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  • Artist overcomes adversity

    Artist overcomes adversity

    Leon DeRose has overcome a tough childhood to become an artist, poet and hip-hop MC. As a child, DeRose contracted meningococcal disease and was in…

  • Learning leap looms for Wyndham

    Learning leap looms for Wyndham

    Talented weavers from the communities of Burma will showcase their skills as part of the Wyndham Learning Festival. The festival, to be presented by the…

  • A warming house party unveiled

    A warming house party unveiled

    For the past 12 years, a heritage house located in a small country town has been at the centre of an art project started by…

  • Werribee’s big dance

    Werribee’s big dance

    Hundreds of young performers will twirl and tap into the spotlight at the Wyndham Cultural Centre later this month. The In Motion Performing Arts Challenge…

  • MY WYNDHAM: Imran Akm

    MY WYNDHAM: Imran Akm

    Imran Akm, from Hoppers Crossing, studied mathematics at university while working as a newspaper reporter. A few years ago, he moved from Bangladesh to Australia,…

  • Becky is a role model for youth

    Becky is a role model for youth

    Wyndham teenager Becky Deng says she hopes to encourage women from all cultural backgrounds to feel empowered. Ms Deng fled civil war in Sudan as…

  • MY WYNDHAM: Ramona Borg

    MY WYNDHAM: Ramona Borg

    Ramona Borg is a personal stylist and style coach. She grew up in Locarno, a small city in the Italian part of Switzerland about an hour north of Milan,…

  • Around the world in eighty ways

    Around the world in eighty ways

    Staff, pupils and families from Baden Powell College celebrated cultural diversity in a creative way last week. The Hoppers Crossing and Tarneit campuses of the…

  • MY WYNDHAM: Kiran Aslam

    MY WYNDHAM: Kiran Aslam

    Kiran Aslam, a henna tattooing artist who lives in Tarneit, says she enjoys the creative expression her art form offers. The 27-year-old talks to Wyndham Star Weekly:…

  • Arresting day for elders

    Arresting day for elders

    A group of elders from Burma were given an insight into the work of police last week. On Friday, the men – who are members…

  • South Asian wedding belles

    South Asian wedding belles

    South Asian bridal couture will hit the catwalk at Werribee Racecourse later this month in a unique wedding show celebrating Melbourne’s cultural diversity. Brides of…

  • Indian cultural precinct gains traction

    Indian cultural precinct gains traction

    A push to develop an Indian cultural precinct in Wyndham is gaining traction after the state government announced it would host a public meeting in…

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