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.
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
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Name |
Position |
Heritage |
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1 |
Carl WU |
Secretary General |
Chinese |
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2 |
Dr. Ram MOHAN |
Current Rotating Chair |
Indian |
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3 |
Lewis LEE OAM |
First Rotating Chair |
Malaysian Chinese |
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4 |
Surendra PRASAD OAM |
Second Rotating Chair |
Fijian |
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5 |
Agnes WHITEN AM |
Third Rotating Chair |
Filipino |
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6 |
Janeth DEEN OAM |
Advisory Board Member |
Australian Muslim |
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7 |
Elijah BUOL OAM |
Advisory Board Member |
South Sudanese |
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8 |
Honey BINNY |
Advisory Board Member |
Filipino |
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9 |
Reena AUGUSTINE |
Advisory Board Member |
Indian |
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10 |
Paviter NOORI |
Advisory Board Member |
Indian |
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11 |
Louise MOELLER |
Advisory Board Member |
German |
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12 |
Vera POTTINGER |
Advisory Board Member |
Indonesian |
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13 |
Aunty Peggy TIDYMAN |
Advisory Board Member |
Aboriginal Elder |
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14 |
Prakruthi Mysore GURURAJ |
Advisory Board Member |
Indian |
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15 |
Manoj George |
Advisory Board Member |
Indian |
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16 |
Sandra BEYNON |
Advisory Board Member |
Dutch-Indonesian |
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17 |
Isaac YANG |
Advisory Board Member |
Korean |
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18 |
Taka UEMATSU |
Advisory Board Member |
Japanese |
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19 |
Naomichi HIRANO |
Advisory Board Member |
Japanese |
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20 |
Ben HU |
Advisory Board Member |
Chinese |
|
21 |
Michael Po Saw |
Advisory Board Member |
Myanmar |
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22 |
Habib Jamal |
Advisory Board Member |
Islamic |
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23 |
Julie Park |
Advisory Board Member |
Korean |
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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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Email: info@mqsn.org.au
Call us: (07)-3491 9444