Australian Multicultural Foundation

Australian Multicultural Foundation

"The Australian Bicentennial Authority gave support to a proposal to establish the Australian Bicentennial Multicultural Foundation. The idea was first proposed by the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia National Conference in 1981.

"In 1986 the Federation and the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs jointly convened a Working Party which consulted widely concerning the objects and direction for the Foundation.

"In June 1987 the Authority invested $3 Million in the Australian Bicentennial Multicultural Foundation Trust Account. In September 1988 the Funds were transferred to the Foundation after it was legally incorporated as an independent organisation."

Directors
Accessed September 2009:


 * James Gobbo (Chairman)
 * Peter Maurice Arnison
 * Carla Zampatti
 * Kwong Lee Dow

Executive Director and Company Secretary
 * B. (Hass) Dellal OAM

Administrative Assistant
 * Brigit Murikumthara, Azmeena Hussain
 * Project Co-ordinator - Athalia Zwartz
 * Training and Project Development Manager - Lynn Cain

Members of the Foundation
 * Kevin Rudd MP (Prime Minister of Australia)
 * John Howard
 * Beryl Beaurepaire
 * Kim Beazley
 * Simon Crean
 * Ivan A. Deveson
 * Alexander Downer
 * Llewellyn Edwards
 * William Charles Fairbanks
 * Gaye Rosemary Hart
 * Robert Hawke
 * J. R. Hewson
 * Vivien Suit-Cheng Hope
 * Paul Keating
 * Mark Latham
 * Irene Kwong Moss
 * Robert Brooker Maher
 * Wendy Elizabeth McCarthy
 * Lindsay Gordon Crossley Moyle
 * John Nieuwenhuysen
 * Andrew Peacock
 * Lady Stephen
 * Ross Tzannes
 * George Wojak

Contact

 * Web: http://amf.net.au