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Multicultural

Community Languages Collection

The Library offers collections of material in twenty-one (21) different languages. This material consists of books, magazines and audio CDs.

Books & magazines

Arabic

Chinese

Croatian

Hindi

Italian

Korean

Polish

Russian

Serbian

Spanish

Vietnamese


Magazines only

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Maltese

Ukrainian




Books only

Persian

Punjabi

Tagalog

Turkish

Urdu





If we don't have your particular language we can order them from the State Library of NSW. The State Library supplies us, on request, a box of randomly selected titles in the chosen language for three months. During that time you can come to the library and borrow them for 3 weeks to read at your leisure.

If you want a particular title in your language which we do not have we can request them from another library service, however this attracts a standard Inter Library Loan charge.

Just ask the staff and they will be able to assist you.


Multicultural Storytime

This special Storytime is about bringing the riches of the world to your child. We have stories, songs and crafts but with an international flavour. The stories, the songs and the crafts come from all over the world. The stories are told in English and sometimes in another language as well. Each week the group virtually visits a different part of the world.

This is all for free, so come along and join in the fun. You'll never know what part of the world you might visit.

MAX WEBBER LIBRARY
cnr Flushcombe Road & Alpha Street
Blacktown NSW 2148

Phone: 9839-6643

Friday
10:30am-11:30am


International Newspapers

Newspapers from around the world can be accessed via the Internet.
Yahoo
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/

RefDesk
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

Internet Public Library
http://ipl.org/

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


Government

Centrelink factsheets
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/languages/index.htm

Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/settle-in-australia/index.htm

Community Relations Commission
http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/