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Oasis Wimmera is providing a pamper event for women in

celebration of Mothers Day. The event will include makeup tips,

nail art and henna designs. New Look Hair and Beauty Salon will

be supporting us with this event.

Small gifts will be provided to women by courtesy of Des Lardner

Organic, Horsham Chemmart and Avon representative Jodi Potter.

Come join us for an afternoon of fun and pleasure. Feel free to

bring your female friends along.

Joy Juma, our publicity coordinator has tendered her resignation from the board this month owing to

her work and personal commitments.

We would like to thank Joy for her support towards the group and her sound advice. She will still be

part of the group and take part in events when time permits.

Mothers Day “Pamper Event” for women

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For further information

please contact

Sujatha—0412654483

Miao—0422132247

All Graduates is an Australian-owned translation and interpreting agency specialising in the

government, community and corporate sectors. They are recruiting interpreters in many languages for

the city and metropolitan areas. Their clients require services in the following key languages:

Acehanese, Albanian, Armenian, Assyrian, Cambodian, Hindi, Igbo, Luganda, Mongolian, Nepalese,

Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Telugu and Urdu.

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feel free to contact [email protected] or 1300 134 746 for further information.

Venue: Horsham City Council

Reception Hall

Time: 4.00—6.00 pm

Date: 19 May 2012

Day: Saturday

Resignation of Joy Juma from the Oasis Board

LET US CELEBRATE DIVERSITY !!!

Call for Interpreter/translators

Trip to Jeparit A few weeks ago, a few of us made an impromptu trip to the

Jeparit Pioneer Museum. The museum which sits on four

hectares, houses several interesting and unusual buildings from

the Colonial Era.

It was indeed a wonderful experience to see an original homestead preserved all

these years. For those interested in antiques and history, this site is a real jewel.

There is also a vast display of agricultural machinery used in the olden days. Most

of us were intrigued to see some of the artefacts from our home countries as well.

We saw this kitchen hand tool to make string-hoppers, a South Indian and

Sri Lankan delicacy. We also visited the nearby Hindmarsh Lake and completed

the trip with dinner at the local café —a smashing trip in all !!!!

The second term of adult swim sessions commenced on 17 April 2012. Around 7 Oasis Wimmera

members are participating in this program. There are 6 of them in the beginners session and 1 in

the intermediate class.

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Oasis Wimmera Activities for Art Is…..

Member Corner

Recap on April Event - Badminton “Come and Try” Session

Oasis Wimmera will be holding a Rangoli display on a small-scale for the local Art Is….at

the water’s edge festival in June. A small workshop will also be held for interested audience

on Rangoli. Oasis kids will be performing a short cultural dance at one of the festival events.

Our thanks to Kate Finnerty, the festival manager for her wonderful support and enthusiasm.

N E W S L E T T E R

M A Y

The Badminton “Come and Try” Session on 27 April 2012 has been a terrific success.

All three courts were busy with some of the participants having a hit for the first time

and enjoying it big-time. The subsequent session also had a good number of

participants attend and we are looking forward to a very enjoyable first term. The free

social badminton sessions for this school term have been provided by Wimmera

Regional Sports Assembly towards helping new arrivals and migrants ease into the

sports culture prevalent in the region. A fourth court will be provided for kids from

this week onwards. Sessions are provided every Friday between 6-8 pm at the

Horsham Primary School, 298 Campus. If you would like to play or mentor, please

contact us on [email protected] or 0412654483.

A special thanks to Alex Thomson, Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly for his wonderful

support and contribution towards this program

Richard Newby

The art of Rangoli

Rangoli is a folk art from

India. They are decorative

designs made on the floors

of living rooms and

courtyards during Hindu

festivals.

They are meant to be sacred

welcoming areas for the

Hindu deities. The ancient

symbols have been passed on

through the ages, from each

generation to the next, thus

keeping both the art form and

the tradition alive.

The patterns are typically

created with materials,

including colored rice, dry

flour,(colored) sand or even

flower petals. Rangoli and

similar practices are often

followed in different Indian

states.

From 2012, the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) has established eight Regional

Advisory Councils across the state. These councils will advise the VMC on local multicultural

issues; advocate on their behalf; advise on communication, engagement and consultation with

CALD communities and assist the VMC to promote the benefits of diversity.

Sujatha Umakanthan from Oasis Wimmera has been appointed to the Grampians Regional

Advisory Council for a two year term. She will serve as your local spokesperson for any

multicultural issues you might come across within the region and raise it with Grampians

RAC. You can contact Sujatha on 0412654483.

Grampians Regional Advisory Councils (RAC)

Meet Richard Newby from the United Kingdom.

Richard was one of our first members and has been a steady supporter

of Oasis Wimmera. He has been instrumental towards starting our

poetry club, the Wimmera Poetry Lovers.

Richard has always contributed to our events by introducing various

board games to the group. He is very creative in bringing ideas to the

group and we have largely benefited from some of his ideas. The

Natimuk fishing event and the hiking trip were his suggestions. He

has also recently given the idea for an Oasis travel club.

Oasis members to meet casually on Saturdays at May park between 12 and 1 pm near the

playground for children play and adults chat. If you are free and the weather is good,

see you there !!!!

We have been providing monthly newsletters for the last one year. We have decided to

replace this by a quarterly issue. If you have articles to contribute to our newsletter,

please email us at [email protected]. This is your voice, so please feel free to

contribute to it about culture, hobbies or anything of your interest.