Multi-cultural Groups in Canberra ACT Australia

Multicultural Groups in Canberra & ACT

• ACT Government Multicultural and Community Engagement Group – follow the Directory link for contact details of Canberra and ACT cultural organisations.
• AfricanOz – An online resource for people of African heritage or those who have an interest in Africa.
• Australian Arabic Council – Is committed to human rights and community relations issues affecting the Arabic culture and profile.
• 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)
• Austrian Australian Club Canberra
• 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.
• Brazilian Association of Canberra Inc.
• Canberra African Association (link disabled, please contact if you have a new site)
• Canberra Irish Club
• Canberra Islamic Centre
• Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society and Dance Group
• Canberra Swiss Club
• Chinese Australian Historical Society – Information on the history of the Chinese in Australia.
• Dante Alighieri Society – Canberra helps to foster and enhance the local community’s longstanding love affair with Italian language and culture.
• Estonian Archives in Australia – Holds information about the achievements of Estonians living outside Estonia.
• Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia – The national peak body representing Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Harmonie German Club
• Hellenic Club of Canberra
• India Australia Association of Canberra
• Italian Cultural Centre Canberra The Italian Cultural Centre was built on a design which wants to remind us of Italy, with a large hall and traditional bell tower. The building features a main room with a theatre, catering for activities for more than 220 people, small rooms and a little church where Mass in Italian is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. In the gallery some clothing and jewellery which has been generously donated by some Italian regions is on permanent display.
• Jewish Community in Australia
• Malta Virtual Emigration Musuem
• Multicultural Mental Health Australia
• Pakistan Australia Friendship Association
• 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.
• Refugee Council of Australia
• Rondalla Canberra – Performance group that plays traditional Filipino string instruments.
• Russian Ethnic Community Council of NSW – Aims to provide links to Russian organisations in Australia and especially in NSW.
• Serbian Orthodox Youth Association of Australia & New Zealand
• Southside Community Services a community based non for profit, non-government organisation incorporated as an association in 1987. The organisation manages and delivers a range of community services including community development, family support services, training services, children?s services and aged care and disability services. Services are designed to meet community needs.
• Te Rere o te Tarakakao – Canberra & Queanbeyan Maori Culture Group
• Tomas Flamenco Flamenco dancing academy
• See also Australian National Multicultural Groups