Kinabukasan – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The Filipino-Australian Friends Association celebrated Philippines Independence day at the Peppermill Inn on Friday with more than 100 people attending. The theme of this year’s Independence Day celebration was “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan” (freedom, future and history).

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.