$400
The Australian Chaldean Federation of
Victoria/Australia
$1,500
$1,500
The Australian Greek Orthodox Community
of Moreland Inc
$1,000
$2,000
The Basque Society Inc
$1,300
$2,500
The Democratic Republic Of Congo Community
Association of Victoria (DRCCAV) Inc
$1,500
Spanish Speaking Senior Women’s Group North East
Region
$1,000
$2,000
Springvale Asian Business Association
$1,000
The Greek Choir of the Cultural and Educational
Club of Florinians
Springvale Ethnic Chinese Elderly Caring
Friendship Association
$2,000
The Greek Orthodox Community of Mildura & District
$1,000
The Gujarati Association of Victoria Inc
$1,500
The Hellenic Orthodox Community of Geelong Inc
$1,000
$700
Springvale Mandarin Support Network
$1,200
Sri Lankan Study Centre for the Advancement
of Technology and Social Welfare (SCATS)
$1,000
St Albans Good Friday Association Inc
$1,000
The Indonesian Society of Victoria - PERWIRA
$1,000
St Andrews Luqa Social Club
$1,500
The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne
$3,340
The Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of
Gippsland
$1,000
St Anthony's Youth Association Inc
$500
St Athanasius Coptic Centre
$700
The Hunan Association of Victoria Inc
$800
The Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah
$1,000
$1,000
The Jewish Film Foundation of Australia Inc
$2,500
St Helena Maltese-Australian Social Club
$1,000
The Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence
$1,000
St John of Kronstadt Russian Welfare Society Inc
$1,500
The Korean Society of Victoria Australia
$2,000
$1,000
The Melbourne Comhaltas Inc (Comhaltas Ceoltoiri
Eireann Melbourne Branch)
St Eleftherios Greek Elderly and Invalid
Pensioners Group
St Judes Estates Ministry Carlton
St Mary's Italian Elderly Citizen's Club Inc
$600
St Nicholas Philanthropic Society of Proty
$1,000
St Nikola Pensioner Social Club Inc
$1,000
St Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
$1,000
Stella Maris Maltese Association Inc
$1,000
Stonnington Ballroom Dancing Association Inc
$1,000
Sudanese Community Association of Australia Inc
(SCAA)
$2,000
Sudanese Community in Warrnambool Inc
$2,500
Sudanese Disability Action Group in Victoria Inc
$1,500
$1,500
$1,000
Sudan's Bor Youth Association of Australia
Sveti Georgi Selo Velusina Humanitarian Association
of Victoria
Tamil Australian Friendship Society Inc
$1,000
$700
The New Hope Foundation Inc (Refugee Resource
Centre Footscray)
$900
$1,500
The Panmacedonian Association of Melbourne and
Victoria
$600
The Philanthropic Society of Kaloneri Siatista
$800
The Polish Museum and Archives in Australia Inc
$700
The Samoan Community Link of Victoria
$800
The Victorian Chin Community Association Inc
$3,000
The Victorian Maronite Community Inc
$1,000
Thessaloniki Association "The White Tower" Inc
$1,000
Thiasos Themida
$800
Tibetan Buddhist Society
$1,000
Tigrian Community Association in Victoria
$1,500
Timorese Association in Victoria
$1,500
Tripoli Social Club Inc
$1,200
$500
Turkish Islamic Society Victoria
$800
$1,000
Turkish Women's Group
$600
Tamil Society of Melbourne
$1,000
Turkish Womens Recreation Group Inc
$800
Tangasseri-Australian Association of Melbourne Inc
$1,400
United Jewish Education Board
Tarxien Social Club Inc
Tatura Italian Social Club Inc
Thai Community Of Geelong (TCG) inc
The Alawi Islamic Social Centre
The Albanian Australian Islamic Society
$400
$1,500
$500
$1,000
$500
United Maba Community Association of Australia Inc
$1,000
$800
United Somali Organisation in Australia Inc
$2,000
United Somali Women Organisation in Victoria
$2,000
United Sri Lankan Muslim Association of Australia Inc
$1,500
Unity in Progress
$700
appendix 2
ORGANISATION
of Moonee Ponds
$400
of South Yarra
$500
$800
of Templestowe
$400
$600
$1,000
Vic African Women's Association Inc
$1,000
Victorian Arabic Artists Association Inc
$1,000
Victorian Association of Argos Orestiko & District Inc
$1,000
Victorian Brotherhood of Mani United Inc
$400
Ventana Hispana (Spanish Window) Inc
Victorian Assyrian Youth Group
ORGANISATION
of Coburg
$600
Xinjiang Chinese Association of Australia Inc
$550
$1,500
Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Clayton
$400
Victorian Co-operative on Children's Services
for Ethnic Groups (VICSEG)
$2,000
Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Coburg
$400
Victorian Eritrean Community Association
$1,500
Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish
of Springvale
$500
$5,000
Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of the
Presentation of St. Dimitrios Moonee Ponds
$400
Victorian Iraqi Social Club Inc
$1,000
Zahrira Social Club
Victorian Chaldean Woman's Group
Victorian Lithuanian Pensioners Association Inc
$900
Zevk'u Seda Classical Turkish Choir
$750
$1,500
Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association
$1,000
Zhang Zhou Origin Association of Victoria
Victorian Romano Pralipe Association
$1,200
Zimbabwean Community in Australia (Victoria)
$1,500
$750
Victorian Scottish Union Inc
$800
Zionist Council of Victoria
$1,000
Victorian Turkish Cultural Association Inc
$750
Zomi Association Australia Inc
$1,750
Vietnamese Community in Australia
– Vic Chapter (VCA)
Vietnamese Cultural Group
Vietnamese Mothers Group Inc
Vietnamese Parenting Support Group
$2,000
$700
$700
$1,000
Vietnamese Women's Association
in Broadmeadows Inc
$1,500
Vietnamese Women's Association of
North West Region Inc
$1,200
Vitoria Women's Fellowship Group
Welsh Society of Geelong Inc
$700
$1,000
$600
West Papuan Community
$2,000
Western Vovinam Training Centre
$1,000
Westvale Olympic Soccer Club
$1,000
$700
Whittlesea Combined Pensioners Association
of Victoria Inc
$500
Whittlesea Green Island Turkish Women's Group Inc
$600
Whittlesea Multicultural Communities Council
Whittlesea U3A Inc
Whittlesea Vuong Trung Vietnamese Womens Group
Williamstown Italian Social Club
Wodonga Australian Croatian Club Inc
Women's Friendship Group
$688,684
$1,100
Vietnamese Tenants Association Inc
Vietnamese Young Mother's Support Group
TOTAL
$5,000
$500
$800
$1,000
$750
$1,200
Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Community
of Hobsons Bay
$400
of Clayton
$400
appendix 2
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
$1,500
Portuguese Cultural Centre of Melbourne Inc
$2,000
$2,000
Relief Association of South Sudan (Victoria) Inc
(RASS)
$2,500
Am Echad Federation of Jews from Former
Soviet Union Inc
$2,000
Serbian Ethnic School Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic
$2,000
Arabic Culture School
$1,600
Society for Asian Languages & Arts Inc
$1,200
Armenian Mesrob Mashdotz School
$1,000
Somalian Cultural School
$1,500
Associazione Culturale L'Aurora
$3,000
Spanish Language, Heritage and Community School
'Jose Gervasio Artigas' Inc
$2,000
Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations
(AFESA)
$5,000
St John's Church Vietnamese School
$2,500
$2,500
T.Kosciuszko Polish Language Saturday School
$1,500
$1,800
Temple Society German Language School
Bentleigh-Moorabbin
$2,000
$700
$1,200
Australian Oromo Community Association
in Victoria Inc (AOCAV)
AUSTURK Education & Cultural Association Inc
$1,000
The Australian Shia Muslim Assembly Inc
$1,000
$1,000
The German Saturday School Inc
$1,700
Bengali Language and Culture School Inc
$1,500
The Pushkin Lyceum
$1,000
Bharathi Academy
$750
The Thai Language School of Melbourne Inc
$1,500
Bharathi Academy
$750
The United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation
of South Eastern Melbourne
$2,000
THE-HE Vietnamese Language Centre
$2,000
Truong Vinh Ky Vietnamese Language School Inc
$1,000
Bosnian Teacher's Association Inc
$2,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,000
Croatian Ethnic School ≠– Bartol Kasic Inc
$1,500
Eritrean Islamic Society of Australia
$8,000
Greek Orthodox Community Gippsland, Greek School
$1,000
$1,500
Greek Orthodox Community School of Mentone
"Taxiarches"
$10,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Dimitrios" Ascot Vale,
Greek School
$1,600
Greek Orthodox Parish of "The Holy Cross" Box Hill
and Districts
$3,500
Clayton, Greek School
$1,000
Greek School of the Greek Orthodox Parish
of Bentleigh
$2,000
$4,000
Hararian Community Association Australia Inc
$1,500
$2,000
Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club 'Vigor' – Inner
Metro South Russian Community Language School
$2,500
Imam Ali Islamic Centre Inc
$2,000
$1,500
Keysborough Vietnamese Language Centre Inc
$1,500
Korean Language School of Melbourne
$2,500
Lac Viet Vietnamese Language School
$1,500
Liech Nuer Community Association Inc
$2,000
Mang-Non Vietnamese Language School Association
$2,000
$2,000
$2,500
Van Khoa Vietnamese Language School
$800
$1,000
Vietnamese Ethnic School of Broadmeadows
$1,500
Werribee Chinese School Inc
$4,000
Western Region Bengali School Inc
$3,500
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Inc
TOTAL
$900
$131,500
appendix 2
Buildings and Facilities Improvement
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Alawi Islamic Association of Victoria Inc
$10,000
Alevi Community Council of Australia Inc
$10,000
St Anthony Greek Orthodox Church
$6,000
$5,000
Association of Ukrainians in Victoria - Geelong Branch
$5,000
$10,000
$8,000
St Mark's Coptic Church
Australian Slovenian Cultural & Sports Association
'Ivan Cankar' Geelong Inc
$6,000
(SCAA)
$15,000
$8,000
$7,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di San Marco in Lamis
$8,000
$3,000
Whitehorse Club
$5,000
$1,675
Wodonga Australian Croatian Club Inc
$10,000
Dar Alawda Wendel Community Centre Inc
$12,000
$4,600
Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland, Elderly
Citizens' Group
$5,000
City of Stonnington
Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria
(Parish of "St George" Thornbury)
$12,000
$7,000
$5,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of "St Athanasios" Greek School
$8,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Andrew's Forest Hill
$5,000
$6,000
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Raphael, Bentleigh
$10,000
$14,000
$5,000
Grupo Cultural e Folclorico Sol De Portugal Inc
$12,000
$10,000
$12,000
Jewish Holocaust Centre Inc
Kalymnian Philanthropic Brotherhood Melbourne Inc
Keysborough Turkish Islamic & Cultural Centre Inc
Maltese Community Centre LV
$9,000
$402,995
$10,000
Greek Orthodox Community of Wangaratta and
District Inc
TOTAL
$8,000
$10,000
$8,000
$8,000
$12,000
Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia Victorian Vicariate
- St Joseph's Parish Fairfield
$5,000
Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation Inc
$8,000
Pan Argoliki Philanthropic Brotherhood To Palamidi Inc $15,000
Pancretan Association of Melbourne Australia Ltd
Samadhi Buddhist Meditation Association Inc
$5,000
$2,720
$10,000
$1,000
$10,000
$6,000
Serbian Orthodox Church of "St Stefan" - Keysborough,
Youth Club
$7,000
Serraion Society of Victoria Inc
$10,000
Sinhala Language and Cultural School
$5,000
$8,000
appendix 2
Strengthening Multicultural Communities
ORGANISATION
$2,000
Fiji Social and Cultural Organisations of Victoria
Australia (FSCOVA)
$2,000
$2,000
All Women Concern
$3,000
Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Council of Australia
Aurora School
Australia (Nur) The Light Foundation Inc
$20,000
$6,000
Australian Federation of International Students Inc
(AFIS)
$4,500
$2,500
Friends of Farm Vigano Inc
$10,000
$4,000
Australian Turkish Association Inc
$3,000
Australian Vietnamese Women's Association
$3,000
Aweil Community Association in Victoria
$3,000
$10,000
$5,000
Bint Al Huda Iraqi Women's Organisation
$2,000
Blind Citizens Australia
$6,000
$3,000
$20,000
Fruitful Films Pty Ltd
$3,000
Geelong Sudanese Association Inc
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
Australian Multicultural Foundation
ORGANISATION
Federation of Indian Women's Association
of Australia (FIWAA) Inc
Afghan Australian Development Organisation (AADO)
$1,500
Gippsland Multicultural Services Inc
$10,000
Jesuit Social Services
$10,000
Lutheran Church of Australia Victoria District
St James Moorabbin
Melbourne.Pl
$3,000
$10,000
$3,000
$2,000
Mildura Rural City Council
$10,000
$22,500
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
National Ethnic & Multicultural Broadcasters' Council
(NEMBC)
$2,000
New Australia Media
Burmese Welfare Operation
$3,000
$5,000
Caulfield Junior College – Hebrew Immersion
Program Committee
$3,000
(Mornington Branch)
$1,000
Centre for African Australian Women's Issues
$10,000
North East Melbourne Sudanese Community Forum
$20,000
$2,500
Chaldean Women Association in Victoria
$3,000
Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di San Marco in Lamis
$2,000
$2,000
$6,000
Palestinian Community Association of Victoria
$4,000
Communities Council on Ethnic Issues (Eastern
Region) Inc
$3,000
Poi Piripi Performing Arts Inc
$10,000
Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc
$17,000
Refugee Council of Australia Inc
$20,000
Cultural Heritage Unit, University of Melbourne
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$30,000
Robinson Reserve Neighbourhood House
$2,000
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
$2,000
Scarab Studio
$5,000
$3,500
$3,500
Deaf Children Australia
$5,000
Dinka Ngok Abyei Community Association
in Victoria Australia
$2,000
$10,000
$2,500
Somlink Inc
$10,000
Doveton Pool in the Park YMCA
East African Women's Foundation Inc
$15,000
$2,000
$2,500
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc
$5,000
South Sudanese Women's Network
Eastern and Central African Communities
of Victoria Inc
$8,000
(SEAAC)
$5,000
$2,000
$2,000
$5,000
$5,000
Springvale Learning and Activities Centre Inc.
$3,000
(ECCOSE)
Ethnic Youth Council – Spectrum Migrant
Resource Centre
$8,000
$10,000
$5,000
Springvale Neighbourhood House
$11,000
St Dominics Parish Melton
$4,000
(SCAA)
$3,000
appendix 2
Strengthening multicultural cOMMUNITIES
ORGANISATION
$3,000
$3,000
Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities' Council Inc
$2,800
$3,000
The Centre – Connecting Community in North
and West Melbourne Inc
$5,000
$5,000
The Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence
$8,000
The New Hope Foundation
(Werribee Refugee Resource Centre)
$1,500
The New Hope Foundation Inc
(Refugee Resource Centre Footscray)
$5,000
$2,500
Try Youth & Community Services Inc
$4,000
Twich Community Association in Victoria
Victoria Police (Moonee Valley)
$3,000
$40,000
Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
$3,000
Victorian Deaf Society
$3,000
$8,000
Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association
$1,500
Western Edge Youth Arts Inc
$3,000
$2,000
Whittlesea Community Connections
$5,000
Wings of Care (Kanfei Chesed) Inc
TOTAL
$1,500
$626,800
appendix 2
Interfaith and Multifaith programs
ORGANISATION
GRANTS SUMMARY
Anglican Northwestern Region Interfaith Network
$2,000
FUNDING CATEGORY
Arabic Welfare Inc
$5,000
Multicultural Festivals and Events
Australian Intercultural Society Inc
$12,500
B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission Inc
$10,000
Braybrook & Maidstone Neighbourhood House
Casey Multi-Faith Network Inc
$2,000
$10,000
$1,336,200
Multicultural Senior Citizens
$ 917,750
$ 688,680
Education Programs
$131,500
Buildings and facilities Improvement
$ 402,990
City of Kingston
$5,400
City of Monash
$14,000
Strengthening Multicultural Communities
$ 626,800
City of Port Phillip
$20,000
Interfaith and Multifaith Programs
$371,700
City of Whitehorse
$2,000
Clifton Creative Arts Centre
$5,000
$10,000
Craigieburn Secondary College
$1,000
Darebin Interfaith Council
$4,000
Faith Communities Forum, Victorian
$5,000
Frankston City Council
$2,000
$10,000
Globalisation For The Common Good
$15,000
Goulburn Valley Sudanese Association
$2,000
$2,000
$8,000
Imam Ali Islamic Centre Inc
$8,000
Indonesian Club Melbourne Inc
$2,500
Interfaith Education Committee
$6,800
Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria
$1,500
Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia
$29,000
$10,000
Lakhanda Media Centre
$4,000
$16,000
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Inc
$3,000
Minaret College Inc
$7,000
$5,000
Rye Beach Community Action Group Inc
$10,000
School of Social Sciences - La Trobe University
$35,000
Shalom Association Inc
$5,000
St Mark's Uniting Church
$6,000
St Paul Apostle Catholic Church – Ecumenical
and Interfaith Committee
$2,000
The Committee for Sri Lanka Inc
$5,000
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
$3,000
The WellSpring Centre
$20,000
Uniting Church in Australia
$10,000
Unity in Diversity Inc
$6,000
Victorian Council of Churches
$10,000
Whittlesea Interfaith Network (WIN)
$20,000
TOTAL
$371,700
TOTAL GRANTS
$ 4,475,629
appendix 3
Victorian multicultural commission Advisory council
AS AT 30 june 2009
Victorian Multicultural Commission
Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities
Adult Multicultural Education Services
Australian Multicultural Foundation
Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
Bendigo Ethnic Communities Council
Buddhist Council of Victoria
Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health
Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Sunraysia
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
Gippsland Multicultural Services
Hindu Society of Victoria
Islamic Council of Victoria
Jewish Community Council of Victoria
Migrant Resource Centres Directors Network
Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network
Municipal Association of Victoria
Russian Ethnic Representative Council
Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria
Sri Lankan community
Tamil Cultural Association of Victoria
Victorian Council of Churches
Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Centre
Western English Language School
appendix 4
awards for excellence
FOR MERIToriOUS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY – individuals
Mr Peter Adamis
Mr Vincenzo Galtieri
Mrs Galina Lobanov
Mr Demos Savva
Mrs Joan Adamson
Mrs Maria Gardani Calandro
Mr Egon Lutjens
Mrs Umran Simsir
Cr Sam Alessi
Mr Iakovos Garivaldis
Mr David Manne
Mr Kuldip Singh Bassi
Mrs Leonilla Alexeev
Mr Carmine Gattuso
Mrs Afshan Mantoo
The Late Mr Joginder Singh Rai
Mr Tissa Amarasekera
Ms Claire Gazis
Mrs Sithy Marikar
Mrs Jessica Smugrevski
Mr George Andreou
Ms Angela Giardino
Mrs Agnes Marton
Mr Rucio Sosnowski
Mrs Esther Antos
Mrs Figen Hasimoglu
Mr Frank Merlino
Mr Luigi Sozzi
Ms Tania Bacash
Mon Frank Hickey
Mrs Valentina Mezentseff
Ms Christoula Stefanatos
Ms Julianna Balazs
Mr Russell Jack AM
Ms Jolanta Mielczarek
Mr Bhim Sud
Mr Vincenzo Barca
Mr Chris Kalaitzis
Mr Lucio Miranda
Mr Kouy Taing
Mr Frank Bevacqua
Mrs Maria Kallinteridis
Dr Mohamed Firdausy Mohideen
Mr Martin Taliana
Mr Aleksander Bialocerkowski
Ms Dilpreet Kaur Jaswal
Mr Denis Muto
Mr Mean Te
Mrs Teresa Borzillo
Mr Abdul Khan
Mr Eamon Naughton
Ms Brigitte Tornatora
Mr Anton Brne
Mr Menachem Khoen
Ms Marika Orosz
Mrs Antonietta Tricarico
Mr Peter Bujnowski
Mrs Bernadette Khoury
Ms Kathryn Osmond
Mr Ilias Tsinanis
Mr Josef Caf
Moefaauo Lotomau Komiti
Mr Achilleas Papadopoulos
Mr Nick Tsousis
Mr Michele Capaldo
Mr Stylianos Konstantinidis
Cr Kris Pavlidis
Mr Teddy Tuason
Mr Sai Kit Chan
Mr Spyros Korosidis
Mr Antonis Polycarpou
Mrs Eleftheria Tzouvelis
Mrs Alison Chapman
Mr Michael Kypreos (Metaxas)
Dr Ambalavaner Ponnampalam
Ms Lucy Urbancic
Mr Philip K.S. Chui
Mr Domenico Lagana
Ms Elly Potamidis
Mrs Rosa Volpe
Ms Slava Crooks
Mr Yin Choi Lam
Mr Satishwar Prakash
Mr Arthur Sung Ta Wu
Mr Romolo Di Giulio
Mrs Donata Lattanzio
Ms Birute Morta Prasmutas
Mr John Zafiropoulos
Mrs Renza Dirksz
Mr Wellington Lee
Ms Maria Presti
Mr George Zangalis
Mr Franco Dondio
Mr Paul Lesur
Mr Haralambos Prodromidis
Mr Lian Ren (Jerry) Zhu
Mr Costas Elisseou
Mrs Ghyliane Lesur
Mrs Anna Romeo
Mr Marko Zitterschlager
Ms Anna Feoktistova
Ms Zhao Ran Li
Mrs Franciska Sajn
Ms Marilyn Zukalski
Mr Percy Fernandez
Ms Xiu Yu Lin
Mr Carlo Salustro
Mr Nickiforos Floratos
Mr Vincent Kou Chiang Liu
Mr Jim Sarris
FOR MERIToriOUS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY – individuals ORGANISATIONS
Association Latinos Residents of Victoria Inc
Indian Senior Citizens Association
Australian Asian Association of Victoria Inc
Polish Senior Citizens Club in Footscray
Chinese Cancer Society of Victoria Inc
Sicilia Nostra Senior Citizens Club Inc
Filipino Australia Friendship Association of Geelong Inc
South-Eastern Yugoslav Pensioner's Group Dandenong
Filipino Silayan Dance Academy
appendix 4
awards for excellence
FOR SERVICE DELIVERY TO MULTICULTURAL VICTORIA – individuals
Mr Abdul Nasir Aatifi
Mrs Alicja Gotlib
Ms Claire Naffah
Mr Harbir Singh Kang
Ms Fatha Ade
Mr Bill Hatzisimeonidis
Ms Natalija Nesvadba
Mr Roman Syrek
Mr Melaku Ali
Mr Meca Khoa Ho
Mr Stephen O'Malley
Mr Loc Trinh
Ms Barbara Chapman
Ms Renate Kamener
Mr Chin Nhu Ong
Ms Liz Tripodi
Mr Tony Charbel
Ms Rashika Kulasinghe
Mr Aristos Panagakis
Mrs Sebastiana Valvo
Ms Mila Abenoja Cichello
Ms Carol Makhoul
Mr Menios Paterakis
Mr Sotirios Vassos
Mrs Liang Wanghua
Ms Sulaika Dhanapala
Mrs Nelly Mavraganis
Dr Senake Perera
Mr David Diaz
Mr Vlassis Mavraganis
Ms Pina Piedimonte
Mr Vajira Ekanayake
Ms Kavisha Mazzella
Mr Trevor Prabhakaran
Ms Carmen Gatt
Mrs Geeti Mukhlas
Mr Fritz Schwab
FOR SERVICE DELIVERY TO MULTICULTURAL VICTORIA – ORGANISATIONS
AMES Community Guide Program
Otway Community College
Australian Indian Innovations Inc
Spectrum MRC – Aged & Disability Services/Employed Carers
Innovative Program
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Suzuki Night Market – Queen Victoria Market
Centre for Philippine Concerns Australia Inc
Tabulam & Templer Homes for the Aged Inc
City of Greater Dandenong – Youth Services
– Sports Inclusion Program
Turkish Tulip Festival – Australian Turkish Cultural Platform
City of Yarra – Belonging In Australia Project
Uniting Care Cutting Edge
Edmund Rice Centre
Vietnamese Veterans Association of Victoria – Hong Bang
Vietnamese Ethnic School
Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah
Wellsprings for Women Inc.
Louise Multicultural Community Centre
AMBASSADOR AWARDS
EDUCATIONS AWARDS
Cr Christopher Gahan
Ms Chau Cong
Ms Kiemi Lai
Eastern Schools Refugee Action Network (ESRAN)
Australian Karen Organisation
Noble Park Primary School
MEDIA AWARD – THE AGE
PACMAC AWARDS
Ms Dewi Cooke
Inspector Nigel Howard
Ms Farah Farouque
Senior Constable Crystal Cartwright
Constable Nadia Hammoud
PREMIER’S AWARD FOR COMMUNITY HARMONY
Police Community Exemplary Award – Migrant Information
Centre, East Melbourne
Federation Square
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARD
City of Whittlesea
appendix 5
victorian refugee regonition record (VRRR)
The VMC would like to congratulate the 21 recipients on their achievements.
VRRR RECIPIENTS 2009
Mr Terefe Aborete
Ms Fartun Farah
Mrs Malvina Malinek
Mr Javad Alizada
Mrs Saba Feniger
Mrs Anita Milicevic
Mrs Immaculate Bihamba
Mr Sash Herceg
Mr Chan Goch Cham Nyok
Mrs Lydia Charlamow
Mrs Qingyun Huang
Mr Andrew Ohide
Mr Hung Xuan Chau
Mrs Nida Hussein
Mr Parsuram Sharma-Luital
Mrs Rose Elias
Mrs Fowzia Issa
Mr Leigh Phong Thanh Trinh
Ms Farah Faiq
Mr Thon Makuei Thon
Ms Farhnaz Zamani
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