Interest Groups - Multicultural Groups

Multicultural Groups and Links in Melbourne and Vic

• AfricanOz - An online resource for people of African heritage or those who have an interest in Africa.
• Australian American Association
• Australian Arabic Council - Is committed to human rights and community relations issues affecting the Arabic culture and profile.
• Australia China Friendship Society - Aim to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of Australia and the People's Republic of China.
• Australian Jewish Historical Society - The AJHS publishes the Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society, and maintains libraries and archives in Sydney and Melbourne. This site documents the Jewish experience in Australia.
• Australian Lebanese Historical Society - Aims to encourage scholarship in the history of Lebanese settlement in Australia by research, publications and regular events and meetings for members.
• Australian National Committee on Refugee Women - (ANCORW Coop. Ltd)
• Australian Institute of Eastern Music
• Australian Tibet Council - A non-profit organisation that works to promote the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people.
• Australian Turkish Cultural Platform - Aim to promote and create a bridge between the Turkish and other communities within Australia. The group organise conferences, seminars, concerts, exhibitions, festivals as well as educational programs on Turkish culture.
• Alliance Francaise de Melbourne 
• Britvics - A non profit making forum to give help and info to anyone considering a move to Melbourne. See more links on moving to Melbourne.
• Brunswick Music Festival
• Catalan Broadcasting Society
• Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra
• Chinese Australian Historical Society - Information on the history of the Chinese in Australia. 
• Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Melbourne Branch - Promoting the music, culture and arts of Ireland.
• Estonian Archives in Australia - Holds information about the achievements of Estonians living outside Estonia.
• Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria - A peak advocacy body representing ethnic and multicultural communities in Victoria.
• Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia - The national peak body representing Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Goethe-Institut Melbourne - Learn German and experience Germany's culture with the official German cultural institute.
• Immigration Museum - In Melbourne's Old Customs House in Flinders St.
• Italian Historical Society - Established in 1980 to collect, preserve and promote the history of Italian immigration to Australia. The Society is open to the public by appointment only. 44 University St, Carlton.
• Malta Virtual Emigration Musuem
• Polish Historical Institute in Australia - Aims to collect, preserve and make available to the public archival materials pertaining to Polish immigration to Australia and the settlement of Poles in Australia since 1940.
• Koorie Heritage Trust Cultural Centre
• Jewish Community in Australia
• Scandinavian Choir of Melbourne  
• Mauritius Australia Connection
• Multicultural Arts Victoria - Provides opportunities and support structures to artists and communities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as well as offering culturally diverse art to the public at large.
• Multicultural Mental Health Australia
• Open Road - Provided by the State Library of Victoria, this service allows users to browse the internet in different languages.
• Pacifika Peoples Community Group Inc
• Refugee Council of Australia
• Russian Ethnic Community Council of NSW - Aims to provide links to Russian organisations in Australia and especially in NSW.
• Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria
• Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning - SAIL provides free English support and services to the Sudanese refugee community.
• Tibetan Buddhist Society - Provides courses on meditation.
• Veneto Club Melbourne 
• Vicnet Directory - Melbourne cultural and ethnic community groups.
• Welsh Australian - The purpose of this organisation is to form a point of possible contact for Welsh Australians and Welsh people and their families who might be living, working or visiting Australia, particularly Melbourne and Victoria. It is intended as a place where people can find out about what it means to be Welsh and to have the opportunity to experience this through sharing and meeting with fellow Welsh people.

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