Chinese Calligraphy Workshop Sessions

Chinese Calligraphy Workshops
中國書法學習班
Sundays 1.15 pm – 2.15 pm
20 July 2008 – 24 August 2008
Mill Park Library
394 Plenty Road, Mill Park

日期: 星期天7月20日 2008年 至 8月24日2008年
時間: 中午1.15點 至 2.15點
地點: Mill Park 圖書館
394 Plenty Road Mill Park (Melway 10 C2)


Instructors: Mr. JiHua Wu 吳基華先生
老師 Mr. Qi Zhi Zhou 周啟智先生


Facilitator: Mr. Arthur B.W. Yong 翁文華先生
主特者 President, Whittlesea Chinese Association
威特西華人協會會長


Week 1: 20/07/08 Introduction and Basic Knowledge 基本知識


Week 2: 27/07/08 Basic Techniques 基本筆畫方法


Week 3: 03/08/08 Standard Script (Kai-Shu) 揩書


Week 4: 10/08/08 Semi-cursive Script (Xing-Shu) 行書


Week 5: 17/08/08 Progress of Individuals and Writings
個人的學習及作品


Week6: 24/08/08 Progress of Individuals and Writings
個人的學習及作品



Sponsors: Thomas Ling and Kee Guan Saw (KST Partners)
该活動由林國地先生(Thomas Ling) 和蘇其源 (KST Partners)资助.

Chinese New Year Festival 2009: Active for Life (Year of The Ox)

The two most important annual Chinese festivals are: the Chinese New Year Festival and the August Moon Cake Festival (Mid Autumn Festival). Members of WCA are involved in organising these festivals.


Preliminary copies of the promotional materials (Festival Street Display Board and Festival Program Booklet) are posted here.

There will be release of new versions of this brochure at different times.
Sponsors and volunteers are welcomed, please contact Arthur Yong wca1256@gmail.com

Drafted copies of A4 sized drafted promotion brochure and street display board files are posted here. (Please note: Only organisers and major sponsors appear on the display board).

On the day of the festival, there will copies of a program distributed. Program will list different festival activities at different festival venues, performers, information stalls of local community organisations, service providers, festival organisation committee, acknowledgement of major sponsors, other sponsors, volunteers, etc.

DRAFT COPY - Revised 13082008

Previous WCA's Celebrations and Activities

Whittlesea Moon Cake Festival 2008 (Final Copy)

The two most important annual Chinese festivals are: the Chinese New Year Festival and the August Moon Cake Festival (Mid Autumn Festival). Members of WCA are involved in organising these festivals.

There will be release of new versions of this brochure at different times.
Sponsors and volunteers are welcomed, contact Arthur Yong wca1256@gmail.com

Previous WCA Activity in 2008

Wednesday 21 May 2008

WCA's Australia Biggest Morning Tea: Donations in support of Cancer Cancer


Venue: Thomastown Library, Community Room 1 and 2, 52 Main Street, Thomastown

Recipes

Chilli Chicken (Home Made)

Ingredients

· 16 chicken pieces
· 4 table spoons (tbs) Olive Oil
· 1 clove chopped garlic
· 12 thin slices ginger
· 1 tsp Massel Stock Powder Vegetable (No animal content, no added MSG, 99% Fat free, Gluten free, Lactose free)
· 2 tbs Chilli powder for Chicken (Any Asian Store)
· 4 tsp Kikkoma Natural Brewed Soy Sauce (Contains absolutely nothing artificial)
· 12 small slices of Cauliflower
· Steamed rice

Place chicken pieces in an oven plate. Combine pieces with oil, garlic, ginger, vegetable powder, chilli powder and soy sauce. Mix well.
Cook chicken in an oven 2200C for one hour.
Check chicken pieces every 25 minutes for that one hour, turn pieces over, to ensure other sides of the pieces are cooked.
After cooking another 25 minutes, add cauliflower. Mix well.
Cook for another 10 minutes.
When chicken and vegetables are cooked, serve at once with steamed rice.

Arthur B.W. Yong

Seafood Hokkien Noodle (Home Made)

Ingredients
· 250 g Hokkien Noodle (Tak On Food Products Pty Ltd, Cholesterol free, 97% Fat free 500 g net)
· 200 or 300g Seafood: Marinara fresh or frozen pack
· 2-3 table spoons (tbs) Olive Oil
· 1 clove chopped garlic
· Slices of Broccoli or lettuce
· 2 or 3 tsp Oyster Sauce (Lee Kum Kee, Panda Brand, 510 g)
· 1 tsp Massel Stock Powder Vegetable (No animal content, no added MSG, 99% Fat free, Gluten free, Lactose free)
· 2 or 3 tsp Sweet Chilli Sauce for Chicken (Any Asian Store)
· 2 tsp Kikkoma Natural Brewed Soy Sauce (Contains absolutely nothing artificial)
· ¼ cup Water
· 1 tbs Fried Onion (Wah Lien Trading Pty Ltd. Weight 200g)

Heat 2-3 tbs oil in a frying pan or wok large enough for the noodles.
Add seafood, add Massel stock powder and garlic.
When the seafood looks cooked, add noodles.
Soften the noodles by adding water.
Season with oyster sauce, sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.
When the noodles look cooked, add slices of vegetable. Mix.
Add 1 tbs fried onion. Mix all contents in the pan.
Serve immediately.


Arthur B.W. Yong



ANZAC BISCUIT

1 cup rolled oats
3/4 Cup coconut
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp bicarb soda
2 tbsp boiling water
1 cup sugar
125 gm butter
1 tbsp golden syrup

1. Combine oats, flour and coconut
2. Melt butter, sugar, heat till melted
3. Add golden syrup
4. mix soda with water, add to butter
5. Stir into dry ingredients
6. spoon dessert spoon mixture on trays


Slow oven (150 C) 20 minutes makes 35
Allow room to spread


ANZAC Biscuit demonstrated by Nancy Lim at WCA Activity Venue

Previous Community Event - From Little Things

FROM LITTLE THINGS.....
A One Hour Cross-Cultural
Australian Chinese Show
To Leave You Wanting For More…...

FROM LITTLE THINGS, is a tale of wonders, a story of two lovers living in the same country yet inhabiting different worlds. A haunting and layered piece which explores the collision of modernity and the past, home and culture and what it means to be a human, a lover, a son, a daughter, an Australian.
Traversing back and forth in time, us, the audience, is taken on a spellbinding journey, through memories and myths. All brought vividly to life using elements of martial arts, dance, storytelling, music and song. We visit battle fields in ancient China, the gold fields of Bendigo, present-day Melbourne and the many decades in between.
We watch as through re-discovering the stories of their ancestors, these lovers weave their disparate lives together to create a new shared history and a deeper understanding of the basic humanity which connects us all. We see them buckle under the weight of history and stand tall in the knowing that it is, From Little Things that big things grow.

Written and directed by award winning theatre maker Aurora Kurth.
Performed by Aurora Kurth and Joshua Erwin.
Produced by Moni Storz.

6 Shows only!

Thursdays 1st & 8th May @ 8pm
Fridays 2nd & 9th @ 8pm,
Saturdays 3rd & 10th @ 6pm.

Venue: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote.
Tickets: $20 Full/ $15 Concession. Tickets available at the door. Cash only!
Bookings: Contact Moni on 0410 490 270 or 9596 1756 or email at gbs002@ozemail.com.au or Aurora on 0419 367 261 or email at rory@aurorakurth.com

Proudly sponsored by the
Australasian Centre of Chinese Studies
www.accschinese.com

All profits go to the Mirabel Foundation: Mirabel supports drug orphans. The Mirabel Foundation was established in 1998 to assist children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in the care of an extended family (kinship care).

Modern Tai Chi Exercise

Modern Tai Chi Form Exercise
(24 Postures or Movements 太極拳24式)

Venue地點: Thomastown Library Community Room 1
52 Main Street Thomastown (Mel 8 G7)

Date時期: Every Wednesday 9/4/08 – 25/6/08
每星期三 (9/4/08 – 25/6/08)

Time時間: 10.30 am – 11.00 am
早晨10.30點–11.00點

Members會員: Free 免費

Non-Members
其他參加的朋友: $2.00 per session 每週兩元

Enquiries:
有关详情请聯系:
Ms Jessie Chan 陈雪清: 0421-639-819
Ms Janice Khoo 张秋鹅: 0403-180-226

Your Local Station 88.6 Plenty Valley FM - Chinese from the North

Your Local Station 88.6 Plenty Valley FM

當地广播電台 88.6 Plenty Valley FM
北区華人广播時段

Plenty Valley FM is the Community Radio Station that reaches the areas on the north eastern fringe of Melbourne, specifically within the Cities of Whittlesea and Banyule and the Shire of Nillumbik.

Plenty Valley FM is the local Emergency Services Broadcaster for this area and is a vital link in the provision of important Emergency Services messages to the Community at large.

From Monday to Friday, it has a variety of shows, such as Breakfast Show, Midday Show and Drive Show in English. For Saturday and Sunday, it covers sports and a variety of entertainment, artistic, lifestyle shows.

Every weeknight, you can listen to multicultural broadcasting, different language programs. Information about the shows can be found on the website: http://www.pvfm.org.au/ or contact the radio station on 9404 2111 or visit the station at
284 Childs Road Mill Park.

Some of the multicultural broadcasting can be downloaded from podcasting.

Plenty Valley FM 电台是墨尔本北区“社区电台”，向墨尔本东北区，特别是威特西市，班纽市和尼伦比克郡范围广播.

Plenty Valley FM电台还是当地“紧急情况专用广播电台”，若有紧急情况，该电台会向当地的居民及时播报.

每周一至五，电台播出各类节目，包括用英语播出的“早餐”、“正午”还有“伴你一路行”等节目.周六与周日的节目包括运动、娱乐、艺术及生活等.

周一至周五，每晚还有“多元文化节目”，用社区语言播出。
欲知详情，请登陆网页：http://www.pfvm.org.au/，或致电94042111，
或直接前往电台，地址在284 Childs Road, Mill Park.


Chinese from the North, New Chinese Radio Program

Music, community information, local news, culture, history, entertainment, sports. Discussion about active for life, community engagement, cultural diversity, health and lifestyle.

廣播節目:
音樂, 社区信息, 新聞, 文化, 歷史, 娛樂, 運動, 活動的生活, 社区參与, 多元文化, 健康, 生活的風格.

Commence on 18 April 2008 Friday 10 pm to 12 midnight.
每個星期五晚 10點-12點

The Spring Six Month Program started 5 September 2008.




Interviewed Guests in 2008 April – December 2008
28 Interviewees

25 April 2008
Dr Moni Lai Storz
(Former Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Novelist, Playwright, Cross-cultural Consultant)
Topic: Play, ‘From Little Thing’ and Australasian Chinese Theatre Company

20 June 2008
Dr Moni Lai Storz
(Former Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Novelist, Playwright, Cross-cultural Consultant)
Topic: "To Thy Own Self Be True" - Doing Business in Chinese and Aussie Way?

18 July 2008
Pisen Hong (Artist, Designer, Educator, Awards Winner)
Topic: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

18 July 2008
Sally Fischmann (Feng Shui Consultant)
Topic: Feng Shui

25 July 2008
Bo Ai (Educator, Interpreter, Volunteer for 3zzz community radio)
Topic: Volunteer, Beijing Olympics 2008

25 July 2008
YU JiHui (Professor of English Literature in China)
Frank Moore (MU Rong Hu, Former English Teacher, Writer and Director of Play)
Topic: Chinese Play: Zhang Da Li, Village of Big-Eaters

1 August 2008
Brandon Yeoh (Architect, Awards Winner)
Topic: Architect Designs

19 September 2008
Robert Frajsman (Community Lawyer)
Topic: Whittlesea Community Legal Service, Will and Power of Attorney

26 September 2008
Leticia Maher (Song Writer, Guitar Player and Singer)
Topic: Music and Writing Songs

3 October 2008
Anthea Sidiropoulos (Song Writer, Guitar Player, Singer and Belly Dancer)
Topic: Music, Writing Songs and Belly Dancing

10 October 2008
Anusha Rupasinghe (Participant of Navarathi Festival)
Topic: Navarathi Festival

10 October 2008
Jeremy Hearne (Team Leader, Health Promotion Team: Plenty Valley Community Health)
Topic: Men’s Health and Relationships Programs


24 October 2008
Ken Lee Tet (Plenty Community Credit Union, General Manager)
Topic: Chinese Australians and Family History

24 October 2008
Bo Ai (Educator, Interpreter, Volunteer for 3zzz community radio)
Topic: Volunteer, Beijing Olympics 2008

31 October 2008
John Perri (Musical Intrument Player)
Topic: Music and Performances

31 October 2008
Jan Dirk Mittmann (Curator, Art Gallery)
Topic: Street Art

7 November 2008
Sofia Mastoris (Volunteer and Project Coordinator of Multicultural Quilt)
Topic: Multicultural Quilt

7 November 2008
John Tindall (Office Works Staff and University Student)
Topic: Interracial Family

14 November 2008
Dr Frank Thien (Specialist in Respiratory Medicine: Allergy and Hay Fever)
Topic: Allergy and Hay Fever, Study of Family History

14 November 2008
Harry Bryce (Executive Director. Australian Community Centre for Diabetes
Victoria University)
Topic: Health and Interracial Marriage

21 November 2008
Dr Anton Harding (Paediatrician)
Topic: Asthma

21 November 2008
Susan Preece (Asthma Educator, Asthma Foundation’s of Victoria Help Line)
Topic: Asthma

28 November 2008
Dr Tony Zhang ((RMIT University, Division of Chinese Medicine, Bundoora)
Topic: Migration and Education

5 December 2008
Josephine Farrugia (Café Owner, Coffee Mio, Victoria Market)
Topic: Migration, Small Business and Collingwood Football

5 December 2008
Samuel Ling (Year 10 Student)
Topic: Migration, Chinese Culture and Education

12 December 2008
Boniface Town (Principal Migration Consultant)
Topic: Family, Interracial Marriage, Migration and Services

12 December 2008
Ally Akbarzadch (University of Melbourne Law graduate and Postgraduate Student)
Topic: Migration and Education

19 December 2008
Jenny Beales (Business Manager - People Outdoors, Australian Camps Association)
Topic: Outdoor Activities, Programs and Projects



Interviewed Guests in 2009: January - December
January 2009 10 Interviewees

2 January 2009
Tsebin Tchen (Former Senator in Victoria)
Topic: Migration, Education, Lifestyle, Advice of Settlement and Local Services for New Migrants, Retirement

2 January 2009
Katrina Yap (2008 Year 12 Student)
Topic: Migration, Year 12 Studies and Lifestyle

9 January 2009
Mary Dao (Micropigment Practitioner and Senior Beauty therapist)
Topic: Migration, Small Business, Beauty Therapy Advice, Chinese New Year Festival 2009

9 January 2009
Denise Kuchmar (Guitarist, Education Training and Theatrical Services)
Topic: Music, Lifestyle, Chinese New Year Festival 2009

16 January 2009
Shane Quinn (Manager, Greensborough Family Relationships Centre)
Topic: Program and Services of Family Relationships Centre

16 January 2009
Zabelle (Belly Dance with Zabelle, Zabelle, Pamela and Anthea)
Topic: Belly Dancing, Health Benefits, Performances, Chinese New Year Festival 2009

23 January 2009
Sofia Chapman (Musician, Vardos)
Topic: Vardos, Accordion, Performances, Chinese New Year Festival 2009

23 January 2009
Shano Shorsh Ali (University Student, Kurdish Folk Dance Association)
Topic: Migration, Family, Interracial Marriage, Lifestyle, Kurdish Folk Dance Association,
Chinese New Year Festival 2009

30 January 2009
Lina Hassan (Victoria Arabic Social Service Staff, Arabic Folk Dance Group)
Topic: Cooking and Dancing, Performances, Chinese New Year Festival 2009

30 January 2009
Sash Ristevski (Proprietor, Lalor Aquarium and Pet Supplies)
Topic: Aquarium

February 2009 6 Interviewees

6 February 2009 – NO SHOW

13 February 2009
Susan Perkins (Whittlesea Volunteer Resource Service, Community Development Worker, Community Engagement, Whittlesea Community Connections)
Topics: Volunteering

13 February 2009
Becky James (Artist)
Topics: Artworks, Future Projects (Lantern Making Workshops), Bushfires

20 February 2009
May Hu (Executive Producer, SBS Mandarin Radio Program)
Topics: Victorian Bushfires and SBS Telethon Fundraising Appeal

20 February 2009
Dalal Smiley (MFB Manager, Diversity Development)
Topics: EXPO (Uniform Services in Your Community)

27 February 2009
Tim Kerger (NMIT Tourism and Events Teacher)
Topics: NMIT Tourism and Events, Festivals and Volunteering


27 February 2009
Claude Turco (Recipient of Organ Donor)
Topics: Australian Organ Donor Register, Health Services, Heart Problems, Alfred Hospital


March 2009 4 Interviewees


6 March 2009
Emma Sidney (Jazz Vocalist)
Topics: Music, New Album and Chinese Festivals


6 March 2009
Julie Anne Dooley (Field Worker, GROW Australia)
Topics: GROW Australia, Programs, Services and Groups


13 March 2009
Professor Desmond Cahill (Professor of Intercultural Studies, RMIT University, Victoria)
Topics: Brief Personal Profile: Intercultural Studies, Projects, Publications, Achievements,
Community Engagement, Hobbies.


13 March 2009
Alice Pung (Writer and Lawyer)
Topics: Brief Personal Profile: Family History, Ancestry, Writing Skills, Occupation,
Publications, Achievements.



Presenter and Program Producer: Arthur B.W. Yong


Some of the volunteers and friends, who assisted the program, were:

Sally Huang, Dr. Keong Choong, Sky Zhao, Xia Hua, Dr. Peter Li, Jenny Lu, Damian Peters, Wei Ha, Jie Ha, Jeff Caligari, Shano Ali, Dr Irene Zhang, Holly Wu, Dr Bing Xin Wang, Silvia Jiang, Jing Zhu, Feng Lin, John Perri, John Tindall, Barbara Tindall, Soni Tejpal, Tracy Browning and many others.

More new volunteers were expected to join our team, while others participated for a short time.

广播節目的主持人: 翁文華

電台幫忙的朋友: Jenny卢, Damian Peters, 伟哈, 杰(傑)哈

Assisted by: 1) Bo Ai and his studentsTranslating & Interpreting School of Global Studies, Social Science & Planning RMIT University

支持這活動:

皇家墨尔本理工大学（RMIT）翻译文凭课程的老师与学生帮助提供翻译文稿.
艾博，顾英志，梅林.

2) Many other WCA members and friends

其他威特西華人協會的會員和朋友

The Program will be broadcasted for six months in Mandarin and English.

For further information,

contact Arthur B.W. Yong JP,
President, WCA
Email: wca1256@gmail.com

Feedback Postal Address: 18 Wellington Crescent, Lalor , Victoria 3075

Book Launch Recap

From Left to Right: Minister Peter Batchelor MP, Cr Sam Alessi, Professor Robert Pascoe, Cr Kris Pavlidis, Cr Frank Merlino, Arthur B.W. Yong (Author, Red Chinese Outfit), Cr Elizabeth Nealy (Mayor, City of Whittlesea), Tasi Piuisi, Cr Mary Lalios, Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Bo Ai, and Harry Jenkins MP (Federal Member for Scullin, behind Lily D’Ambrosio).

The Book of Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea: Our Chinese Community Our Stories was launched on Saturday 9 February 2009 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm at Mill Park Library. The Author and Project Coordinator is Arthur B.W. Yong JP.
The library was crowded for this launch. There were over 160 guests attended this launch.

Please read the full recap here on PDF or Word Document.

威特西华人定居史书
Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea Book
推發禮

二零零八年二月九日, 星期六, 大年初三的下午,在Mill Park图书馆举行了威特西华人协会会长翁文华太平紳士 (Arthur B.W. Yong JP) 主编的<<威特西华人定居史书Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea Book>>一书的推发禮.该书副题为-我们的华人社区, 我们的故事 (十六故事). 仪式开始前,就有很多志愿人员前来帮忙.美丽可爱的Chelsea Bai演奏了古筝欢迎各位来宾入场. 紧接着, 由支持人Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Mill Park区州议员简短介绍并欢迎威特西市市长伊利莎白尼利 (Cr Elizabeth Nealy)致辞. 超過160位出席之包括维多利亚州社区发展部部长兼能源与资源部部长彼得巴契勒先生 (Peter Batchelor MP), 威特西市市长伊利莎白尼利, 维多利亚州社会科学学院桂冠院长罗伯特帕斯科先生 (Professor Robert Pascoe) 及多位市政议员, Cr Sam Alessi, Cr Frank Merlino, Cr Kris Pavlidis, Cr Mary Lalios, 林美豐州議員Hong Lim MP JP, 聯邦議員哈雷健肯先生(Harry Jenkins MP), 陳芝彬前聯邦參議員Tsebin Tchen (Former Senator for Liberal) , 中國駐墨爾本總領館僑務領事陳迪, 區警察管(Mark Doney, Whittlesea District Police Inspector), Ivana Csar OAM (Manager, Lalor Living and Learning Centre), 李福源(Albert Lee JP), Marian Lau OAM, JP, 維省福州十邑同鄉會會長林國地 , 蘇其源 (KST Partners), Lindsay Mann, President of Whittlesea Historical Society, 威特西华人协会成员,该书编撰组成员, 墨尔本皇家理工大学中药系薛長利教授 Professor Charlie Xue, C.W. Chow副教授, Dr Xiangru Wu及其他社区領袖和朋友.
尼利市长祝贺大家新年快乐, 回顾了澳大利亚以及威特西市的华人史, 并赞扬了翁文华先生及其写作小组的工作, 赞扬了该书对澳大利亚华人史,乃至对澳大利亚历史的贡献.
翁文华先生编写整理的前两本亦与威特西市华人历史有关. 该书的编撰由翁文华先生指导,由五位年轻人采访写作. 他们采访了威特西市二位澳州人十五位华人, 记录了他们的移民历程, 讲述了华人的故事. 采访之前, 翁文华先生及其写作小组均会向受访者提供准备好介绍性材料, 采访中翁文华先生也全程在场, 通过录像机记录采访的过程. 该书的出版,得到威特西市, 州政府 Victorian Multicultural Commission的经济资助, 还有雅拉普兰迪地区图书馆 (Yarra Plenty Regional Library) 的支持.当然还有籌備會委員及很多志愿人员的帮助.
罗伯特帕斯科先生是知名历史学者,他如数家珍地讲述了维多利亚州淘金时代华人的历史和文化,介绍了他向新移民介绍维多利亚州历史的情况,巴拉瑞和本迪戈的华人历史纪念场所的来历,墨尔本唐人街的丰富历史.他还向来宾们点出维多利亚州几处华人蔬果圆的旧址,让来宾们回想起当年为社区提供蔬果的重要场所.
最后的发言人是维多利亚州社区发展部部长兼能源与资源部部长彼得巴契勒先生.他已经阅读过这本新书, 他把新书的一些内容向来宾进行介绍, 一起分享他的感受. 他同时也赞扬了翁先生及其协作小组的努力.
仪式进行过程中,有数个艺术节目穿插进行,如吴基华夫妇的太极拳表, Eleanor Yeo 女士的彩带舞, David Chen 的大提琴表演都给仪式增加了许多气氛. 最后翁文华先生的幽默演讲, 以和Tasi女士合唱的 <> 将仪式推向了高潮.接着, 大家一边品尝点心,和新好朋友聊天,等翁先生为新书签名,在愉快的氛围中结束了首发仪式.如读者需要了解有关这个节庆的信息, 请联系翁先生, 电子邮件地址：wca1256@gmail.com
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