Multicultural Festivals and Events Program2018-2019
Successful Grants
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
Amount"Istoki" Childrens' Educational Centre Christmas Celebration; Children-s Party - Yolka $800
4Dverse Hub Incorporated Melbourne Latin Summer Festival 2019 $15,000
4Dverse Hub Incorporated The Colombian Festival $3,000
A Beacon Of Hope -The Next Generation Beacon of Hope's Multicultural Festival $3,500
Aboriginal Housing Victoria AHV NAIDOC Family Day at The Farm $1,400
ACAV Inc-Azerbaijani Cultural Association of
Victoria Incorporated
Festival of Spring Novruz Bayram 2019 $1,900
Advocacy for Oromia Association in Victoria
Australia Inc.
Oromo Thanksgiving Celebration 2018 $1,000
Afghan Saffat Association Of Victoria INC. Norooz ( Afghan New Year) $1,788
Afghan Women's Organisation Victoria
(AWOV)
Afghan Women's Eid Celebration 2018 $850
African Australian Multicultural Employment
and Youth Services
Harmony week youth cultural and Music Festival
(MYCMF)
$4,200
African Gangs Social Media Campaign Ujamaa Community Festival $3,500
African Music and Cultural Festival African Music and Cultural Festival $30,000
African Think Tank Inc Two Day Conference at the University of Melbourne $6,900
Afro Australian Students Organisation AASO Recognise Awards Night $3,500
Afro Hub Blue Black Beatz $8,000
AISOV Persian Fire Festival $1,500
Al Ehsan Centre Eid Reunion $1,375
Al Ehsan Centre Women Seminar $1,000
Al Siraat College Eid & Peace Events 2018 $1,900
Albanian Australian Community Ass. Inc. Albanian Festival $500
Albanian Moslem Society Shepparton Inc. Albanian Harvest Festival $1,150
Al-Emaan Women Organisation INC Al-Emaan Multicultural Celebration $1,000
Alkira Secondary College Alkira Multicultural week 2019 $1,063
All Women Concern African Womens Day $2,400
AMAFHH Federation Women's Day Conference $1,250
AMAFHH Federation Annual Multicultural Iftar Dinner $1,250
Amchi Melbourne Konkani Association Inc. AMKA Chudi Festival 2018 $850
AMES Australia Heartlands 2018 $2,000
Anatolian Cultural Centre Peace and Friendship Festival 2019 $2,900
Anglo-Indian Australasian Association of Vic.
Inc.
Anglo-Indian Association 48th Anniversary Celebration $1,275
Anondodhara Anondodhara Multicultural Festival 2018 $2,300
Antiochian Community Support Association Celebrating Middle Eastern culture in Dandenong:
welcome Syrian & Iraqi refugees
$2,900
Antiochian Community Support Association Middle Eastern Festival 2018 $800
Ardeer Primary School Ardeer Primary School Diversity Festival 2019 $1,063
ARLC Victoria Ltd NRL Victoria Harmony Festival 2018 $2,775
Armenian General Benevolent Union Armenian Harmony Day $2,400
Artsmildura Inc Arts Mildura World Music Festival $3,008
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. ASEAN Fair 2018 $2,400
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Philippine Street Festival $1,600
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Thai Water Festival $1,600
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Malaysia Street Festival 2019 $1,600
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Philippine Street Fiesta 2019 - Independence Day
Celebration
$1,600
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Diwali Celebrations 2018 $1,600
ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Mooncake Festival 2018 $1,600
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountAsian Business Association Of Whitehorse
Inc (ABAW)
Chinese New Year Festival 2019 $50,000
Asociacion Rociera Andaluza Victoria Inc Homenage to our seniors $1,300
Association of Indian Origin Tamils of Sri
Lanka (Aust) Inc
Festival of Lights - Diwali with Cultural Programs and
Dinner
$700
Association of New Elderly Inc Intercultural Celebration Through Haiku-walk Excursion $400
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) Youth Organisation of Australia
Incor
ASEAN Games Australia 2018 $1,150
Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in
Australia Inc
Ifthar and Eid Programme $600
Association of Tarneit Neighbourhood Watch
Inc.
Neighbourhood Watch International Yoga Day 2018 $3,000
Association of Ukrainians - Geelong Branch Ukrainian Independence Day Commemoration 2018 $1,300
Association of Ukrainians - St. Albans Ukrainian Christmas Eve Banquet: Sharing Religious
Traditions, Culture & Foods
$600
Association of Ukrainians in Victoria Ukrainian Independence Day Festival & Celebrating 70
years of settlement
$725
Association of Young Indian talents of
Australia
Vasantotsava 2018 (Annual Talent Show Event) $925
Associazione donna Calabrese Nel mondo
Inc.
International Women's Day 2019 Event $500
Associazione Nazionale Marinai D-Italia -
Gruppo- M.O.C. Borsini Australia
Murchison Commemoration & St. Barbara Festival $600
Associazione Padovani Nel Mondo Christmas pic-nic celebration $550
Assyrian Council of Victoria Assyrian/Babylonian New Year Celebration 2019 $6,000
Assyrian Culture Centre of Australia Assyrian Babylonian New Year $1,900
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Celebrating Women of the World $2,900
Auspicious Arts Projects Inc. Under the Olive Tree 2018 $2,900
Australasian Centre for Human Rights and
Health
International Women's Day - United We Stand $900
Australia Bangladesh Association Inc
Victoria
Winter Food Festival $625
Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc Mothers Day/Multicultral Event $1,263
Australia Chin Community (Eastern
Melbourne)
Chin Harvest Festival and Chin Harmony Day $2,400
Australia Chinese Dancers Association 2018 Australia Chinese Youth Dance Festival $1,600
Australia India Women Entrepreneurs Forum City of Whitehorse Diwali Celebration 2018 $2,400
Australia Light Foundation Incorporated ALF Multicultural Festival of the West $1,300
Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Dasara and Shirdi Sai Punyathithi Celebrations by
AUMSAI
$700
Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Sri Rama Navami 2019 By Aumsai $700
Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Gurupurnima 2018 Celebrations by Ausmsai $500
Australia Pakistan Medical Association of
Victoria
Eid Festival - 2018 $2,500
Australia Telangana Association Inc. ATAI Bathukamma - 2018 (Floral Festival of Telangana) $2,600
Australia Zo Organisation (AZO) Inc. Zo Cultural Show $2,400
Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature
Foundation
Assyrian New Year Festival $2,400
Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre Deer Park Multicultural
Festival
$3,750
Australian Bosnian Seniors Group Eid Day Dinner- Australian Bosnian Senior Group $800
Australian Bosnian Seniors Group 15th Anniversary of the Australian-Bosnian Senior Group $1,400
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountAustralian Bosnian Women's Association
Zena Zeni
2018 Women United and Heard $2,400
Australian Community Dawah Centre Multicultural Eid Ul Adha Festival $500
Australian Coptic Families Social Club Inc Coptic Community Festival $2,325
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
Bocce Gospic
Sveta Kata $500
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
Clifton Hill
Australia Day Celebration $550
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
Gladstone Park
Christmas Day Celebration $490
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
St Albans
Fathers Day-Ocev Dan $550
Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of
Vila Velebita
Proslava Bozica-Christmas $550
Australian Federation of Hellenic Gymnastics
and Athletics Association
Multicultural Events BBQ and Sports Award Presentation $775
Australian Filipino Heritage Foundation Inc. Halo-Halo Festival of Music 2018 $1,000
Australian German Welfare Society Inc. Melbourne German Week $2,300
Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council
(AGMC Inc.)
Let's be Social Day $2,600
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's
Association
Celebration of 28 October 'OHI' Day $600
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's
Association
Greek National Day Flag Raising Ceremony and
Celebration
$900
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly
Seniors Club Northcote
Greek Independence Day $500
Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly
Seniors Club Northcote
25 March Greek National Day Dinner Dance $600
Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated Diwali 2018 $10,000
Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated Holi Fair 2019 $9,000
Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated India Day 2018 $1,900
Australian Indian Multicultural Club for Love
And Peace (AIMCLAP) Inc.
Festival of Colors 2019 $3,000
Australian Inner-Mongolia Chinese
Association Inc
Inner-Mongolian Cultural Festival 2018 $2,000
Australian Karen Organisation Karen Martyrs- Day $400
Australian Karen Organisation Karen Wrist-Tying Ceremony $400
Australian Kurdish Community Inc. Eid Festival 2018 $1,000
Australian Multicultural Association
Incorporation
Melton Diwali $4,000
Australian Multicultural Foundation International Metropolis Conference $30,000
Australian Oromo Community Association in
Victoria
Oromia @ Federation Square $2,400
Australian Shia Gathering Place Inc Ead Aladh'ha families outdoor festival $3,000
Australian Sikh Games (Vic) Inc. 32nd Australian Sikh Games & Cultural Event 2019 $40,000
Australian Society of Graduate Tamils Inc The Tamil Language Competition 2018 - Cultural Night
and Awards Ceremony
$1,400
Australian Theatre of Poetry Inc / also
trading as -Empyrean-
"The Hero" $600
Australian Vietnamese Talent - CLBTNS &
VDDT - Art, Literature and Music Inc.
Traditional Vietnamese Music & Dances $3,000
Australian Vietnamese Women's Association Vietnamese Cultural Expos for disadvantaged women
and seniors
$2,500
Australian-Iranian Youth Society of Victoria
(AIRYS)
Australia Day Festival 2019 $800
AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group Let's Celebrate TET - Year of The Pig $525
AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 $725
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountAvondale heights & East Keilor Residents
Association
Avondale Heights Community Multicultural Harmony
Festival 2019
$850
Ayios Therapon Welfare Association Ayios Therapon Early Settlers Heritage Event $775
Bakhtar Cultural & Publishing Association Nawroz Afghan New Year $1,200
Bakhtar Cultural & Publishing Association International Women's Day $1,200
Bangali Puja and Cultural Society of Victoria
(BPCSV)
Bengali New Year Celebration 2019 $1,000
Bangali Puja and Cultural Society of Victoria
(BPCSV)
Durgotsov Festival 2018 $2,400
Bangla Sahitya Sansad Bengali Literary
Society Inc
Celebration of International Mother Language Day $1,210
Bangla Sahitya Sansad Bengali Literary
Society Inc
Literary workshop with a guest author $1,350
Bangladesh Cultural Group Inc. Intermingle with group of emerging and existing parents
of young migrants
$2,200
Bangladeshi Senior Citizens Club Victoria
Incorporated
BSCCV Multi-cultural EID Festival $690
Bangladeshi Senior Citizens Club Victoria
Incorporated
BSCCV Christmas & New Year Celebration $740
Baptist Union of Victoria IGNITE 2018 - Multicultural Youth and Young Adults
Conference
$1,900
Basava Samithi of Australia Melbourne
Chapter Inc
International Global Basava Convention $2,500
Beechworth Celtic Festival Beechworth Celtic Festival 2018 $2,000
Beis Menachem Community Centre Inc Tishreh Experience $500
Beit Jala Palestinian Association Vic Inc Beit Jala Palestinian Association-s 30th Anniversary $2,400
Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House Moon Lantern Festival $2,500
Bendigo Afghan Community Nowruz Festival 2019 $1,750
Bendigo Australia Indonesia Klub (BAIK) Indonesian Independence Day Celebrations; Christmas
Celebration; Easter Parade
$3,400
Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. Bendigo Easter Festival 2019 $4,000
Bendigo Diwali Festival Organising
Committee
Bendigo Diwali Festival 2018 $2,899
Bendigo Islamic Association Inc Eid Adha 2018, IFTAR and Eid Fitri 2019 $4,960
Bendigo Malayalee Association Inc. Indian Dance and Cultural Festival 2018 $1,400
Benevolence Australia Benevolence Eid-al-Fitr Community Fun Day $2,900
Bengali Language & Cultural School International Mother Language Day Celebration 2019 $1,900
Bengali Society of Melbourne Inc. BSM Durgotsav 2018 $1,800
Berendale School Around the World in 20 Plates $1,063
Berwick Ayalkoottam Incorporated Onam Celebration $3,000
Berwick Little Athletics Inc Kids Community Running Festival $800
Bhutanese Community in Australia Inc Dashain-Tihar Multicultural Festival $1,700
Bhutanese Nepali Ethnic School Melbourne
Inc
Multicultural Festival of South-Asian Communities -2018 $1,000
Bitola Macedonian Senior Citizens Group
Whittlesea
Ilinden Celebration $400
Bitola Macedonian Senior Citizens Group
Whittlesea
Vasilica $1,000
BJSM-VIC INC. Deepavali Festival 2018 $450
BJSM-VIC INC. Holi - 2019 (Festival of Colours) $550
BJSM-VIC INC. Chhath Puja (Sun Festival) 2018 $400
BJSM-VIC INC. Basant Panchami 2019 (Spring Festival) $400
Bodhi Buddhist Temple Inc United Nations Day of Vesak $775
Bodhi Buddhist Temple Inc Vu-Lan Festival (Parents' Day) $1,000
Bonapasogit Victoria & Tasmania Inc Bona Taon 2019 $1,386
Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens
Association Inc
Chinese New Year Celebration $400
Boroondara Park Primary School Enhancing Engagement and Inclusivity in the Performing
Arts
$1,063
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountBox Hill South Neighbourhood House Multicultural Day 2019 $2,000
Brentwood Park Primary School Multicultural Big Day Out $1,063
British Australian Community (Inc) Britfest 2019 $2,400
Brotherhood of St Laurence Emerge in the North Art and Craft Exhibition $2,400
Brunswick Neighbourhood House Brunswick Cultural Harmony Fiesta 2019 $2,500
Brunswick Russian School Easter Concert $500
Brunswick Russian School Maslenitsa Brunswick Russian School $500
Brunswick Russian School Knowledge Day $500
Brunswick Russian School Christmas Eve Celebration $500
Brunswick Russian School Pushkin Recital Competition $500
Brunswick Sri Lankan Community Group (BSLS) Cultural Concert 2018 $2,000
Burgher Association Australia Inc Amsterdam Exhibition $2,400
Butterflies Arts and Cultural Association Inc Onam,Christmas,Vishnu Easter $1,300
CALDERS Community Incorporated 8th Sydenham Kite Festival $2,000
Cambodian Association of Victoria Inc. Khmer New Year 2019 $2,400
Camp Gan Welfare Sukkot at Luna Park $3,000
Camp Hill Primary School Celebrating the Different Cultures and Multicultural
School
$1,063
Cantorion Cymreig Victoria (Welsh Choir of
Victoria)
St David's Day Welsh Celebration 2019 $600
Capoeira Angola ECAMAR melbourne Roda de Capoeira Angola- Itinerant $1,400
Caracaramigen - The Colac Aboriginal
Gathering Place
Pang - ngooteekeeya weeng malangeepa - ngeeye,
remembering our future
$1,000
Cardinia Interfaith Network Cardinia Interfaith Fair 2019 $1,675
Caroline Springs Seniors Fishing Club Inc Macedonian Cultural Festival 2018 $1,225
Casey Chinese Senior Support Group Inc. Chinese New Year & Australian Day $300
Casey Chinese Senior Support Group Inc. Ageing Positively Festival Oct 2018 $300
Casey Malayalee Inc. Casey Onam 2018 $900
Casey Multicultural Festival Organisation Inc. Casey Garba 2018 $1,500
Casey Tamil Manram Inc. Casey Tamil Manram Thai Pongal 2019 $3,000
Casey Tamil Manram Inc. Casey Tamil Manram Aadi Pirapu Festival 2018 $3,000
Castlemaine State Festival Equinox $12,500
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation CHC Yom Ha'atzmaut Breakfast $1,600
Celebrate India Inc. Victorian festival of Diwali 2018 $75,000
Centre for Multicultural Youth Rock the Block Youth Culture Festival $6,500
Centre for Participation Multi-Cultural Precint Launch - Centre for Participation,
Horsham
$2,306
Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly
Citiznes Club of Darebin and Districts
St George's Feast Day - Patron Saint of Soldiers $525
CERES CERES Harvest Festival 2019 $2,850
Chabad Carnegie Community Centre Inc. Chanukah Family Celebration $1,000
Chabad House of Caulfield Chanukah in the Park $6,800
Chabad House of Glen Eira Purim Event 2018 $1,000
Chabad House Of Malvern/Toorak Inc Purim Celebration $1,300
Chabad House Of Malvern/Toorak Inc Chanukah Carnival at the Malvern Town Hall $2,400
Chabad Jewish Community Centre Meaningful Jewish Holidays for all $1,000
Chabad Of Melbourne CBD Chanukah in the City $1,870
Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Centre Chabad on Carlisle Purim Function $500
Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Centre Chabad on Carlisle Chanukah Party $500
Chaldean Welfare of Victoria limited St. George Community Festival $1,900
Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra Incorporated Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra's 36th Anniversary - What
a Beautiful World
$1,800
Charles Latrobe Olympic Village primary
School
Olympic Village Primary School Multicultural day $1,063
Cheltenham Community Centre Multicultural Festival of Creative Arts 2019 $2,360
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountChilwell Primary School Traditional Foods, New Experiences. $1,063
Chinatown Precinct Association 2018 Melbourne Chinatown Mid Autumn Moon Festival $15,000
Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne Chinese New Year Festival 2019 North Melbourne $300
Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne 2019 Chinese Dragon boat Festival At North Melbourne $400
Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne 2018 mid moon Festival $300
Chinese Arts Festival Victoria Inc. International Tennis Cultural Festival $2,200
Chinese Association of Monash Inc Year of Pig - Chinese New Year 2019 Celebration $550
Chinese Good Voice (Melbourne) Inc. Chinese Good Voice 5 year anniversary celebration $550
Chinese Health Foundation of Australia Brilliant Lantern in Moon Festival in the Year of The Dog $1,925
Chinese Health Foundation of Australia Sparkling and Warm Chung Yang Festival 2018 $1,775
Chinese Nurse Association Australia
Melbourne Trading As LaoLaiLe Chinese
Senior Group
Chinese Lunar New Year 2019 $300
Chinese Nurse Association Australia
Melbourne Trading As LaoLaiLe Chinese
Senior Group
Dragon Boat Festival 2019 $300
Chinese Nurse Association Australia
Melbourne Trading As LaoLaiLe Chinese
Senior Group
Chinese Senior Citizen's Day - Double Ninth Festival
2018
$300
Chinese Nurse Association Australia
Melbourne Trading As LaoLaiLe Chinese
Senior Group
Mid Autumn Festival 2018 $300
Chinese Nurse Association Australia
Melbourne Trading As LaoLaiLe Chinese
Senior Group
Winter Solstice 2018 $300
Chinese Performing Arts Development Inc 2018 China National Day & Moon Festival Concert $2,150
Chinese Performing Arts Development Inc Chinese Lantern Festival Celebration $1,240
Chinese Professionals Club of Australia Celebrations of Chinese Community in Local Multicultural
Environment
$1,600
Chinese Xinjiang Senior Citizens Association
of Australia
Senior Week $300
Chinmaya Mission Krishna Janmashtami 2018 $550
Circle of Sisters-St.Basil Ostrog Church
Langwarrin
Family Day Picnic 2019 $1,150
Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Kensington Inc 30th Anniversary of the Circolo Pensionati Italiani di
Kensington
$500
City in the Community Walking Footall World Cup $2,140
City of Frankston Theatre and Library Trust Ventana Fiesta 2018 $6,000
Clayton Mandarin Friendship Association Inc 7th Anniversary & Mooncake Festival Celebration $400
Cohealth Ltd Community Connections Event $2,500
Cohealth Ltd -Many colours under one sky- $2,400
Cohealth Ltd YSF Refugee Week Event 2019 $800
Coldstream Primary School Harmony Day- The Birth of the Nation $1,063
Comitato S. Gregorio Magno St. Gregory The Great 30th Anniversary Festival 2018 $500
Committee for Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Independence Day Celebrations $1,475
Committee for Sri Lanka Celebrating Sri Lankan Culture 2018 - By The Youth, For
The Youth
$1,000
Community Eid Festival Inc Flemington Community Eid Festival $940
Community Hubs Australia Inc. Candles Night 2018 - A Latin American Christmas
Celebration
$2,900
Community Music Victoria Voices of Shakti - That Girl $4,800
Community Music Victoria Voices of Peace Launch $2,350
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountCommunity of Cypriots of the Northern
Suburbs of Melbourne Senior Citizens Club
Cypriot Cultural New Year's Festival $875
Community of Niki NIKI Village Community Festival $675
Comunidades de Lingua Portuguesa
Incorporated
A Taste of Portugal 2019 $1,625
Concern Australia Live Wires International Women's Day Event 2019 $2,060
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St.
Paul Inc.
Festival of Light $1,650
Corona Italian Seniors Club Casey San Giuseppe Celebration $300
Craigieburn Nepalese Community Craigieburn Teej Festival $1,000
Cranbourne East Primary School Cranbourne East Primary School Cultural and Harmony
Assembly
$1,063
Cranbourne Italian Senior Citizens Club CRANBOURNE ITALIAN DANCE DAY $725
Croydon Main Street Traders Association Croydon Multicultural Festival 2019 $3,725
Cypriot Women's Group 15 August - Saints Day of Virgin Mary $725
Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria Victorian Halloumi Festival $20,000
Czech and Slovak Film Festival of
Australasia Inc
Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia 2018 $3,900
Dandenong West Primary School 2019 Dandenong West Cultural Diversity Week
Community Festival
$1,063
Dante Alighieri Society of Mildura Dante Alighieri Societies of Australia National conference:
Dante in the Desert
$2,400
Darebin Greek Women Senior Citizens
Group
Greece's National Independence Day - 25 March $550
Darebin Information Volunteer Resource
Service
Welcome Feast (working title) $5,200
Darfur Community Association of Australia
Inc
Darfur Cultural Day 2018 $450
Darnum Primary School Japanese Celebration Day $1,063
Deakin University Deakin University Diwali Festival 2018 $2,400
Deans Marsh Community Cottage Deans Marsh Festival $5,000
Deans Marsh Primary School Deans Marsh Primary School Multicultural Experience $1,063
Debre Genet Saint Michael Ethiopian
Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Melbourne
Australia Inc
Ethiopian Culture and Meskel Celebration $2,000
Diamond Valley Special Developmental
School
Inclusive Victoria and our school $1,063
Didi Bahini Samaj Victoria (DBSV) Teez celebration for women of all culture (two events,
Northern & Western Melb)
$3,500
Dinka Ethnic School of Victoria Inc. South Sudan's Independence Day Celebration $2,500
Diversitat - Geelong Ethnic Communities Pako Festa A Celebration of Cultural Diversity $100,000
Dream Harmony International Mother Language celebration Day $2,380
East African Womens Foundation Joyful Eid Festival 2018 $1,000
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation EMHC & AAIS Screening Event - BESA: The Promise $500
Eastern Karen Community Association of
Victoria
Karen National Day Celebration 2019 $600
Edo Club of Australia Incorporated Edo Awareness and Heritage Day Celebration $1,900
El Hokamaa Citizens Group St Mary Day Celebration $600
Embrace Multicultural Festival Embrace Multicultural Festival 2018 $15,000
Emerald Community House More Alike than Different at PAVE 2019 $900
Ente Keralam Cultural Forum Inc. Ente Keralam Annual Cultural Show $1,000
Ente Keralam Cultural Forum Inc. Ente Keralam Sargolsavam Children's Fest 2018 $2,150
Ente Keralam Cultural Forum Inc. Ente Keralam Onam Festival 2018 $1,000
Epirotic Philanthropic Society "Dodoni" Epirotic Week in Melbourne 2019 $725
Epping Wollert Nepalese Community Teej and Dashain Festival - 2018 $1,800
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountErasmus Foundation Dutch Film Day $925
Eritrean Families in Hume and the North Inc. All Welcome - Multicultural Festival $1,600
Eritrean Jeberti Association in Victoria Eritrean Australian Geberti Eid Festival $1,400
Erudite Melbourne Vysotsky - A Hero of Our Time $850
Erudite Melbourne Children's Concert "Lira" $850
Essendon North primary School Harmony Day Community Engagement $1,063
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria, Walter
Lippmann Oration 2018 presents..
$850
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria Multicultural Seniors Conference $1,700
Ezinwanyi Igbo Womens Association of
Victoria
Ezinwanyi Igbo Women Cultural Day $6,000
Faith Communities Council of Victoria Inc 2018 Victorian Interfaith Networks Conference $4,800
Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning
Centre
Farnham Street Multicultural Events Program 2018/19 $2,400
Federation of Greek Elderly Citizen Club Greek Elderly Citizen's club Awards Celebration 2018 $2,000
Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria
Inc
Festival of Lights (Diwali) $2,300
Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria
Inc
Multicultural Sports Day $980
Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria
Inc
Indian Independence Multicultural Gala Dinner $2,320
Federation of Indian Women's Associations
in Australia (FIWAA) Inc
Karva Chauth 2018 - A Multicultural Celebration $1,000
Federation of Messinian Organisations of
Melbourne and Victoria
Greek Independence Day $1,150
Federation of Messinian Organisations of
Melbourne and Victoria
The Battle of Kalamata 1941 Photographic Exhibition $1,960
Federation of Messinian Organisations of
Melbourne and Victoria
World War 2 Commemorative Event $1,750
Festivals of South Asia Inc Holi Fest 2019 $3,900
Fiji Sangam Assn. of Victoria Inc. Annual Maha Mariamma Festival $1,900
Fiji Senior Citizens Association Inc. Deepawali Festival and Multifaith Tour $400
Fijian Community Association Victoria
Incorporation
Fiji Day Multicultural Festival $2,000
Fijian Seniors Association Inc Festival of Holi $475
Fijian Seniors Association Inc Christmas $400
Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat Inc Promoting the Filipino culture in the Central Highlands
Region
$2,500
Fitrah Because I'm Black, Fitting In And Standing Out The
African-Australian Way
$1,400
Fitzroy Brunswick Resident Solidarity Society Fitzroy Brunswick Resident Festival Event $1,300
Fitzroy Learning Network Bridges to Harmony 2019 $8,250
Fitzroy RERC Russian Senior Citizens Club End of Year and 30th Anniversary Celebration $670
Football Empowerment Western Suburbs Multicultural Empowerment Festival $3,750
Footprint Enterprises Inc. Grounded Festival and flash mob 2019 $2,900
Footscray Asian Business Association East Meets West Lunar New Year Festival $6,000
Forum for Indian Australians Inc Diwali Lighting Competition 2018 $2,400
Friends of Polonez 100 Years of Polish Independence Concerts $2,400
Friends of Refugees Inc. RASR 2019 $2,360
Friends of the Children Foundation Australia Day Community Get Together $670
Future Foundation for Kids Lankan Fest 2019 $9,000
Gambella Community of Australia Inc Gambella Community Annual Cultural Event $1,900
Gateway Community Services Multicultural Festival Day $1,000
Geelong Arabic Iraqi Community
Incorporated
Eid-Al-Adha 2018 $700
Geelong Dutch Clubs Inc. Pako Festa $600
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountGeelong Dutch Clubs Inc. Koning's Dag/Orangje Dag (King's Day/Orange Day) $525
Geelong Karen Community Association Karen New Year Festival $1,450
Geelong Karen Community Association Karen Martyrs- Day $1,175
Geelong Maitri Inc Geelong Maitri Onam 2018 $1,150
German Saturday School German Saturday School Christmas 2018 $900
Ghana Association of Victoria Ghana Independence Celeberation $4,360
Gilmore College for Girls Gilmore Girls Multicultural Celebrations $1,063
GIP Diversity Inc. International Christmas at GIP 2018 $1,375
GIP Diversity Inc. 2019 Cultural Diversity Celebration at GIP $1,775
Gippsland Australian Muslim Community Inc Gippsland Multicultural Festival of Cricket $1,220
Glen Eira Adult Learning Centre Inc Multicultural Music, Dance and Food Festival $725
Glen Eira Chinese Senior Citizen Club Inc Glen Eira Moon Festival Celebration For the Chinese
Seniors 2018
$400
Glen Eira Chinese Senior Citizen Club Inc Glen Eira Chinese New Year Festival Celebration For the
Chinese Seniors 2019
$400
GLOBAL ARTS FOUNDATION
VICTORIA,INC.
Dance Mela 2019 $1,600
Goan Association of Australia Inc Goan Food Festival $1,075
Goce Delchev Senior Citizens Association
Inc.
ILINDEN - Macedonian National Day $1,175
Goce Delchev Senior Citizens Association
Inc.
International Women's Day Celebration $1,075
Gocmv Schools Connecting across cultures: Ancient Greece meets
Aboriginal Australia
$2,900
Goulburn Valley Chinese Association Inc. 2019 Mooroopna Chinese New Year Celebration $5,000
Goulburn Valley Sudanese Association South Sudanese Independent day $750
Greek and Cypriot Social/Welfare Centre International Women's Day $400
Greek and Cypriot Social/Welfare Centre Dekapentaugoustos Greek Glendi $400
Greek Australian Ex Servicemens Reserve
Whittlesea and Districts
Greek National Day 25th of March $1,000
Greek Cypriot Cultural and Theatrical Centre
Paradise Incorporated
Apokries Carnivale $625
Greek Cypriot Cultural and Theatrical Centre
Paradise Incorporated
Theatrical Play/Tavern $450
Greek Elderly Club North Fitzroy and North
Carlton
Greek Independence Day $650
Greek Orthodox Community Box Hill &
Districts Inc
Hellenic Festival $2,900
Greek Orthodox Community of Dandenong &
Districts
Dandenong Greek Festival $1,900
Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh and
District
Oakleigh Glendi $50,000
Greek Orthodox Community of St Albans Aghia Paraskevi Paniyiri $1,000
Greek Orthodox Community of Whittlesea
Elderly Citizens Group
Greek National Day - OXI (NO) $400
Greek Orthodox Community of Whittlesea
Womens Group
1 May Greek Community Day $400
Greek Orthodox Parish of St.Raphael
Bentleigh
The Annual Festival of St.Markella $625
Greek Senior Citizens Club of St
Anthanasios Parish
Saint Anthanasios Day $2,400
Greek Senior Citizens District Of Richmond Greek National Day Festival $1,100
Greek Women's Elderly Friendly Club
Preston
28 October 'OHI' Day Event $425
Greek Women's Elderly Friendly Club
Preston
Greek National Independence Day '25 March' Celebration $400
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountGreek-Australian Cultural League Group Art exhibition through the eyes of the artist on the
theme "Destinations"
$1,600
Greek-Australian Recreational & Instructive
League of Victoria Incorporated
Christmas end of the year celebration / our group's 15
year anniversary.
$940
Gyongyosbokreta Hungarian Folk Dance
Group Melbourne
Gyongyosbokreta 30th Anniversary Multicultural Gala
Event
$800
Gyongyosbokreta Hungarian Folk Dance
Group Melbourne
Cultural Harmony Festival 2019 $1,000
Hamro Nepali Pathshala Inc. Sarswati Pooja - Celebrating Goddess of Knowledge $1,400
Hamro Parampara Foundation Bhutanese and Nepalese ethnic Festival-2018 $1,900
Hare Krishna Valley - International Society of
Krishna Conciousness
Hare Krishna Valley Holi - Festival of Colours 2019 $1,750
Haryanvi Kunba Incorporated Seymour Diwali Festival of Lights $2,450
Hazara Australian Community Association of
Vic
Afghan New Year $850
Hazara Australian Community Association of
Vic
Eid Festival $850
Hazara Community Geelong Eid-Al-Adha $1,025
Hazara Community Geelong Nowroz(Afghan New Year) $2,340
Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Russian
club 'Vigor' Ensemble Nostalgia
Consider yourself one of us $850
Heany Park PS Harmony Day at Heany Park $1,063
Heatherhill P.S. Celebrating Culture $1,063
Heatherwood School Speak To Me $1,063
Heiaty Samen Al-Hojaj Eid Al-Fitr & Nawruz $885
Heidelberg United Alexander Senior Citizens
Club
Orthodox Christmas $650
Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin
Ltd
Hellenic Community Annual Greek Carnival $1,000
Hellenic Orthodox Community of Geelong
Greek School
2018 28th Oct Cultural Ball $2,400
Hellenic Stegi Friendly Elderly Citizens Club
of Darebin
28 October 'OHI Day' Commemoration $525
Hellenic Stegi Friendly Elderly Citizens Club
of Darebin
Greek Independence Day '25 March' Celebration $525
Help Himalayan Youth Foundation Inc 3rd New & Emerging Communities Festival $20,000
Help Himalayan Youth Foundation Inc 3rd New & Emerging Communities Soccer Championship
2019
$5,000
Hindi Niketan Inc. IFFM at Monash 2018 $5,000
Hindi Niketan Inc. Indian Republic Day and Australia Day 2019 $725
Hindi Niketan Inc. Indian Festival of Lights (Diwali) - 2018 $1,075
Hindu Satsang Mandal of Vic Depaawali Festival 2018 $1,900
Hindu Society of Victoria (Aus) Inc Deepavali $1,500
Hindu Society of Victoria (Aus) Inc Navarathri $1,500
Hindu Youth Group of Melbourne Inc. Holi - Color Festival $700
Hispanic Latin American Festival Hispanic Latin American Festival $70,000
Hispano American School of Springvale We are Proud to Belong - Hispano-American Celebration
Event
$980
Hispanos Unidos de Victoria Inc. Mexico's Independence Day $1,400
Hmong Australia Festival Inc. Hmong Australia Festival 2019 $2,900
Hmong Australia Society of Victoria Inc. Hmong New Year Festival 2018 $900
Holy Protection Cathedral Russian Orthodox
Church
Baking Easter Breads and Decoration Master Classes $925
Holy Saviour Primary School Italian Day $1,063
Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church Blessing of the Water 2019 $1,150
Home of Multicultural Exchange Inc. Culture Through the Ages $1,000
Humans in Geelong Humans in Geelong Expo 2018 $3,900
Hume Afghan Association Nawruz (New year Festival) $2,400
Hume City Council Celebrating Cultural Harmony in Hume $6,000
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountHume Sri Lankan Seniors' Association Inc HSLSA Christmas Party 2018 $500
iEmpower Youth Celebrating Australia-s Multicultural Youth $2,400
Imvrians Society of Melbourne Inc. Imvrians' Society of Melbourne Annual Panygiri (Festival) $600
Indclub Inc. Wyndham DurgaUtsav 2018 $9,000
Indian Community Association of Greater
Dandenong
Casey Festival of Lights $1,150
Indian Cultural Association of Victoria Footscray Diwali $4,400
Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria Diwali Festival Celebration ( Festival of Lights). $1,150
Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria Multicultural Day Celebration - bringing people together $1,780
Indochinese Elderly Refugees Association Vu Lan Festival $1,000
Indochinese Elderly Refugees Association Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) and Longevity
Ceremony
$1,900
Indochinese Elderly Refugees Association Thanksgiving Ceremony $1,900
Indonesian Film Festival Inc 14th Indonesian Film Festival $3,000
Indonesian Women's Friendship Network Indonesian Multicultural Festival of Victoria (IMFOV) $1,000
International Womens Group Inc. International Women's Group 2018 Multicultural Festival $850
International Womens Group Inc. Internationl Women's Group Harmony Day Celebration $650
Islamic Council of Victoria Victorian Open Mosque Day $25,000
Islamic Museum of Australia IMA's Multicultural Festival & Gala $17,500
Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of
Gippsland
Italian Republic Day - Ceremony & Morning tea $550
Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
in Australia - Melbourne Inc.
Carlton Italian Festa 2018 $80,000
Italian Elderly Citizen Group Morwell Celebrating Diversity/Harmony week $475
Italian Elderly Citizen Group Morwell Xmas Celebration / Picnic $400
J U Alumni Association Melbourne Chapter Celebration of Cultural Diversity through Multicultural Play $1,450
Japanese Association of Geelong Inc. Geelong Japanese Summer Festival $2,900
Japanese Society of Melbourne Melbourne Japanese Summer Festival 2019 $3,500
Japanese Society of Melbourne Sakura Pinic Day $1,400
Jewish Care (Victoria) Inc Rosh Hashanah Celebration $600
Jewish Christian Muslim Association of
Australia
JCMA Friendship Walk 2018 Melbourne and Ballarat $4,800
Jingsong Chinese Senior Men's
Incorporation
2019 Lunar New Year Celebrations $700
John Pandazopoulos Hall Committee of
Management
21st Anniversary Hall Harmony Day Celebration $600
Joiningthedots International (Victoria) Community Welcome Dinner on the Yarra River $2,200
Kachin Association Victoria Inc Kachin Traditional Manau Dance Festival $1,600
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and
National Library
In One Voice Festival 2019 $4,500
Kadir Ors Foundation Eid Youth Camp - Girls Only $1,825
Karen Organisation of Bendigo Karen New Year 2019 $1,600
Karenni Communal Welfare Committee
Geelong
Kay Htoe Boe Festival $1,150
Kashmiri Pandits Cultural Association
(KPCA) inc
Maha Shivratri $925
Kathak Inc. International Mother Language Day 2019 $1,000
Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club Greek National Day "25 March" Celebration $400
Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club 28 October OHI Day Commemoration $400
Kerala Hindu Society Inc Onam Cultural Diversity Day $1,900
Kerala Hindu Society Inc South Indian New year Vishu $2,400
Kingston Chinese Senior Citizens Club Inc. Chinese Cultural Community Festival $925
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountKingston Turkish Senior Citizens Club Turkish Cultural Music and Entertainment $500
Klabb Ghannejja Maltin Inc. Multicultural Day Event $2,400
Kobitayon Inc Journey of Immigrants - through Poetry and Drama $1,440
Kontiki Cultural Women Empowerment
(KCWE) Inc.
Women's Hand-made Crafts & Batik Expo $1,000
Kool Moon Events Inc Colour Carnival - Melbourne $8,000
Kool Moon Events Inc Whittlesea Colour Carnival $6,000
Kool Moon Events Inc Vivid Diwali - Whittlesea $6,000
KUD Dukat The Meraki Concert $1,900
Kuki Airani Pa Metua Inc Cook Islands- Coming back to our roots $1,000
Kurdish Association of Victoria Kurdish Newroz Festival 2019 $2,400
Kurdish Yasna Organization For the
Development of Zoroastrian Philosophy of
Victoria INC
In Unity We Pray for the God in Zoroastrian $500
Latin Stories Australia Building Bridges Audience Engagement Event 2018 $3,893
Laverton Community Integrated Services Inc LCIS's Pop up Diwali Festival 2018 $2,400
L'Chaim Chabad Inc Chanukah at the foreshore $2,525
L'Chaim Chabad Inc Public Celebration of the Jewish Festival of Purim $700
Le Belle Arti Inc Italian Community Celebrations 2018/19 $1,000
Lefkadian Cultural Association Products and Tastes from Lefkada $805
Lehenda Ukrainian Dance Company Legenda, Stories of a Nation $3,000
Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism Festival of Interfaith: 2019 and Beyond $2,900
Les Femmes des Valeurs Les Femmes Des Valeurs International Women's Day $2,360
Liberian Youth Association-Victoria Inc Multicultural Music and Cultural Festival $1,000
Liberian Youth Association-Victoria Inc Empowomen $1,150
Libyan Community in Victoria (LCV) Inc Ramadan Iftar Dinner $475
Libyan Community in Victoria (LCV) Inc Graduation Ceremony $525
Libyan Community in Victoria (LCV) Inc Eid al-Fitr Festival $525
Libyan Community in Victoria (LCV) Inc Kids Multicultural Day $600
LIDER School Inc New Year Celebration $600
LIDER School Inc Celebrating Passover at School $600
LIDER School Inc Celebrating Easter at School $775
Liech Nuer Community In Australia living in harmony with others victorian society $1,075
Life Without Barriers Life Without Barriers - Celebrating Diversity $1,000
Living Learning Pakenham Inc. Celebrating Multiculturalism at the Pakenham Show 2019 $1,700
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services Islam and Bendigo Workshops 2019 $3,000
Longechuk Community Development
Services in Australia Inc
Longechuk Community Cultural Festival $2,346
Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre For the Love of Egypt - 2018 $1,800
Louise Multicultural Community Centre LMCC Cultural Festival $6,800
MA Centre (Aust) Pty Ltd Embracing Peace - Grace in Action $1,050
Macedonian Australian Community
Organisation
International Women's Day $2,900
Macedonian Australian Community
Organisation
2018 Macedonian Food Festival $1,000
Macedonian Australian Cultural Orthodox
Associations
Macedonian Cultural Festival Williamstown $4,750
Macedonian Australian Cultural Youth
Assoc. Inc. "TANEC"
Macedonian Independance Day $880
Macedonian Australian Senior Citizens
Group "Ilinden" Inc
Macedonian National Day Ilinden $400
Macedonian Beranci Social Seniors of
Whittlesea Inc
Vasilica -Macedonian Orthodox New Year $850
Macedonian Orthodox Community of
Geelong Victoria Incorporated
Multicultural Food & Dance Festival $900
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountMacedonian Orthodox Community of
Melbourne & Vic Ladies Association
Ilinden - a celebration of Macedonian Independence Day $500
Macedonian Orthodox Community of
Melbourne and Victoria Elderly Citizen Group
Epping Inc
Macedonian National Day ILINDEN $1,250
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of
Doncaster and Templestowe
Macedonian National Day "Ilinden" 2nd August 2018 $1,675
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of
Doncaster and Templestowe
30th Birthday 2018 $750
Macedonian Senior Citizens Group
Thomastown, Lalor, Epping and Mill Park
Macedonian Idependence Day Celebration $1,000
Macedonian Veterans and Friends Senior
Citizens Group Inc.
Celebrating "ILINDEN" $775
Macedonian Veterans and Friends Senior
Citizens Group Inc.
Macedonian Easter Celebration $750
Macedonian Women's Senior Citizens group
Lalor
International Women's Day Celebration $600
Macedonian Women-s Social Club of
Whittlesea Inc.
Denot na Zenata $850
Madheshi Community in Victoria Inc. Chhath Puja 2018 $1,150
Magar Samaj Victoria Inc. Maghe Sankranti 2019 $2,400
Maharashtra Businesses and Professionals
Council (of Australia (MBPCA)
Ganesh Festival $2,000
Maharashtra Mandal of Victoria Inc Marathi Drama Festival 2018 $3,000
Malta Gozo Concert Band Feast of Stella Marris $550
Maltese Association Northern Suburbs Inc. Annual Function Malta Independent Day $500
Maltese Community Council of Victoria Inc. Maltese Cultural Festival 2018 $2,000
Maltese Own Band Philarmonic Society
Incorporated
Maltese National day $600
Maltese Pensioners Association Inc. 2018 Multicultural New Years Eve $600
Manchester Primary School Everyone Together $1,063
Mara Community of Victoria Inc. Mara Events Day 2018 $1,375
Maribyrnong Secondary College Maribyrnong College - Creative Expressions of Culture
2019
$1,063
Marnebek School Marnebek School Inquiry Expo "Festivals & Celebrations
Around The World"
$1,063
Maroondah Chinese Senior Friendship
Association Incorporated
Chinese National Day Celebration $1,090
Marrma' Rom Foundation (MRF) 2 Worlds Festival $4,500
Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College Cultural Diversity Week @ Matthew Flinders Girls $1,063
Mazu Culture Association Inc. Mazu Luna Year blessing Festival $1,150
McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery McClelland's Festival of Multicultural Film $4,600
Melbourne Artists for Asylum Seekers Inc Migrant Mothers; Exhibition For World Refugee Day 2019 $2,650
Melbourne Chapter of Vedanta Centre of
Sydney
Multiculturalism through Empathy without being
Patronizing
$2,300
Melbourne Chinese Soccer Association Melbourne U-Nite Cup 2018 $7,000
Melbourne Comhaltas Melbourne Comhaltas St Patrick's Day $550
Melbourne Dai Loong Association Inc. 2019 Melbourne Chinese New Year Festival $90,000
Melbourne Football Club The Welcome Game 2018 $21,325
Melbourne French Theatre Inc C-est encore mieux l-après-midi [Two into One] by
Cooney adapted by Poiret
$500
Melbourne Health Meadow Heights Sports Spectacular! $1,200
Melbourne Irish Festival Committee Melbourne Irish Festival $1,525
Melbourne Kannada Sangha Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations $1,000
Melbourne Line Dancing Group Dragon Boat Festival in Federation Square $500
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountMelbourne Malayalee Federation Inc MMF Melbourne Onam 2018 $1,750
Melbourne Marathi Mandal Diwali Festival $500
Melbourne Marathi Mandal Holi (Colour festival) Festival $1,000
Melbourne Marathi Mandal Gudi Padwa 2019 $500
Melbourne Marathi Mandal Ganesh Festival $1,000
Melbourne Orthodox Youth Group Slavic Youth Sports Day Festival $500
Melbourne Polytechnic Harmony Day at Melbourne Polytechnic $2,500
Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club Melbourne Storm Multicultural Festival $17,500
Melbourne Talkies Association Inc Melbourne Talkies Stage Play 2017 $1,150
Melbourne Telangana Organisation
Incorporated
Bathukamma (Melbourne Floral Festival) $4,000
Melbourne Zhiyin Choir Inc Mid-Autumn Festival Singing Tour $4,500
Melrose Primary School Melrose Multicultural Mural $1,063
Melton Chinese Friendship Association Melton Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration 2018 $500
Melton Chinese Friendship Association Melton Chinese New Year Celebration - Year of Dog $700
Melton Indian Service Club Dussehera - Diwali Festival 2018 $500
Melton Secondary College Melton Secondary College Diversity Week Celebration $1,063
Merlion Club Inc Singapore National Day Celebration $575
Merlion Club Inc Chinese New Year Celebration 2019 $650
Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
Inc.
Hume Multicultural Lunch $700
Mihindu Childrens' Foundation 'Talking Books' Concert $1,050
Mill Park Greek Elderly Citizens Club Christmas Orthodox Village Festival $725
Mission Australia Smith Street Dreaming $1,500
Mitcham Primary School Harmony Day 2019 $1,063
Molise Club Melbourne Festival of Molise Club Melbourne and Community -
Celebrating 20 years
$600
Monash Maltese Seniors Social Club Inc. Carnival - Maltese Style $475
Moonee Valley Golden Age Women (MV
GAW)
Palette Celebration $650
Mordialloc College Mordialloc College Cultural Diversity Week Celebration $1,063
Moreland Turkish Association Inc Celebrating Turkish Culture in Australia, 2018 $15,000
Multicultural Arts Victoria Piers Festival 2019 $60,000
Multicultural Arts Victoria Emerge Cultural Festivals $55,000
Multicultural Festival Group Incorporated Teeyan Da Mela- Festival of Dance and Music $1,400
Multicultural Senior Citizens Group of
Whittlesea
Peace and Unity Festival $550
Multicultural Seniors Association of Victoria
Inc.
Shri Krishna Janamashtami $980
Museum of Chinese Australian History Inc Deakin University exhibition: 200 year anniversary
celebration
$1,900
Muslim Collective Muslim Collective Iftar and Eid Festival $1,000
Muslim Professionals Association Inc Bringing Australian Young Professional together $1,000
Muslim Women's Council of Victoria Sufi Peace Musical Festival $900
Nadezhda Russian Seniors Citizens Club Russian New Year's Eve Celebration $650
Nafsika Stamoulis Hellenic Museum Limited Multicultural Museums Victoria Cook-Off 2018 $13,815
National Council of Jewish Women of
Australia ( Vic)
Women's Multicultural Interfaith Passover Seder 2019 $1,200
NCJW (Victoria) Community Services Inc. Showcase of Jewish and Multicultural Communities
Heritage Exchange
$450
Nelson Mandela Day Commemorative
Committee Inc
Nelson Mandela Centenary Celebrations 2018 $15,000
Neos Kosmos Neos Kosmos archive digitisation project and event
launch
$60,000
Nepalese Association of Victoria Dashain (Dussara) $700
Nepalese Association of Victoria Children's day (Bal Diwas) $600
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountNew United Villages of Florina Inc 25th Annivesarry of our Incorporation during our Pita
Dance
$1,195
Newport Maltese Association Inc. Christmas Break-up Dinner Dance $1,450
Newport Maltese Association Inc. 45th Anniversary Annual Dinner Dance $800
Nhill Neighbourhood House Learning Centre Nhill Karen New Year 2019 $1,300
Nigeria Society of Victoria (NSV) National Day 2018 $13,000
Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA)
Victoria
Nepal Multicultural Festival 2018 $10,000
North East Multicultural Association Inc Multicultural Celebrations $1,000
North Eastern Greek Elderly Citizens Club
Inc
28 October OXI (NO) Greek National Day Day $510
North Eastern Jewish War Memorial Centre Chanukah festival 'bring a friend' interfaith event $2,888
North Eastern Melbourne Chinese
Association
Celebration of 2019 Chinese Lunar New Year $800
North Eastern Melbourne Chinese
Association
Celebration of 2018 Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival $800
North Melbourne Chinese Association Inc Flemington Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National
Day Celebration 2018
$475
North Melbourne Chinese Association Inc Flemington Dragon Boat Festival Celebration 2019 $400
North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship
Association Melbourne Inc
Richmond Dragon Boat Festival Celebration 2019 $600
North Victoria Sri Lankan Welfare
Association
Sri Lankan New Year Festival 2019 $1,000
North Victorian Buddhist Association Annual Arurudu and Vesak Festival $2,900
Northen Bay P-12 College Northern Bay College Turn 3214 Orange to celebrate
Harmony Day
$1,063
Northern Gujarati Association of Melbourne Navratri 2018 $1,750
Northern Melbourne Srilankan Association Sinhalese and Tamil New Year Celebration $1,150
Northern Melbourne Srilankan Association Buddhist Week in May and Christmas in December $900
Northern Region Indian Seniors Association
of Victoria
Festival of colours and Australia-India Day $600
Northern Turkish Family Association harmony day & diversity week celebrations $500
Northern Turkish Womens Association Harmony Day and Diversity Week Celebrations $600
Nuba Ama Association of Australia Nuba Ama Day $900
Nuer Community in Victoria Inc Nuer Language School Graduation $700
Oakgrove Community Centre Inc Multicultural End of Year Celebration $850
Oceania Creative Arts Victoria #OCAVFEST2018 $3,000
One Beat One Love One Beat One Love Festival $7,000
Oorja Foundation Unity Festival 2018 $5,600
Open Kurdish Feyli Community Inc OKFC Nowruz Celebration $5,000
Organisational Committee Greek National
Day
Greek National Day Parade Commemoration $2,000
Ormond Russian Senior Citizens Group End of Year and 30th Anniversary Celebration $580
Oromedia Inc Promoting Respect and Harmony $1,600
Oromo Refugee Services Assocation Horn African Community festival $1,734
Oromocare Association Oromo Mothers Post Natal Celebration $1,250
Osbornes Flat Primary School Osbornes Flat Cultural Day $1,063
Pakenham and District Agricultural and
Horticultural Society Inc
Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural
Society Inc.
$1,300
Pakistan Welfare Organisation In Australia Pakistan Multicultural Event 2018 $2,700
Palestinian Community Association of
Victoria
Graduates Day $900
Palestinian Community Association of
Victoria
Eid Aladha Celebration $400
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountPalesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria Annual Festival (picnic day) $1,600
Pallaconian Brotherhood Greek 28th October Day $400
Panarcadian Association "O Kolokotronis" Panarcadian Association 60th Anniversary
Commemorative Events 2019
$1,900
Pankoaki Brotherhood of Melbourne &
Victoria "O Ippocrates" (Kos Club)
Anatolika: folk music of the Eastern Mediterranean $1,000
Parents Teachers & Friends Association of
VSL Sinhalese Inc.
Sinhala School Community Festival $900
Parkmore Junior Football Club Celebrating Multicultural Youth Sporting and Food
Festival
$980
Parori Florinis Social Club St Dimitrios Day $650
Pedia Greek School Apokries and Indepdence Day - March 2019 $1,702
Perwira Inc Indonesian Satay Festival 2019 $1,900
Planetary Healing Artists' Association of
Australia Inc
Peace Concert and Art Exhibition $1,000
Point Cook Chinese Friendship Association 2019 Chinese Spring Festival Gala $1,165
Point Cook Cultural Community Incorporated Lunar New Year 2019 $7,300
Polish Art Foundation Art Exhibition "Roots" $925
Polish Community Council of Victoria Inc. 2018 Polish Senior Festival $1,500
Polish Festival Inc Polish Festival @ Federation Square $10,750
Polish Seniors Club of Frankston Harmony Project 2018 $1,000
Polish Vocal-Dance Ensemble Lowicz PVDE Lowicz Annual Gala Ball 2018 $640
Polish Vocal-Dance Ensemble Lowicz Children's Day Disco $450
Power Music Band Inc. Chin Music and Cultural Festival $1,900
Power Neighbourhood House Party on Power 2019 $2,395
Preston Greek Senior Citizens Club Greek National Day '25 March' Celebration Lunch $600
Proclaim Church Inc. "AfriAus festival" convention and AfriAus children music
and theatre event
$640
Proclaim Church Inc. "A barbie in the park" $490
Pyramid Hill Progress Association Fiesta 2019 $3,719
Pythagoras Greek School Apokries Carnival 2019 $500
Rabitet Masrina eUnity Eid Aldha Annual Multicultural Festival $500
Rabitet Masrina eUnity Annual Multicultural/ Multi-faith Iftar Dinner $500
Rabitet Masrina eUnity Multicultural Day $500
Rabitet Masrina eUnity Eid Alfitr Multicultural Festival $500
Raduga Senior Citizen Club of Frankston
and Peninsula
Multicultural Celebration with a Russian taste $550
Rajasthani Kutumb of Victoria Inc. Gangaur Festival 2019 $2,000
Reading Out of Poverty Playgroup Story Telling Program $1,420
Rebetiko Festival Melbourne Melbourne Rebetiko Festival $5,000
Rejoice Chinese Christian Communication
Centre Inc
Chinese Calligraphy and Cultural Exhibition 2018 $4,000
Renown Kindergarten Inc. Multicultural Welcome Picnic $600
Reservoir East Primary Harmony Day at REPS $1,063
Reservoir High School Reservoir High School young multicultural voices
competition
$1,063
Richmond Chinese Elderly Welfare
Association Inc
Chinese Lantern Festivals $500
Richmond Joy Choir Inc Chinese Opera $2,400
Ridniy Kray Celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day. $920
Ringwood Highland Games Inc. Ringwood Highland Games 2019 $2,775
River Arts Inc. Fabulous Chinese Violin Melody & Cantonese Opera
Culture Show
$680
River Arts Inc. 2018 Victorian Senior Festival Melody $520
Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Inc. Annual Robert Burns Supper 2019 $550
Rodriguan Social Club of Vic RSCV Creole Festival 2019 $1,900
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountRoshni Ramayan Mandali Diwali Night $1,025
Roxburgh College Roxburgh College Diversity Day 2019 $1,063
Roxburgh Rise Primary School Cultural Diversity Week $1,063
RusCare Slavic Communities Festival $1,300
Rusichi Dance Group Multicultural Concert $580
Russian Australian Representative Council Russian Youth Festival Nostalgia $1,600
Russian Australian Representative Council Russia Day $2,000
Russian Australian Representative Council Unity Day $1,800
Russian Australian Senior Citizen Club in
Prahran
End of year and 30th anniversary celebration $675
Russian Bard Club Dingo Dingo $750
Russian Cultural & TV Association Sputnik Festival of Classical Music - Treasures of World Classic $1,600
Russian Ethnic Representative Council Maslenitsa - Slavic Pancake Festival $30,000
Russian Ethnic Representative Council Day of Russia Celebrations $900
Russian Ethnic Representative Council Dinner Dance "St. Vladimir's Ball" $1,475
Russian Ethnic Representative Council Victory Day Picnic $500
Russian Ethnic Representative Council Celebration of Russian Volunteering $500
Russian House Melbourne Inc. Maslenitsa -(Cheesefare )in Russian House $1,300
Russian House Melbourne Inc. Russian Nativity Yolka (Chritmas Tree Children's Party) $1,600
Russian Senior Citizens Club Box Hill End of Year and 30th Anniversary Celebration $750
Rutherglen Primary Let's Celebrate $1,063
Ruweng Biemnom Community of Australia Ruweng Biemnom Boxing Day event $1,900
Saint Elizabeth Centre for Social Assistance
Inc.
White Flower Festival $1,800
Saint Gaetan Society Inc. Saint Gaetan Feast 2018 $725
Sakhi Saheli Multicultural Women-s Equality Day 2018 $800
SalamFest Incorporated (Muslim Peace
Initiatives)
SalamFest: Muslim Arts Festival $45,000
Salesian Youth Club Moon Festival $800
San Donato Assoc. Inc. San Donato Festival $625
Sandringham Primary School Sandringham Chinese New Year celebration and Cultural
Diversity Day
$1,063
Sankat Mochan Samiti Inc Rang Barse (Holi) - Festival of Colours 2019 $4,750
Sankat Mochan Samiti Inc MATA KI CHOWKI - Celebrating the Divine Cosmic
Mother's Energy
$1,600
Sankat Mochan Samiti Inc Sankat Mochan Diwali - Festival of Lights 2018 $1,375
Santa Marija Assunta Association Inc. The Santa Marija Traditional and Cultural Maltese Festa $8,100
Scots Day Out Incorporated Scots Day Out 2018 $2,900
Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group Inc Melbourne Tartan Festival 2018 $2,200
Seddon Cricket Club Multicultural cricket game $850
Senior Citizens Club of Waverly Nurthi Gee Concert $880
Senior Citizens of Greek Orthodox
Community of Gippsland
Harmony Day /Multicultural Celebrations $1,100
Senior Citizens of the Freccia Azzura Inc A Day Out With My Grandchildren $895
Serbian Orthodox Church Community of St
Sava - Melbourne
20th Serbian Folkloric Festival $2,400
Sewa International (Aust) Inc Holi 2019 $1,700
Sewa International (Aust) Inc Diwali 2018 $2,200
Shalom Association Festival to celebrate the Australia Day $2,750
Shampreeti Inc. Melbourne Shampreeti(Harmoni) Festival $625
Shepparton Inter Faith Network Cultural Diversity and Spiritual Significance $700
Sherpa Association of Victoria Australia Annual Sherpa Losar (New Year) Celebration $1,900
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountShree Ram Bhakt Ramayan Mandali
Association of Victoria
Krishna Janamastmi $800
Shree Ram Bhakt Ramayan Mandali
Association of Victoria
Shree Ram Naumi $800
Shrimad Bhagwat Katha Association Inc Shrimad Bhagwat Katha Saptah $2,900
Shurolok music Appreciation And
Performance Group inc.
Bengali Patriotic Songs $740
Shurolok music Appreciation And
Performance Group inc.
Festival of Spring $800
Singing Hearts Russian Choir 15th Anniversary Singing Hearts Choir $300
Sista Club Incorporated SiSTA Club Filipiniana Night 2018 $1,900
SKGA Inc - Sangam Kala Group Australia SSCAFF 2019 Satrangi 7 Colors Arts & Film Festival $3,300
SKGA Inc - Sangam Kala Group Australia SMSF 2018 Sawan Multicultural Spring Festival $5,375
SKGA Inc - Sangam Kala Group Australia SHMF 2019 Spirit & Harmony Multicultural Festival $3,300
Slavic Welfare Association Incorporated Art from the Heart $2,150
Societa' Isole Eolie Cultural Cooking Demonstration 2018 $1,025
Societa' Isole Eolie 70th Anniversary Festa for the Societa Isole Eolie $2,400
Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood Inc Society Name Day Celebration $910
Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood Inc Battle of Kalamata Celebration $1,300
Socio-Cultural Syriac Incorporated Christmas and New Year Celebration $800
Soloukhin Russian Literature Society Day of Russian Culture Concert 2018 $1,000
Somali Australia Friendship Association SAFA Community Celeberation $2,900
Somali Australian Council of Victoria Inc Somali Week Celebration - Building Community Thru $6,125
Somali Community Inc. Somali Independence Day Festival 2018 $2,200
Somali Community Women-s Health
Foundation Inc.
Horn of delight $1,400
Somali Community Women-s Health
Foundation Inc.
Inner Melbourne Suburbs Somali Day Festival 2018 $31,500
Somali Women Development Association
Inc.
Flemington Multicultural Festival $5,000
Somaliland Union of Victoria inc Youth Empowering Youth Festival $1,900
Somerville Secondary College Indonesian Cultural Week $1,063
South Asian Public Affairs Council South Asian Literary Event 2019 $725
South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Cultural Journeys $1,000
South Eastern Melbourne Vietnamese
Associations Council Inc (SEMVAC)
The Lantern Festival - cultural celebration event $2,900
South Sudanese Australia Youth United SSAYU Youth Festival $12,000
South Sudanese Christian Welfare
Association
Martyrs' Day Festival $1,200
South Sudanese Seeds of the Nation in
Australia Incorporated
South Sudanese Awareness Conference on Youth
Crimes and Social Issues
$2,200
South Sudanese-Australian Academic
Society Inc. (SSAS)
University Open Day Excursion $800
South Sudanese-Australian Academic
Society Inc. (SSAS)
Youth & Family Fun Day on Australia Day 2019 $850
Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre Unity in Diversity Festival $15,000
Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre One World Festival $4,000
Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre Open Day 2019 $1,840
Southern Sudanese Women's in Melton Inc A Day of Understanding - Sudanese Culture at its best $1,700
Space2b Design Get Striped laneway festival $2,900
Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Inc
(CELAS)
Celebrating the Hispanic Migration in Victoria $1,825
Spanish Speaking Senior Citizens Club of
Clayton
Latin American Seniors Citizen Festival $525
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre Ltd Cohesion and Hume Interfaith Network Events $10,000
Spinete Social Club Inc. Christmas celebration reunion $400
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountSpinete Social Club Inc. Celebration of ex Abruzzo e Molise immigrants $400
Springside West Secondary College Springside west-s Multicultural day 2019 $1,063
Springvale Asian Business Association Inc
(SABA)
2019 Springvale Lunar New Year Festival $18,000
Springvale Mandarin Network Springvale Chinese Culture and Arts Festival 2018 $725
Springvale Neighbourhood House Harmony Festival $15,000
Springvale Neighbourhood House Multifaith Christmas Party $600
Springvale Neighbourhood House World Music Celebration Day @ Dandenong Market $2,000
Sri Durga Arts Culture and Education Centre
Inc
Dussehra Festival 2018 $4,000
Sri Lankan Cultural Foundation of Werribee Sri Lankan New Year Festival $1,150
Sri Lankan Elders- Welfare Association
(SEWA)
Christmas 2018, $400
Sri Lankan Elders- Welfare Association
(SEWA)
Sinhalese and Tamil New Year 2019 $400
Sri Lankan Study Centre for Advancement of
Technology and Social Welfare (SCATS)
Harmony through Music $900
Sri Sai Siva Vishnu Temple Arts, Educational
and Cultural Association Inc.
Navarathri Festival - Nine Nights of Enlightenment $2,200
St Albans Business Group Association Inc St Albans Multicultural Twilight Food Market $2,000
St Albans Business Group Association Inc Brimbank World of Music Festival $1,900
St Albans Primary School St Albans Primary School Cultural Diversity Week $1,063
St Anthony Senior Social Club Egyptian Cultural Day $800
St Augustine's Primary School St Augustine's Cultural Diversity Week $1,063
St Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church -
Doncaster & Templestowe
Parish of St Haralambos 2019 Greek Festival $2,230
St Helena Maltese Australian Social Club Inc 3 Day Feast $3,000
St Helena Maltese Australian Social Club Inc 2018 Christmas Party $500
St John's Lutheran Parish Springvale Christmas Bazaar 2018 $2,400
St Joseph's Primary School Italian Day Festival $1,063
St Mary's House of Welcome St Mary's Lunar New Year Celebration 2019 $1,843
St Mary's School Italian Day Festa $1,063
St Monica's Primary School Indonesian Cultural Days $1,063
St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church Connecting through Art $1,600
St Sebastian Association Inc 2019 Annual Dinner Dance $1,900
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Inclusion at SVHM $2,025
St. Mary's Primary School Myrtleford Harmony Day 2019 $1,063
Star Health Harmony Day Community Celebration 2019 $1,292
Sudanese Community Association of Vic Sudanese Community Festival 2018 $1,000
Sudanese Luacjang Group of Australia Sudanese Luacjang Group of Australia/Luacjang Social
Day
$925
Sunduchok Christmas Celebrations $675
Sunduchok Easter Celebrations $675
Sunduchok Fathers Day $500
Sunduchok "Zhavoronok" the Maslenitsa $500
Sunduchok Mothers Day $500
Sunraysia Willowfest Inc Multicultural Cricket Dinner Celebration $2,400
Sunshine Business Association Sunshine Lantern Festival $12,000
Sunshine Business Association Sunshine Short Film Festival $3,900
Swan Hill Harmony Day Committee Swan Hill Harmony Day $2,000
Swan Reach Primary School Swanny Cultural Festival 2019 $1,063
Swiss Festival Inc Swiss Festival 2018 $2,900
Tabulam & Templer Homes for the Aged TTHA Oktoberfest 2018 $2,400
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountTamang Society of Victoria Inc Damphu Saanjh 2019 & Sonam Lhochhar 2855(year of
the pig/boar)
$2,200
Tamang Society of Victoria Inc Buddha Jayanti 2019 & Buddha (Baisaki) Purnima 2076
BS
$1,700
Tamil Senior Citizens Fellowship (Vic) Inc Deepavali / Diwali $800
Tamil Seniors Social Club Deepavali Festival $600
Tamilar Inc Chithirai Thiruvizha 2019 $1,600
Tamil-Australia Friendship Society Inc. Kalai Vizha 2018 (Annual Tamil Concert) $625
Tamu Samaj Victoria Tamu LhoChhar 2019 $1,900
Tamu Samaj Victoria Tamu Cultural Day 2018 $700
Tamu Samaj Victoria Buddha Jayanti 2019 $700
Tangasseri Australian Association of
Melbourne Inc
Annual Tangy Family Day & Christmas Cultural Program $2,800
Tangasseri Australian Association of
Melbourne Inc
Annual Tangy-Kerala Hoppers Festival $1,200
Telugu Association of Australia Inc Janaranjani 2018 $2,150
Telugu Language and Culture Foundation of
Australia
Sankranti - A Celebration of diversity $1,900
Temple Beth Israel Passover Seders 2019 $720
Temple Beth Israel Purim Carnival and Spiel 2019 $1,300
Temple Beth Israel Sukkot Festival 2018 $950
Temple Society Australia "Sommerfest 2019" - Summer Festival $400
The Association of Hazaras in Victoria End of Ramadan Celebration 2019 $875
The Australian Croatian Club of Ballarat Croatian Statehood Day Celebrations $775
The Bell Street Mall Traders Association Inc. Mall Of Us Once Again (MOUOA) $100,000
The Boite Vic Inc The Boite 40th Anniversary Grand Gala $15,000
The Boite Vic Inc Peel Street Festival $9,450
The Buddhist Association of the Goulburn
Valley Incorporated
Vesak Celebration 2019 $1,000
The Buddhist Association of the Goulburn
Valley Incorporated
Free Meditations Sessions $775
The Centre: Connecting Community in North
& West Melbourne Inc.
Spring Fling Street Festival $11,350
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of
Manningham
Mid Autumn Festival 2018 $500
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of
Manningham
Dragon Boat Festival 2019 $500
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of
Manningham
Chinese New Year 2019 $500
The Chinese Senior Citizens Club of
Manningham
Dongzhi Festival 2018 $500
The Chinese Seniors Friendship Association
of Whittlesea Inc
Mid Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day $550
The Chinese Seniors Friendship Association
of Whittlesea Inc
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration $550
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Community Association of Victoria
Independence Day $1,788
The Federation of Chinese Associations Vic Chinese New Year Melbourne Festival 2019 $60,000
The Florinian Society of Melbourne
Aristodelis Inc
28 October OXI (NO) Day $450
The Goan Overseas Association
Incorporated
Sao Joao Feast $400
The Goan Overseas Association
Incorporated
St. Francis Xavier's Feast $400
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Illumin8 $10,000
The Gurukul Inc. Teeyan Festival $3,000
The Holland Festival Inc. The Holland Festival Inc. $3,000
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountThe Kilmore & District Hospital Mitchell Community Multicultural Festival $4,600
The Light Of Diversity INC Egyptian Film & International Peace & Harmony Festival
in Australia
$1,000
The Melbourne Foundation of Korean
Culture
Korea Week Festival 2018 $2,300
The Olympian Society Celebration of Greek National Day - 25 March $600
The Palestinian Seniors Club of Victoria Spark Memory - 2018 $400
The Palestinian Seniors Club of Victoria Eid Alfitr Celebration for the Palestinian Seniors 2019 $300
The Palestinian Seniors Club of Victoria Ramadan Iftar 2019 $300
The Palestinian Seniors Club of Victoria Eid Aladha -2018 $300
The Samaritan Foundation Inc Intercultural and Intergenerational Cultural and Costume
Showcase (parade)
$1,614
The Somali Female Association: Organising
for Peace, Prosperity and Progress for all
Somalis in Australia and Worldwide
SFAA Somali Family Events $1,000
The Somali Female Association: Organising
for Peace, Prosperity and Progress for all
Somalis in Australia and Worldwide
SFAA Somali Family Events $2,400
The Union of Greater Upper Nile States Inc Youth concert $1,000
The United Vietnamese Buddhist
Congregation of South-Eastern Melbourne
Multicultural Children Festival 2018 $725
The United Vietnamese Buddhist
Congregation of South-Eastern Melbourne
'Tet' Multicultural Festival - The Year of the Pig $2,400
The Vedic Society of Victoria, Inc. Vedic Society of Victoria (VSV) Main Event 2018 Festival $725
The Village Festival of New Performance
Inc.
The Village World Kitchen $2,400
The Young Eritrean Mother's Group Eritrean Cultural Day 2018 $2,400
The Zoroastrian Association of Victoria Inc. Jamshedi Navroze Celebration 2019 $825
The Zoroastrian Association of Victoria Inc. Kadmi & Shehenshahi New Year - 2018 $850
Thomastown East Greek Senior Citizens
Club Inc
Traditional Greek Orthodox Xmas Fair $725
Thoolika Sahithyavedi Incorporated Launch of Thoolika: Malayalam Annual Literary
Publication from Melbourne
$2,000
Tibetan Community of Australia (Victoria)
Inc.
Festival of Tibet $1,800
Tigrian Community Association in Victoria Ethiopian New Year $1,000
Tigrian Women's Association in Vtictoria Meskel Festival $1,000
Tongan Victorian Association Inc Tongan Cultural Day $1,000
Tongji University Alumni Association of
Melbourne Inc.
TUAAM Chinese New Year 2019 and Lantern Festival
Celebration
$400
Trinity College, University of Melbourne The Peace Builder's Conference $1,900
Trustees for Nathdwara Education & Cultural
Trust
Celebration of Lord Krishna Birthday and Celebration of
Gujarati New Year
$1,700
Tullamarine Community House Inc Diwali Tullamarine $600
Tullamarine Community House Inc Hanami Celebration Tullamarine $570
Tullamarine Community House Inc St Patrick's Day Tullamarine $600
Tullamarine Community House Inc Eid-al-Adha Tullamarine $560
Tullamarine Community House Inc Year of the Pig Tullamarine $580
Twic Mayardit Community of Victoria Twic Mayardit Annual Cultural Day $2,400
Twilight Performing Arts Association Inc 2019 Brighton Dragon Boat Festival Celebration $525
Twilight Performing Arts Association Inc Brighton Mid - Autumn Festival Celebration 2018 $600
Uganda the Pearl of Africa Victoria
Association
Ugandan Community Annual Cultural Festival $2,000
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountUkrainian Arts & Culture Inc Traditional production and painting of Ukrainian Easter $475
Ukrainian Women's Association of Australia International Women's Day Celebrations $500
Unified Filipino Elderly Association Santa Cruz de Mayo Procession $500
United Filipino Elderly Group Inc. Harmony Festival Day $400
United Muslim Sisters of Latrobe Valley Eid Festival 2018 $3,000
United Pashtuns Incorporated United Pashtuns Eid Festival $1,000
United Through Football Inc. Horn of African Football and Cultural Festival $14,000
Upfield Soccer Club New Arrivals Family Soccer Festival $2,400
Urban Pacifika MIC Down Under $500
Urban Pacifika We Are Pasifika Festival $1,900
Valluvar Foundation Annual Pongal Festival 2019 $400
Valluvar Foundation Annual Tamil Literary Festival 2019 $650
Vedanta Society of Australia Navartri $1,900
Venezuelan Association of Australia Venezuelan Christmas Party 2018 $1,640
Vic Assam Inc Assam Convention 2018 $2,150
Vic Pasifika Productions Pasifika Festival 2018 and 2019 $3,900
Victoria Association of Malawians and
Friends Incorporated
Victorian Malawians and Friends Independence
Celebration
$600
Victoria Chinese Seniors Cooking Club Inc. Northcote Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration 2018 $600
Victoria Chinese Seniors Cooking Club Inc. Northcote Dragon Boat Festival Celebration 2019 $600
Victoria Maori Wardens Inc. Waitangi Day Festival 2019 $2,900
Victoria University VU Calendar of Cultural Events $8,000
Victorian Afghan Associations Network The Nawroz Festival $2,500
Victorian Arabic Social Services International Peace Day Event $1,900
Victorian Association of WWII Veterans from
former Soviet Union
Veterans of WW2, Natives of the former USSR, are in
the same ranks with ANZAC.
$500
Victorian Bangladeshi Community
Foundation (VBCF) Inc
Celebrating International Mother Language Day 2019 in
Victoria
$4,000
Victorian Chin Association Chin Community day $2,150
Victorian Cultural Association (VCA) VCA Wyndham Holi - Festival of Colors (2019) $10,000
Victorian Deanery Russian School
(Dandenong Campus)
Dandenong Christmas Community Festival $1,600
Victorian Elderly Chinese Welfare Society
Adult Day Center
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration Banquet $550
Victorian Lithuanian Pensioners Association
Inc.
Christmas Function - 2018 $600
Victorian Maronite Community Eid El Sayde Cultural Festival 2018 $9,000
Victorian Rugby Union Rugby Victoria Multicultural Festival $3,000
Victorian Samoa Advisory Council Inc. Samoan Golden Oldies Rally $1,000
Victorian Sikh Association Inc Vesakhi Mela (Fair) $1,000
Victorian Sikh Association Inc Diwali Celebration and Annual Dinner $1,000
Victorian Sikh Association Inc Lohri Celebration $500
Victorian Sikh Gurduaras Council Vaisakhi @ Federation Square $8,000
Victorian Tamil Association Inc Thai Pongal Villah - 2019 $2,900
Victorian Tamil Cultural Association Inc Kalai Vila 2018 (Annual Cultural Festival 2018) $1,000
Vietnamese Arthritis Association Victoria Inc. Vietnamese Lunar New Year and Vu Lan (Traditional
Mother Day)
$2,500
Vietnamese Association in Hobsons Bay Inc. Moon Feast Festival 2018 $650
Vietnamese Association in Hobsons Bay Inc. Hobsons Bay Tet Festival 2019 $810
Vietnamese Community in Australia/Vic
Chapter Inc
TET Festival 2019 - Year of the Pig $75,000
Vietnamese Community in Australia/Vic
Chapter Inc
Lantern Festival $500
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountVietnamese Families with Special needs Inc Vietnamese New Year Festival 2019 $1,075
Vietnamese Senior Citizen Group of Hume
Inc.
Vietnamese New Year Celebration 2019 $500
Vietnamese Seniors Cultural Assoc Vietnamese Cultural Festivals $1,800
Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia Inc Raksha Bandhan 2018 $1,850
VodaFest-Czech and Slovak Association Inc. Jarmark / Jarmok 2018 $775
VodaFest-Czech and Slovak Association Inc. Maypole 2019 $500
Wellsprings for Women What My Mother Taught Me $1,150
Werribee Rotary together with Wyndham
Central College
Cultural Fiesta $900
West Footscray Neighbourhood House West Footscray Festival of Colours 2019 $4,000
Western Chinese Friendship Association Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 $600
Western Chinese Friendship Association Chinese New Year- Spring Festival 2018 $600
Western Chinese Friendship Association Dragon Boat Festival 2019 $600
Western Edge Youth Arts Ensemble '18 $2,900
Western Victoria Sri-Lankan Buddhist
Association Inc
Multi Cultural Day for Unity $1,900
Whittlesea and District Elderly Citizen Club
Inc
Celebrate Greek National Day $620
Whittlesea Chinese Association Inc. Mooncake/Mid Autumn Festival $600
Whittlesea Community Connections Inc Whittlesea Cultural Bazar 2019 $2,500
Whittlesea Community Connections Inc Let-s celebrate together - Orthodox Easter $3,900
Whittlesea Malaysian Social and Seniors
Club Inc.
Malaysia National Day $1,291
Wingate Avenue Community Centre Community Connecting Celebration $2,200
Wisdom Education Foundation PTY LTD Family Day with Confucuis $2,285
Wodonga Middle Years College Multicultural Week at WMYC 2019 $1,063
Wodonga West Primary School Wonder through West's Kitchen $1,063
Women's Federation for World Peace,
Victoria INC.
Conversations: 3 Events Offering a Window into Faith,
Peace & Human Dignity
$1,000
Women's Friendship Group Inc. Celebrations $400
Womens Multicultural Association Inc End of Year Celebration for 2018 $1,150
Womin djkeka Balnarring Ngargee Womin djeka Balnarring Ngargee $6,000
Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre at Mitchell
House Inc
Many Faces: One Community Festival $2,400
Wyndham Community & Education Centre
Inc.
Wyndham Multicultural Fiesta 2019 $2,400
Wyndham Diwali Incorporated Wyndham Diwali Mela 2018 $40,000
Wyndham Eid Festival Inc Wyndham Eid Festival 2018 $6,800
Wyndham Oromo Community Inc. Annual Birra Festival $1,200
Wyndham Park Primary School WPPS Cultural Diversity Week Celebrations 2019 $1,063
Xinjiang Chinese Association of Australia Australia Day 2019 $850
Yachad Senior Citizens Club Hanukkah Festival of Lights $1,000
Yarra Ethnic Arts Exchange Association Inc. Celebration of Lunar New Year 2019 $700
Yarra Ethnic Arts Exchange Association Inc. Celebration of Moon Day Festival $550
Yarra Ethnic Arts Exchange Association Inc. Celebration of Dragon Boat festival $400
Yarra Happy Family Association Inc. Christmas and New Year Celebration 2018 at Fitzroy $600
Yarra Happy Family Association Inc. Yarra Dragon Boat Festival Celebration 2019 $600
Yarra Healthy Life Association Inc. Fitzroy Moon Festival Celebration 2018 $525
Yarra Healthy Life Association Inc. Fitzroy Chinese New Year Celebration 2019 $475
Yarra Valley ECOSS Ecotopia Earth Festival - Celebrating Cultural Diversity $2,400
Yarraville Russian Senior Citizens Group End of Year and 30th Anniversary Celebration $670
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Organisation Name Project Title Approved
AmountYeti Soccer Club Yeti National Football Tournament $1,150
Yirol Community Women Dancing Group of
Victoria
Yirol Community Women Dancing Group $1,500
Yogi Divine Society YDS Diwali & Annkut Festival 2018 $2,380
Yoruba Heritage and Cultural Association
(YHCA)
Yoruba Day 2018 and Language Classes $2,900
Youth of Zhangzhou Association Victoria Inc. Youth of Fujian Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration 2018 $1,400
Zambian Association of Victoria Zambian Independence 2018 $850
Zee Cheng Khor Moral Uplifting Society Inc I-ll Celebrate With You @ ZCK $2,150
Zhangzhou Origin Association of Victoria Chinese New Year Celebration 2019 $595
Zhangzhou Origin Association of Victoria Bayside Mid-Autumn festival 2018 $660
Zimbabwe Community in Australia - Victoria ZimVic Community Language School Cultural Day $725
Zimbabwe Community in Australia (Victoria)
Inc. - Shepparton Branch
Zimbabwe Community in Australia (Vic)Shepparton
Branch Independence Celebration
$700
Zionism Victoria Israel's 71st Indepenence Day Community Festival $1,000
Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd Habayit Israeli Hanukkah Festival $2,000
Zomi Youth Association Melbourne Inc. Zomi Youth Khuado Festival $1,600
TOTAL $3,070,849
Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division
Department of Premier and Cabinet