This year the Institut Ramon Llull in collaboration with Monash University is giving you the chance to take the Catalan-language examinations in Melbourne. The registration period starts next Monday (23/09/2013) The certificates issued by the Institut Ramon Llull provide accreditation of level of knowledge of the Catalan language both for academic and work purposes (public administration, [...]
CONTINUE READING →Here our video of the Catalan Way in Melbourne! Film and edit: Ariadna Relea. Assistant direction: Mariona Guiu
CONTINUE READING →150 supported The Via Catalana organised by the Catalan Cultural Centre of Victoria on Sunday 1 September 2013. The aim was to put their hands together and let the world know the Catalan people have the right to choose their future as a nation. The event was held at the Princes Bridge in St Kilda [...]
CONTINUE READING →This Sunday an unusual event will take place in the streets of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth: hundreds of people will create an human chain in support of the Catalan’s right of self-determination from Spain. The Australian human chains will be small scale replica of the “Catalan Way”, an enormous human chain that will be [...]
CONTINUE READING →Last week the Annual General Meeting took place. Once again Casal’s President, Victòria Gras, introduced the activity of the organization and thanked to the Committee and members for their work this year. The attendees had the opportunity to check the treasurer’s annual report and they approved the minutes of the 2012 Annual Meeting. Anna Lorente, [...]
CONTINUE READING →On 27th July Melbourne and Monash universities jointly hosted the Second Symposium on Catalonia in Australia. This event brought together, sixteen years after the first symposium promoted by Dr. Robert Archer, the main researchers and research students from Catalonia in this continent. The Symposium hold at Melbourne University included a varied programme consisting of the [...]
CONTINUE READING →Andreu Pedró. Born in Gata (La Marina Alta), he arrived in Melbourne last February to work as a lecturer in Catalan at Monash University. With 34 years on the clock, Andreu, qualified in translation and interpretating, has taught Catalan at Cambridge and Massachusetts. Now he’s come to Australia and hopes to stay here a good [...]
CONTINUE READING →Last 23rd of June we celebrated the Revetlla of Saint John’s Eve here in Melbourne. This festivity that welcomes the summer in the north hemisphere represents the beginning of the winter in our Australian city and members and friends of the Casal gathered in Ross House to celebrate it. The event was presided over by [...]
CONTINUE READING →The Catalan Cultural Centre of Victoria has recently received lots of queries from Catalonia about the possibilities that Australia offers to study or work. To answer these questions, we are offering this Start-up guide to provide some tips on settling in, the cost of living in Australia and more information you will need to know [...]
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