Multicultural Community

Community Language Collections

The Library offers collections of community language materials, both adult and junior, in 8 different languages. These materials consist of books, DVDs, VCDs, videos, audio tapes and CD ROMs and CDs. The Library also offers a collection of music from around the world.

Languages: Arabic, Hindi, Korean Turkish, Italian, Vietnamese, Greek, Chinese (traditional and simplified script) 

The library also holds a range of other community language collections which are on loan from the State Library of New South Wales and are periodically rotated. If the library does not hold a collection in your language you may request for it to be borrowed free of charge. To find out more information about languages available please contact the library.

Events and programs for the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Community

The library also holds culture events, talks and educational programme, please check the information board inside the library.

Basic English Collection

If you are working towards improving your English skills then we have a collection of books, audio cassette/CD kits and CD ROM’s available for members of the community whose first language is not English.

The internet in your language

MyLanguage - allows access to over six-million information links: search engines, web directories, government websites, digital library projects and syndicated news headlines in nearly 60 languages other than English. 
http://www.mylanguage.gov.au

Community language collection directory - to find community languages holdings by library or language
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/multicultural/commlang.cfm

International Newspapers

Click these links to access newspapers written in other languages.

Online Newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

Newspapers of the World
http://www.actualidad.com/

Community services

Settlement services gateway
http://www.welcometosydney.com

Centrelink - linking Australian government services
http://www.centrelink.gov.au

Australian department of immigration and multicultural affairs (DIMA)
http://www.immi.gov.au

Parramatta city council community information database
http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/comm-info/lincs.html

Baulkham Hills, Holroyd, Parramatta migrant resource centre (BHHP MRC)
http://www.bhhpmrc.org.au/

Education

The national office of overseas skills recognition (NOOSR)
http://www.detya.gov.au/noosr

Organisations which provide English learning course

The Australian centre for languages
http://www.acl.edu.au

Insearch University of Technology, Sydney
http://www.insearch.edu.au

University of New South Wales
http://www.unsw.edu.au

Parramatta College
http://www.parramattacollege.com

Macquarie Community College
http://www.macquarie.nsw.edu.au

Health Services

NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au

Healthinsite (health information for Australians)
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au

Transcultural mental health
http://www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au/translations/transinfo.htm

Family health network site
http://www.familyhealth.org

Medical online
http://www.medicalonline.com.au

Drug information (state library of New South Wales)
http://diayll.sl.nsw.gov.au