Multicultural Arts Victoria warmly invites you to join us from wherever you are in the world for the online launch of SUBMERGED a new collaborative exhibition featuring digital artworks by two women of colour living in Shepparton, Mimi Leung and Ree.
According to a whistleblower, some of the state’s most vulnerable children are still being groomed and abused by sexual predators in Shepparton. The ongoing abuse has been revealed by a whistleblower concerned that more young girls in care and in the community will fall prey to the group of males responsible.
Thre Forum on Australia’s Islamic Relations (FAIR) has made a call for participants to come forward and share their stories of settlement in Victoria. The project will create an interactive video that will tell stories and share experiences about the early days of Turkish settlement in Victoria.
Back with a bang, the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District’s Friendship Café gathered for its first catch-up of the year on Wednesday, February 3, and featured City of Greater Shepparton Mayor Kim O’Keefe as guest speaker.
COVID-related travel restrictions have prevented migrants’ overseas-based parents from visiting Australia.
Many migrants rely on extended family members such as grandparents for help with raising children.
Just under 30 per cent of Australia’s resident population were born overseas.
A largely self-taught young artist from Indonesia is painting cultural identities on the walls of immigrant businesses in Shepparton, in regional Victoria, while he earns his living as a farmworker.
Akuot Wundit’s first memories are of the Kenyan refugee camp her family fled to from their war-torn home in South Sudan. She was nine months old.
Twenty-three years later she lives in Shepparton with her mother and four brothers, studying a Bachelor of Nursing at La Trobe University.
She is also working full-time at St Paul’s African House, Shepparton, as the senior co-ordinator of African Focus — a government-funded survey looking at how to improve the relationship between the African and broader Greater Shepparton communities — which is about to begin.
Seasonal workforce numbers are dwindling due to pandemic border closures.
The new National Lost Crop Register reported $45 million in losses in its first eight weeks.
Supermarket prices are tipped to increase as the cost of the shrinking food supply is passed on to consumers.
Community Hubs serve as gateways that connect families with each other, with their school, and with existing services. Dozens of community hubs operate under the National Community Hubs Program – recognised as a leading model to engage and support migrant women with young children. Shepparton Community Hubs are based at St Georges Road Primary School & Shepparton English Language Centre, Wilmot Road Primary School and Gowrie Street Primary School. St Georges Road Program for Term 1, 2021, is given below.
ArtsACTION is a free upskilling and professional development program for creatives. This program supports creatives to get into action, work collaboratively, and refine innovative methods for success. It will assist with activating career pathways, broadening networks and building market reach. Several workshops and Zoom sessions are on offer along with a resource package. FREE to participate, ArtsACTION is delivered entirely online from 1st December 2020 to 30th June 2021