who we are

About MQSN

The main establishment purposes of Multicultural Queensland Social Network is to serve diverse communities. We gather together those community leaders and individuals who have big influence in the Multicultural Communities and share experiences in the network. We jointly host and support Multicultural Events and serve our queensland communities.

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Our mission

  • To provide a platform for members to share information that they possess to assist the others in their activities;
  • To support members in their functions by promoting them and contributing resources of mutual benefit to members;
  • To assist members and not compete but instead help in their activities;
  • To promote multiculturalism through education, discussion and other means;
  • To encourage members to provide issues affecting the culturally diverse communities to raise awareness among the wider groups;
  • To encourage members to participate in activities with the wider community.

Our story

The Multicultural Social Network establishment is the initiative of Carl. Wu, Honorary and Founding President of the Brisbane North Chinese Association Inc. He called an initial meeting on 19th of June, 2019, Riverside Hotel Southbank)

There were 15 community leaders who attended. They were: Lewis Lee OAM, Carl Wu, Ram Mohan, Surendra Prasad OAM, Honey Binny, Michelle Allsop, Elijah Boul OAM, Aunty Peggy Tidyman, Prakruthi Mysore Gururaj, Marelise Matthysen, Taka Uematsu, Naomichi Hirano, Ben Hu, Louise Moeller, and Peter Low OAM.

2021 Advisory Board Members of MQSN

 

Name

Position

Heritage

1

Carl WU

Secretary General

Chinese

2

Dr. Ram MOHAN

Current Rotating Chair

Indian

3

Lewis LEE OAM

First Rotating Chair

Malaysian Chinese

4

Surendra PRASAD OAM

Second Rotating Chair

Fijian

5

Agnes WHITEN AM

Third Rotating Chair

Filipino

6

Janeth DEEN OAM

Advisory Board Member

Australian Muslim

7

Elijah BUOL OAM

Advisory Board Member

South Sudanese

8

Honey BINNY

Advisory Board Member

Filipino

9

Reena AUGUSTINE

Advisory Board Member

Indian

10

Paviter NOORI

Advisory Board Member

Indian

11

Louise MOELLER

Advisory Board Member

German

12

Vera POTTINGER 

Advisory Board Member

Indonesian

13

Aunty Peggy TIDYMAN

Advisory Board Member

Aboriginal Elder

14

Prakruthi Mysore GURURAJ

Advisory Board Member

Indian

15

Manoj George

Advisory Board Member

Indian

16

Sandra BEYNON

Advisory Board Member

Dutch-Indonesian

17

Isaac YANG

Advisory Board Member

Korean

18

Taka UEMATSU                                

Advisory Board Member

Japanese

19

Naomichi HIRANO

Advisory Board Member

Japanese

20

Ben HU

Advisory Board Member

Chinese

21

Michael Po Saw

Advisory Board Member

Myanmar

22

Habib Jamal

Advisory Board Member

Islamic

23

Julie Park

Advisory Board Member

Korean

24

Beny Aterdit Bol OAM

Advisory Board Member

Africa

2021 MQSN Community Leaders

Australian of Chinese Heritage War Memorial Committee Lewis Lee OAM /CHAIRMAN      
Red Carpet Funtion Reena Au Coordinator of Red Carpet Funtion  
Brizchilli and Chillogan Village Festival (Indonisia/Dutch) Sandra Be Festival Organizer and Entertairment Agency
Fiji Senior Citizens Assn of Qld Inc. ECCQ committee member Surendra OAM  
The Federation of Indian Communities of Queensland Inc. Dr. Ram M President  
Japan Community of QLD Inc. Naomichi President  
Gunggari Elder and Ambassador for Peace Aunty Peg Gunggari Elder  
German Australian Community Centre QLD Louise Mo President  
       
Australian Indonesian Culture and Welfare Association Vera Potti President  
President of the Filipino BARRIO FIESTA BRISBANE INC Honey Binny President(Vice- President of the Chamber
of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines)
BrisAsia Festivals Organizer/CEO of MAXX International P/L Pavitor N BCC Event Producer  
       
Multicultural Ambassador of Redcarpet Function Prakruthi Multicultural Ambassador  
Formal Chair of ECCQ Agnes Whiten  
       
       
Brisbane North Chinese Association Ben Hu Peresident  
Multicultural Queensland Carl Wu Funder, Secretary General of MQSN  
Member of Islamic community Council, Current Rotating Chair of MQSN Janeth De OAM  
Universal Education & Multicultural Exchange Assn of Qld Inc Alan Chen President  
Southside United Multicultural Association Julie Park Secretary General  
Islamic Council of Queensland Habib Jam President  
Aust Myanmar Friendship Association of Qld Michael P President and Director of ECCQ  
Queensland African Communities Council Beny Aterdi President  
Vietnamese Community Teresa Do President  

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