About the Pallaconian Brotherhood The Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria “Leonidas” was established in 1961. It was originally formed in order to bring together all Australians that trace their descent from Laconia – a region in the southern eastern mainland of Greece, with the capital of Sparta. Since 1989 the Brotherhood’s Clubrooms have been […]
Tag: Multiculturalism
Local Chinese Talk About Health
Older Chinese adults, people from The People’s Republic of China with little English, and those people with lower education attainment, have particular problems in using the health system. My concerns are that these people do not have the proficiency to communicate with the doctors in GP clinics and hospitals about their illnesses, unless doctors speak […]
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Festival) is a significant event in the Chinese calendar. Many Chinese people throughout the world celebrate the Festival with dragon boat racing and eating of rice dumplings. It commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and Minister in the state of Chu, who drowned himself in protest […]
Chinese New Year Festival
People, who identify with Chinese ancestry, celebrate Chinese New Year from the New Year Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar in Australia, China, South East Asia countries and all over the world. The Whittlesea Chinese Association (WCA) and local residents celebrated Chinese New Year, Year of the Ox, […]
Whittlesea Multicultural Community Council
by Arthur B.W. Yong JP Since 1998, a number of individual residents from Whittlesea’s culturally and linguistically (CALD) communities have been working with the local service providers, local, state and federal government members and council staff to establish a Whittlesea Multicultural Community Council (WMCC). WMCC is a proposed peak body, which seeks to represent the […]