VISION

The Filipino-Australian identity that inspires a broader multicultural community to preserve its heritage, enrich its culture and celebrate diversity for the future generations.

CORE VALUES

MISSION

Forging our own identity

Pamana Australia aims to discover and define our unique identity as Filipino-Australians.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSES

  • Initiate, encourage or assist in the documenting of the history of Filipino migrants in Victoria, in particular, and Australia, in general.

  • Establish a Philippine cultural centre and museum in Victoria.

  • Increase access, awareness and understanding within the community of the importance of the Filipino heritage and contribution to Australia.

  • Assist and encourage members and the Filipino-Australian community in the preservation of records, sites and objects with special heritage significance.

  • Liaise and network with other Filipino arts, cultural and historical groups within Australia and around the world.

  • Promote friendship, cooperation, and understanding between the Filipino-Australian community and the wider Australian community.

  • Forge collaborative partnerships with Filipino and other multicultural groups in developing projects related to history, arts, and culture.

  • Collaborate and exchange ideas with other ethnic and cultural heritage groups in Australia.


AUSTRALIAN FILIPINO HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC.

Preserving the past, living the present, and embracing the future

COMMITTEES | FOCUS GROUPS

We need volunteers to assist in documenting the following focus groups:

  • Performing Arts – actors, dancers, singers, musicians, choreographers

  • Fashion and Design – beauty quest titleholders, models, fashion designers, H&MUA, fashion photographers

  • Visual and Moving Arts – photographers, filmmakers, graphic artists and designers, fine artists, painters, sculptors

  • Education, History, Languages and Literature – educators, writers, poets, interpreters, translators, linguists, historians

  • Older people and People with Disabilities

  • Women, Youth and Family

  • New Migrants and International Students 

  • Business and Tourism

  • Culinary Arts

  • Faith and Religion

  • Sports, Health and Wellness

OFFICERS

Australian Filipino Heritage Foundation, Inc.

PRESIDENT | George Gregorio
VICE-PRESIDENT | Susan Rodriguez
SECRETARY & PUBLIC OFFICER | Virginia Balanon-Unthank
TREASURER | Salve Oliquino
DIRECTOR | Chito Javier
DIRECTOR | Josie Elano
DIRECTOR | Marigold Espiga

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | Chito Javier

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PAMANA AUSTRALIA requires funding to maintain this website as our main medium to document and promote the Filipino-Australian cultural heritage.

What we strive to do now will hopefully benefit the next generation of Filipino-Australians.

A community without a known past is a community without a soul.

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