Discover our language collections during Cultural Diversity Week - find books, DVDs, magazines, ebooks, bilingual picture books and language learning resources at your library.
It you would like to borrow items in a different community language, please make a suggestion.
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Books and DVDs
- Arabic – Held at Tarneit
- Bengali – Held at Tarneit
- Chinese including Chinese DVDs – held at Point Cook
- Gujarati – Held at Point Cook and Tarneit
- Hindi – Held at Manor Lakes, Point Cook and Tarneit (with Hindi DVDs also held at Tarneit)
- Italian – Held at Werribee
- Panjabi – Held at Manor Lakes and Tarneit (with Panjabi DVDs also held at Tarneit)
- Tamil – Held at Tarneit
- Urdu – Held at Tarneit
Indian Magazines
- Ananda Vikatan (Tamil): held at Tarneit
- Chitralekha (Gujarati): held at Point Cook and Tarneit
- Femina: held at Hoppers Crossing and Point Cook
- Filmfare: held at Point Cook
- Grehalakshmi (Malayalam): held at Tarneit
- India Today (English edition):held at Point Cook and Tarneit
- Nikkian Karumbalan (Punjabi): held at Tarneit
- Punjabi Screen (Punjabi):held at Tarneit
- Sarita (Hindi):held at Point Cook, Tarneit and Manor Lakes
- Vanitha (Malayalam): held at Tarneit
- Woman's era: held at Tarneit
Chinese Magazines
- 贝太厨房 Betty's kitchen = Bei tai chu fang: held at Point Cook
- 知音海外 Bosom Friend = Zhi Yin: held at Point Cook
- 家庭Family = Jia ting: held at Hoppers Crossing and Point Cook
- 收获 Harvest = Shou huo: held at Point Cook
- 女友家园 Love = Nu you. Jia yuan ban: held at Point Cook and Tarneit
- 华夏地理 National Geographic (Chinese edition): held at Point Cook
- 瑞丽 Ruili = Rayli: Held at Point Cook and Tarneit
Bilingual Picture Books
Bilingual Picture Books are held in a variety of languages at all branches. Discover stories in these languages:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Afrikaans | Arabic | Bengali | Burmese
Cantonese | Chinese | Dari | Farsi | French | Greek
Gujarati | Hindi | Italian | Japanese | Karen | Korean
eLibrary Collections
Borrowbox
You can borrow these items through BorrowBox - use your library card and password to check them out on your phone or computer. See our eLibrary page for more about BorrowBox.
LOTE4Kids
LOTE4Kids offers over 3000 digital picture books in over 75 languages, including AUSLAN. Read yourself or listen and read along to the audio to enjoy stories in your language, or learn a new language! In addition there are related activities to test comprehension.
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PressReader
PressReader is a subscription service provided by Wyndham City Libraries that gives you access to over 5000 newspapers and magazines from around the world on your PC/tablet/phone. Newspapers and magazines are available in more than 60 languages from 100 countries! Access PressReader with your library card number and PIN, or in the library using our hotspot.
Learning Resources
Don’t speak a language other than English? Why not learn one with our free Transparent Languages resource or one of the many language guides in our collection.
Transparent Language Online provides high quality and effective self-paced language courses in over 100 languages, English learning courses for over 30 other language speakers and a growing number of language courses for children through KidSpeak.
First time users need to create an account by clicking the sign up tab; you can then access anytime through web browser or the Transparent Languages Online app (iOS or Android).