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Western Chances
Western Chances provides scholarships and opportunities to talented and self-motivated young people in Melbourne's western suburbs. The programs aim to remove the financial and cultural barriers that prevent many young people in Melbourne’s west from realising their potential. Western Chances provides a hand up, not just a hand-out.
www.westernchances.org.au
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The Salvation Army
Melbourne Airport has had a long-standing relationship with the Salvos, which has included significant financial donations to the Winter Warmth and Christmas Appeals in addition to fundraising ventures with the Airport Management Staff Social Club.
Melbourne Airport has also supported the Salvation Army's Jacana Centre for over eight years.
Located just 10 kilometres from the Airport in the north-western Melbourne suburb of Jacana, the centre provides assisted accommodation to families, couples and pregnant women while also being an outreach to homeless men and women.
www.salvationarmy.org.au
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Melbourne Airport Victorian Tourism Awards
The Melbourne Airport Victorian Tourism Awards celebrate and acknowledge tourism businesses and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding achievements and success. The annual awards program is a submission and inspection-based competition for tourism businesses, industry suppliers and individuals working in the tourism industry. The awards ceremony and marketing program provides the opportunity to publicly recognise and showcase the state’s finest tourism operators.
www.victoriantourismawards.com.au
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world, and showcases the very best in international and local comedy. For four weeks every year, the festival takes over the city of Melbourne, presenting a massive program of stand-up comedy, free outdoor events and family shows.
www.comedyfestival.com.au
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Melbourne International Arts Festival
The Melbourne International Arts Festival is Australia's premier celebration of international performing and visual arts, and is one of Melbourne's flagship cultural events
The MIAF exclusively debuts and premieres some of the finest national and international artists and companies, with each festival bringing an unparalleled feast of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia and outdoor events from Australia and overseas to Melbourne.
www.melbournefestival.com.au
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Melbourne Museum
Explore life as we know it at Melbourne Museum - from Victoria’s unique natural environment to our diverse cultures, our history, and our icons. Be inspired. Be surprised.
Part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpiece series, A Day in Pompeii unearths the story of daily life in the ancient city with more than 250 priceless objects on show. Experience first-hand the dramatic eruption of Vesuvius in a specially-created immersive 3D theatre. View the body casts of those buried under the ash in Pompeii’s final day of drama, room-size frescoes, marble and bronze sculptures, jewellery and gold coins.
www.museumvictoria.com.au
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National Gallery of Victoria
Founded in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria is Australia’s oldest and pre-eminent visual arts institution, operating across two magnificent galleries: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square and NGV International on St Kilda Road. For the past four years, the NGV has hosted a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition. In 2009, Salvador Dali: Liquid brings together more than 200 stunning works by Dali in all media including painting, drawing, watercolour, etchings, sculpture, fashion, jewellery, cinema and photography.
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
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Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival promotes the quality produce, talent and lifestyle of Melbourne and the state of Victoria and to reinforce Melbourne as the pre-eminent culinary city of Australia. The festival commenced in 1993 with a simple program of 12 events. Since its inception, it has grown annually, with the 2009 festival encompassing over 250 events over a 17-day period. Annually, the festival attracts food and wine experts from across the world, including world-renowned chefs and winemakers, growers, purveyors, authors, food and wine commentators and critics to present alongside some of Australia's best.
www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
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Living Legends
Living Legends, located near Melbourne Airport, is bringing champion horses back to the people. An historic homestead, beautiful gardens, and picturesque walking/biking trails with abundant wildlife make Living Legends the ideal destination. Buy a coffee or bring a picnic basket - it's a place where people of all ages can relax and enjoy our legends in beautiful parklands.
www.livinglegends.org.au
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School Christmas banner competition
Since 1996, over 40 schools from the northern and western regions of Melbourne have been decorating the festive banners that hang at Melbourne Airport during the Christmas season. These banners are produced as part of the Melbourne Airport School Christmas Banner Competition, and provide a friendly welcoming message to the thousands of passengers arriving and departing at Melbourne Airport during December. The winning schools are presented with over $3000 worth of prizes in books and sporting equipment for their schools.
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