masks – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

On the night of Wednesday, March 8, Point of Difference Studio, now in Shepparton, held an information session for over 200 Pacific Island seasonal workers living in the Goulburn Valley.

Spilling in from Shepparton, Mooroopna, Ardmona, Tatura, Cobram and towns all over the region, seasonal workers gathered to hear Jodie New and Cherie Holland from Goulburn Valley Health talk about the importance of protecting themselves from Japanese encephalitis.

	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.