Danish Australian Cultural Society

The Danish Australian Cultural Society Inc. (DACS) was established in Melbourne in 1982 by a group of enthusiasts with love for Denmark. The Society consists of approx. 200 member families in and around Melbourne. We meet through activities organised by DACS. These activities include lectures, discussion groups, concerts and film evenings and social gatherings to sample Danish food. The activities are listed in a regular newsletter posted to all members.

Our Aims are:

To provide personal friendship and relationships between the Australian and Danish people.
To promote Danish Culture and knowledge of the Danish way of life, both in historical and contemporary terms, within Australia for the benefit of both the Australian and Danish people.
To extend hospitality and assistance to Danish immigrants and Danish visitors to Australia.
To promote, foster and maintain an interest in Danish affairs and activities for the Danish community in Australia, as well as other people with a common interest in Danish affairs.

Information how the new site works

Tue, 04/03/2008 - 5:32pm — Administrator

This article is designed to enable users to get the most out of the site. It is intended to be as user-friendly as possible and assumes no computer knowledge.

There is a reasonably large amount of information and you will need to click on the "read more" link at the bottom to get everything.

The administration of this site is being carried out by Lance Fishman, DACS committee member. The site's creator, Tim Kavanagh may occasionally have some input but this will be limited due to his professional commitments.

Job Advertisment Danish School

Tue, 22/09/2009 - 1:07pm — Administrator

Click 'read more' below for full text including English translation.

Job Annonce

Dansk VCE Udviklings Leder (deltid)

"Danish School Down Under Inc" er en almennyttig skole for det Danske Samfund I Australien.
Skolen blev oprettet i 1997 og har oplevet en jævn fremgang siden. Skolen har nu over 40 elever, som mødes hver 3. uge i den Svenske Kirke i Toorak.

The Edge of The Possible

Tue, 22/09/2009 - 12:38pm — Administrator

Check out this great DVD

Click on the attachments link to open pdf and view short movie.

Visit website here: http://www.filmartmedia.com/index.html
(where DVD can be purchased at 30% discount)

CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
JULY 2009
THE EDGE OF THE POSSIBLE
Special edition DVD release out August 2009
A documentary film about Jørn Utzon and the Sydney Opera House

SAS Advertisment

Tue, 22/09/2009 - 12:07pm — Administrator

Click on the thumbnail to view advertisment

Guestbook Deleted

Tue, 22/09/2009 - 11:56am — Administrator

The Spammers have defeated us. But they have lost their outlet.

The DACS website guestbook is now history.

Position Vacant for Danish Speaker

Sun, 23/08/2009 - 12:15pm — Administrator

Client Communication Officer
Danish speaking

• Part Time (1 day p/w)
• Mooroolbark Location
• Culture of caring

This is a fast growing business helping improve the overall well-being of people with dementia and their carers. Through their holistic approach they provide information, presentations and a range of products. Their Mission is to change society's attitude to people with dementia and to achieve for elderly people with dementia the highest possible level of emotional and social fulfilment.

Working in a small caring team, this position will be responsible for:

Belle Georg Jensen Design Awards 2009

Fri, 21/08/2009 - 6:30pm — Administrator

In conjunction with Belle magazine, the Australian branch of the famous Danish jewellery and luxury goods company Georg Jensen is sponsoring a design awards competition.

There are five categories to compete in and prizes include a trip to Denmark.

Entries close 18 September and winners’ details will be published in the Dec/Jan edition of Belle Magazine on sale 2 November.

weblink http://georgjensenstore.com.au/awards_entry.pdf

Juletrae Fest

Wed, 15/07/2009 - 12:46pm — Administrator

Due to the closure of the Danish Club building in Middle Park, the DACS committee needed to decide on a new location for our 2009 function. The choice being the new Danish Club rooms in the city or a return to our old location of Club Tivoli in Windsor. The option to cast a vote was given to DACS members with an equal number of votes being cast on this website but telephone, email and verbal votes eventually showed a preference to Club Tivoli.

The event will be held on Friday 20 November (no Saturdays being available).

See Events section for full details.

Young Vikings now on DACS website

Wed, 06/05/2009 - 8:14pm — Administrator

Our friend and member Erik Thorup has now permitted us to copy his highly informative newsletter 'Young Vikings' onto our website.

Check the Site Navigation panel to the left of the page to click onto it.

DACS 2009 Annual General Meeting President's report

Wed, 22/04/2009 - 4:29pm — Administrator

Dear Members and friends 26/3/09

Thankyou all for coming tonight. The year has been good but more members would be better. In our last newsletter, you may remember, “when a “NEW” member sends in their membership and nominates YOU….then your next annual membership is free!. I hope many members “promote” DACS to their Danish friends.