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MESSAGE FROM
MESSAGE FROM
Hon. Robin Scott MP
Minister for
Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Voltaire Nadurata
Chair LCMS Committee
of Management
THE MINISTER
I am delighted to send my best wishes
for the success of the 2015 Bendigo
Festival of Cultures. I congratulate
the festival organisers for once again
staging this week-long celebration
to showcase the vibrancy, joy and
diversity of regional Victoria.
The Victorian Government recognises
that cultural festivals, such as
the Bendigo Festival of Cultures,
are a vital part of our multicultural
landscape.
We are proud to support our many
multicultural festivals, which enable
the whole community to celebrate
our cultural diversity.
I encourage everyone to enjoy
the exciting array of cuisine, song,
dance and photography - and to
embrace the inclusive spirit of
this vibrant festival.
On behalf of the Victorian
Government, I wish everyone
a happy celebration.
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THE BOARD
Since 2001, Loddon Campapse
Multicultural Services has celebrated
the Bendigo Festival of Cultures,
highlighting multiculturalism in
Bendigo and regional Victoria.
This year is no different as we
showcase the sights, sounds and
flavours of our growing cultural
diversity. Our country is enriched
by both our indigenous and migrant
roots, of which Bendigo has been
central, since the early days
of federation.
We would like to acknowledge this
festival is being held on Dja Dja
Wurrung Country, of which the
members, elders and their ancestors
are the traditional owners and have
been custodians for many centuries
where they continue to perform
age old ceremonies of celebration,
initiation and renewal.
We invite you all to share this festival
experience in our beautiful City.
welcome
MESSAGE FROM
LCMS
Noemi Cummings
Executive Officer LCMS
and Festival Director
Bendigo is a wonderful place to live,
work and play and we feel that is
worth celebrating.
The Bendigo Festival of Cultures does
just that, throwing open the history,
traditions and hospitality of our many
communities for your enjoyment.
Once again, we have organised
a spectacular week-long program
to highlight our rich cultural and
religious diversity.
Thank you to all our supporters, from
the Victorian Government and our
Gold sponsors, to the friends of the
festival. Your contributions are all vital.
I would also like to thank our staff
and volunteers for going the extra
mile to make this festival a reality.
Let’s use this festival to celebrate
who we are in Bendigo. The festival
has something for everyone, including
workshops, concerts, forums, food,
music, dance and lots of entertainment.
This year’s festival motto is also an
instruction: Let’s have fun together!
ABOUT
THE FESTIVAL
Loddon Campapse Multicultural
Services began celebrating diversity
with their first multicultural festival
in 2001.
Every year since then, the festival
has brought our culturally diverse
community together in celebration
and goodwill.
Favourite annual festival highlights
like Harmony Day and the Multi-Faith
Dinner are iconic in Bendigo’s cultural
landscape, not to mention a whole
lot of fun!
In 2013 the festival was held for the
first time as a week long spectacular.
Thousands of attendees were
attracted through diverse events
and close working partnerships
with local community groups.
This year the festival, just like
Bendigo’s community, continues
to grow and brilliantly showcases
many rich, diverse experiences.
The 2015 Bendigo Festival of Cultures
is an event not to be missed!
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festival
highlights
WED 18
THU 19
6.30-9.30PM
6-8PM
MULTI-FAITH DINNER & FORUM
INDIAN BOLLYWOOD NIGHT
TICKETS $35 (EARLY BIRD) - $48
FREE EVENT
Have you ever wanted to know
something about religion but been
too scared to ask? Well, now is the
time to get those questions ready.
The Multi-Faith Dinner at the
All Seasons will bring religions
of all kinds together for a night of
harmony, diversity and dialogue.
Two hours of centre stage entertainment,
showcasing traditional and Bollywood
Indian music and dance.
CONSERVATORY, ALL SEASONS
Representatives from all faiths will
be on hand to discuss Freedom of
Religion and Belief while answering
questions from the floor. Questions
can be emailed in beforehand to
[email protected]
UNESCO Asia Pacific Intercultural
and Interreligious Relations chair
and Global Terrorism Research Centre
director Professor Gary Bouma will be
the keynote speaker.
Featuring Chamber Strings from
Bendigo South East College.
Tickets: the All Seasons (ph 5443 8166)
or at LCMS, 120 McCrae St, Bendigo.
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DAI GUM SAN
Prince Ravi Raja will be in attendance,
a monarch whose kingdom has fallen
on hard times. Under his mother's
strict orders he has to find a rich wife,
make it big as a movie star & save his
kingdom from ruin.
Enjoy authentic Indian cuisine.
SAT 21
SUN 22
11AM -4PM
7-11PM
LATIN FIESTA DINNER DANCE
FAMILY FUN DAY
TICKETS: ADULT $50, CHILD $25
FREE EVENT
Latin American music moves more
than just the body; it moves the soul.
The most popular event on the
festival calendar is also the most fun!
The All Seasons Conservatory will
certainly be moving when the Latin
Fiesta Dinner Dance comes to town.
Indulge in food from all parts of the
world, while listening to music
designed to make your ears sing.
The event features popular Melbournebased band the Funkalleros and Saca
La Mois DJ. The Funkalleros travel
the unchartered musical waters
of alternative Latin music, from
the modern to the traditional, and
have a lot of fun along the way. The
performers not only create music from
the heart, they send a message of love,
hope and understanding, in a way that
will have your toes tapping and your
fingers clicking.
Be amazed by dancers from Indonesia,
the Philippines and the subcontinent
and book into Indonesian dance, piñata
making and drumming workshops.
CONSERVATORY, ALL SEASONS
Tickets: The All Seasons (ph 5443 8166)
or at LCMS, 120 McCrae St, Bendigo.
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Bendigo
South for organising this event.
SIDNEY MYER PLACE
The Great Gizmo will be performing
a unique character with a particular
magic of his own, able to entertain
all audiences from children to
grandparents & everyone in-between.
All this and more at Sidney Myer
Place, next to the Visitor Information
Centre, at the Rosalind Park end
of Williamson Street.
Book: for the vegetarian cooking,
Indonesian dance, drumming and
piñata making workshops online:
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
– places limited.
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Loddon Campaspe
Multicultural Services Inc.
LCMS IS CENTRAL VICTORIA’S PEAK MULTICULTURAL
ORGANISATION, WITH MORE THAN 15 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE
SUPPORTING NEWLY-ARRIVED MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
Our vision is to help create a vibrant
and multicultural Central Victoria
through our mission of supporting
multicultural communities
celebrating diversity.
We have a strong record in delivering
innovative and holistic programs and
a range of community development
and training services, as well as
events and festivals to promote
harmony in diversity.
We are a membership-based
organisation representing all major
local culturally and linguisticallydiverse communities.
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A few highlights of our current
services include a Sustainable
Employment Program to help migrants
into employment, a multicultural
playgroup and a pre-accredited
educational program aimed
at building our human capital.
For more information
visit our website: www.lcms.org.au
or call 03 5441 6644
LCMS actively promotes
Harmony in Diversity
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SUNDAY 15
CENTRAL VICTORIAN IRISH
ASSOCIATION INC. ANNUAL CONCERT
BENDIGO SOUTH EAST COLLEGE THEATRE 4.00pm
Delight in the traditional sounds of Irish music and song.
Internationally renowned performers Meryl Wilkinson and
Mathew Horsley will be performing. For tickets, call 5442 1903.
monday 16
COLOUR IS LIFE
OPENING CEREMONIES
LIBRARY GARDENS
12.00pm - 2.30pm
Have fun and celebrate the city’s
vibrancy with the launch of the 2015
Festival of Cultures on the lawns of
the Bendigo Library. The celebration
will feature dancing and singing from
across the world, including the amazing
Gatka, a Sikh martial arts performance
that has to be seen to be believed. Joe
Caputo, Chairperson of the Federation
of Ethnic Communities Council of
Australia will speak, and there will be
blessings from local religious leaders
from the Sikh, Tibetan, Christian and
Muslim communities.
LAUNCH OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
EXHIBITION: COLOUR IS LIFE
BENDIGO LIBRARY 3.00pm
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Be saturated by the colour of everyday
Bendigo life. Come in and view the
NAMKHA WORKSHOP
stunning portraits of local residents in
traditional costumes, on display during
the entire festival at the Bendigo library.
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE 2.30pm - 4.30pm
The sand mandala will be created over
seven days from Monday afternoon.
The mandala will be made out of
vibrant coloured sand by the monks
and ritualistically destroyed on Sunday
as part of a dissolution ceremony.
SAND PAINTING WORKSHOP
GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM
3.30pm - 4.30pm
Learn the meaning and history of
the sand mandala and try your hand
at traditional techniques using the
“chak phur” to create designs with
coloured sand. Register for this
FREE workshop at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE
10.00am - 12.00pm
1.00pm - 4.30pm
SCIENCE, SYMPTOMS
AND SOLUTIONS
BENDIGO LIBRARY
10.00am - 12.00pm
A workshop to empower seniors in our
community, morning tea will follow.
Presented by Seniors Rights Victoria.
Phone Elaine on 5444 4364 to register.
PRAYER FLAG PRINTING
WORKSHOP
CHINESE MUSEUM
3.30pm – 4.30pm
tuesday 17
The prayer flag tradition has a long
history dating back to ancient Tibet.
Buddhists believe that, as the wind
moves the flags, the prayers and
mantras they bear are carried on the
wind to benefit all sentient beings.
Using authentic Tibetan woodblocks,
workshop participants will learn about
the techniques for prayer flag printing
and can print their own prayer flag
with a special message of peace,
compassion, prosperity or happiness
to share with the world.
Register for this FREE workshop at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
wednesday 18
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE
10.00am - 12.00pm
1.00pm - 4.30pm
BENDIGO TAFE
MULTICULTURAL OPEN DAY
CITY CAMPUS LIBRARY
AND KOORI UNIT
11.00am – 1.30pm
Art displays, student achievement
displays, campus tours, traditional
costumes, information on how to learn
English, the AMEP program and the
Koori unit and programs. Advice about
settlement health services. Students
concert and Aussie BBQ.
NAMKHA SKY WEAVING
WORKSHOP
PAVILION 3.30pm - 4.30pm
The simple, symbolic mechanics
of Namkha, or sky weaving, which
traditionally consists of individual
thread-crosses using two or more
sticks and coloured wool or silk.
Register for this FREE workshop at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
MULTI-FAITH DINNER FORUM
ALL SEASONS CONSERVATORY
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Major faiths will be on hand to discuss
freedom of religion and belief, while
answering questions from the floor.
Tickets: the All Seasons (ph 5443 8166)
or at LCMS, 120 McCrae St, Bendigo.
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thursday 19
SAND MANDALA
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE
10.00am – 12.00pm
1.00pm – 4.30pm
PRAYER FLAG PRINTING
WORKSHOP
CHINESE MUSEUM
10.00am – 11.00am
The prayer flag tradition has a long
history dating back to ancient Tibet.
Buddhists believe that, as the wind
moves the flags, the prayers and
mantras they bear are carried on the
wind to benefit all sentient beings.
Prayer flags were traditionally printed
using black ink and hand carved
woodblocks. The colours most often
used for the flags are yellow, green, red,
white and blue representing the five
Buddha families and the five elements.
PRAYER FLAGS
Using authentic Tibetan woodblocks,
workshop participants will learn about
the techniques for prayer flag printing
and can print their own prayer flag
with a special message of peace,
compassion, prosperity or happiness
to share with the world.
Register for this FREE workshop at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
INDIAN BOLLYWOOD NIGHT
DAI GUM SAN
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Two hours of centre stage
entertainment, showcasing traditional
and Bollywood Indian music and dance.
Enjoy authentic Indian cuisine.
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SAND PAINTING
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE
10.00am to 12.00pm
2.00pm – 4.30pm
HARMONY DAY AT THE MALL
HARGREAVES MALL
11.30am - 2.30pm
Harmony Day will be an event that
celebrates Australia and its future.
School children from across Bendigo
will unite in the Hargreaves Mall
to coincide with the United Nations
International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination.
Make sure to bring the kids along,
check out the pop-up library and play
multicultural games.
SAND PAINTING WORKSHOP
GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Learn the meaning and history of the
Sand Mandala and try your hand at
traditional techniques using the
HARMONY DAY
“chak phur” to create designs
with coloured sand.
Register for this FREE workshop at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
AFL 9s COME AND TRY CLINIC
TOM FLOOD SPORTS CENTRE
4.00pm – 5.30pm
Free program run by Bendigo
Community Health Services and AFL
Central Victoria. Suitable for people
of all ages. Contact Zac at BCHS on
5448 1600 to register.
CHRISTIAN CONCERT
BENDIGO SOUTH EAST
COLLEGE THEATRE
7.00pm – 9.00pm
Combined Christian concert from
local Christian Churches. All proceeds
will go to a local charity. Organised
by the Bendigo Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
Entry by donation.
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saturday 21
WE ALL BELONG FORUM
SAND MANDALA CREATION
CHINESE TEMPLE
10.00am – 12.00pm
1.00pm – 2.30pm
NAMKHA SKY WEAVING
WORKSHOP
CHINESE TEMPLE
11.00am – 12.00pm
The simple, symbolic mechanics
of Namkha, or sky weaving, which
traditionally consists of individual
thread-crosses using two or more
sticks and coloured wool or silk.
Register for this event at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
WE ALL BELONG FORUM
LA TROBE VISUAL ARTS CENTRE
1.00pm – 4.00pm
A common humanity is what binds
communities together. Some of
Australia’s leading experts will
discuss developing social cohesion
while respecting and learning from
cultural diversity. Among the panel
will be author Hanifa Deen.
Hanifa is a “Muslim maverick”. While
being proud of her Muslim childhood
and adolescence, she speaks out
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LATIN FIESTA
against fundamentalist ideologies
in all areas and all religions.
Brought to you by LCMS, La Trobe
University and the Bendigo
Writers Festival.
Register for this free event at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
ANIMAL BLESSING
AND LIBERATION
GREAT STUPA OF UNIVERSAL
COMPASSION
4.00pm – 5.00 pm
Blessing by visiting Tibetan Monks. Bring
your pets, dogs, turtles etc. Meet outside
the Great Stupa main doors. Cake and
Chia after blessing. Entry by donation.
LATIN FIESTA DINNER DANCE
ALL SEASONS CONSERVATORY
7.00pm – 11.00 pm
Latin American music moves more than
just the body; it moves the soul. The All
Seasons Conservatory will certainly be
moving when the Latin Fiesta Dinner
Dance comes to town.
Tickets from All Seasons, on
5443 8166 or at LCMS in McCrae St.
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Bendigo
South for organising this event.
sunday 22
FAMILY FUN DAY
KAREN YOUTH VS. BENDIGO
POLICE SOCCER MATCH
9.00am - 10.00am
Venue details found at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
For more information contact
Craig: 5448 1499 or John: 5448 1312
COMPLETION OF
SAND MANDALA
CHINESE TEMPLE
9.00am - 11.00am
Final opportunity to see the
completed sand mandala
before is swept away during
the dissolution ceremony.
FAMILY FUN DAY
SYDNEY MYER PLACE
11.00am - 4.00pm
Timed to end the week-long
celebrations with a bang, the Family
Fun Day will see locals come together
to enjoy everything great about
multicultural Bendigo.
Be amazed by dancers from
Indonesia, the Philippines and
the subcontinent and take part in
Indonesian dance, piñata making
and drumming workshops.
All this and more at Sidney Myer
Place, next to the Visitor Information
Centre, at the Rosalind Park end
of Williamson Street.
Book into the vegetarian cooking,
Indonesian dance, drumming and
piñata making workshops online at
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
Places limited.
DISSOLUTION CEREMONY
(SAND MANDALA)
CHINESE TEMPLE
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Over the past week the sand mandala
has been transformed from a single
grain to a stunning masterpiece.
Amazingly, it will be spectacularly
destroyed to symbolize the Buddhist
belief in the transitory nature of life.
Indulge in food from all parts of
the world, while listening to music
designed to make your ears sing.
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Colour is Life
By Sharon Greenaway
Photographic Exhibition
16 - 21 March 2015
Bendigo Library
Opening 16 March, 3.00pm
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Bendigo Filipino Foundation | Bendigo Islamic Association | Bendigo Kashmiri Dance Group
Bendigo Seventh-day Adventist Church | Bendigo South East College Performing Arts Development Program
Bendigo TAFE | Bendigo Writers Festival | Capital Venues and Events | Central Goldfields Library
Central Victorian Irish Association | Community AV | Dutch – Australian Friends | Eaglehawk Secondary College
Filipino Australian Social Club of Loddon Campaspe | Gamelan Band | Golden Dragon Museum | Golden City Pipe Band
Golden Square Primary School | Grain Corp | Kangaroo Flat Primary School | Karen Organisation of Bendigo
Kennington Primary School | Maree Edwards MP | O’Shea-Ryan Academy of Irish Dance | Phoenix FM
Rotary Club of Bendigo South | Seven Turns Collective | Seniors Rights Victoria | Sharon Greenaway Photography
Singh Sabha of Bendigo | Southern Cross Office Equipment | The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Victoria Bendigo Police | Victorian Multicultural Commission | YSAS-Youth Support and Advocacy Service
Loddon Campaspe
Multicultural Services Inc.
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Venue
Library Gardens
next to the Town Hall
Hargreaves St
Bendigo Library
259 Hargreaves St
Chinese Temple
Golden Dragon Museum
1 - 11 Bridge St
Bendigo Library
259 Hargreaves St
Bendigo TAFE
City Campus Library
and Koori Unit
McCrae St Campus, Gate 9
The Conservatory
All Seasons
171/183 McIvor Rd
La Trobe University
Visual Arts Centre
121 View St
Venue
Golden Dragon Museum
1 - 11 Bridge St
Chinese Temple
Golden Dragon Museum
1 - 11 Bridge St
Event
Opening Ceremonies
Colour is Life
Photographic Exhibition
Sand Mandala Creation
Science, Symptoms
and Solutions
Bendigo TAFE
Multicultural Open Day
Multi-Faith Dinner
and Forum
We All Belong Forum
workshops
Sand Painting Workshop
Prayer Flag Printing
Workshop
MY festival planner
9, 10
15
Page/S
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4, 9
9
9
8, 9, 10
15, 16,
17
8
8
Page/S
Festival website
Festival website
booking DETAILS
Festival website
All Seasons on
Ph 5443 8166 or at
LCMS, McCrae St
N/A
Elaine on
Ph 5444 4364
Festival website
N/A
N/A
booking DETAILS
FREE event
FREE event
costs
FREE event
All tickets: $48
FREE event
FREE event
FREE event
FREE event
FREE event
costs
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sun
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16
Mon
17
17
Tue
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18
Wed
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19
Thu
20
Fri
20
21
21
Sat
22
22
Sun
march
23
Pavilion
Golden Dragon Museum
1 - 11 Bridge St
Sidney Myer Place
Sidney Myer Place
Sidney Myer Place
Sidney Myer Place
Venue
Bendigo South East
College Theatre, Ellis St
Dai Gum San
1 - 11 Bridge St
Hargreaves Mall
Bendigo South East
College Theatre, Ellis St
Tom Flood Sports Centre
Great Stupa of Universal
Compassion, 25 Sandhurst
Town Rd, Myers Flat
The Conservatory
All Seasons
171/183 McIvor Road
Festival website
Sidney Myer Place
Namkha Sky Weaving
Workshop
Drumming Workshops
Pinata Workshops
Indonesian Dancing
Workshops
Vegetarian Cooking
Workshops
family events
Irish Association
Concert
Indian Bollywood Night
Harmony Day
Christian Concert
AFL 9s Come
and Try Clinic
Animal Blessing
Latin Fiesta
Dinner Dance
Karen Youth vs Bendigo
Police Soccer Match
Family Fun Day
5, 17
17
5, 16
16
15
15
15, 21
4, 10
8
Page/S
5, 17
5, 17
5, 17
5, 17
9, 16
Page/S
N/A
Craig on 5448 1499
John on 5448 1312
All Seasons on
Ph 5443 8166 or at
LCMS, McCrae St
N/A
BCHS on
Ph 5448 1600
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ph 5442 1903
booking DETAILS
Festival website
Festival website
Festival website
Festival website
Festival website
booking DETAILS
FREE event
FREE event
Adult: $50
Child: $25
Entry by donation
FREE event
Entry by donation
FREE event
FREE event
Adult: $15
Concession: $12
16 & under: $8
costs
$5
$10
$10
$5
FREE event
costs
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bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
NOTE: Program current at time of printing. In the unlikely event that schedules change, program updates will be available online.
Venue
workshops (cont'd)
FIND US ON FACEBOOK
OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
bendigofestivalofcultures.org.au
thank you
LCMS would like to thank all our sponsors. Without your contributions,
the festival would not be the successful event that it is. It is heartwarming
to see so many businesses in Bendigo actively supporting multiculturalism
and the bigger tomorrow that it promises.
Please support the businesses that support us.
FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL
ABC Central Victoria | AFL Central Victoria | All Seasons Hotel | Ancient Art | Bart ‘n’ Print
Bendigo Aboriginal Dance Group | Bendigo Chinese Association | Bendigo Community Health Services
Bendigo Filipino Foundation | Bendigo Islamic Association | Bendigo Kashmiri Dance Group
Bendigo Seventh-day Adventist Church | Bendigo South East College Performing Arts Development Program
Bendigo TAFE | Bendigo Writers Festival | Capital Venues and Events | Central Goldfields Library
Central Victorian Irish Association | Community AV | Dutch – Australian Friends | Eaglehawk Secondary College
Filipino Australian Social Club of Loddon Campaspe | Gamelan Band | Golden Dragon Museum | Golden City Pipe Band
Golden Square Primary School | Grain Corp | Kangaroo Flat Primary School | Karen Organisation of Bendigo
Kennington Primary School | Maree Edwards MP | O’Shea-Ryan Academy of Irish Dance | Phoenix FM
Rotary Club of Bendigo South | Seven Turns Collective | Seniors Rights Victoria | Sharon Greenaway Photography
Singh Sabha of Bendigo | Southern Cross Office Equipment | The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Victoria Bendigo Police | Victorian Multicultural Commission | YSAS-Youth Support and Advocacy Service
Loddon Campaspe
Multicultural Services Inc.