Ramadan Mubarak

As the Mayor of Blacktown City, I would like to wish a Ramadan Mubarak to the Muslim community. Blacktown City is one of the most multicultural cities in Australia and I am proud that the Muslim community is a big part of it.

We have over 31,000 Muslim residents in our City, representing a significant part of our rich diverse community.

Blacktown City prides itself on its diversity and our 405,000 residents come from 188 different birth places and speak 184 languages.

We are an inclusive city, with a range of services available to our residents whose first language is not English. Blacktown City Libraries have a wide range of resources, including books, magazines and DVDs available in more than 30 different languages. The library also has access for library members to online multicultural resources:

• PressReader, an online newspaper and magazine platform giving access to material in over 60 languages.

Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Online for Kids, which gives children the opportunity to read more than 600+ books in 30 languages.

The Libraries also run Around the World Storytime, sharing stories from all different cultures and countries to younger members our community, English Conversation Classes, Tech Savvy Seniors in multiple languages and host their annual month of Multicultural March, celebrating the diversity of Blacktown City, in honour of United Nation’s International Mother Language Day.

Our website can be translated into our most spoken languages (including Arabic) to enable our residents to stay up to date with all Council’s latest news and events.

I extend my warmest wishes and Ramadan Mubarak to all the members of the Muslim community and thank you for the contributions you have made to our city.