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APCS is a community-based non-profit and charitable organisation, established to respond to the needs and aspirations and promoting the interests of the Polish Australian community and other linked communities within a multicultural Australia. At present, APCS provides home-based support services to over 500 clients a week through 11 programs. Further, the agency undertakes approximately ten different projects and initiatives.
About APCS logo
A tree, as we know, is a symbol of settlement, finding one’s own place, having roots and making
the decision to stay. It is a symbol of stability, hope for growth and bearing fruit.
New emigrants, on the day they become a citizen, are often encouraged to plant their own tree in
their new homeland.
A tree is also one trunk from which the upper branches are growing, giving beginning to a lot of new
branches. The farther from the trunk, the thinner and weaker the branches. But on those farthest,
youngest twigs regenerate new leaves and flourish flowers. It is a symbol of unity and democracy of
the Polish migrant’s life and common roots.
There is one proudly erected leaf with the Polish national colours on this tree. So it often seems
to us that we are the only leaf on a big migration tree and only we are visible.
It is heart-warming, that despite the drought the leaf is still on the tree….
Kajetan arrived in Australia in 1982 and the APCS logo was his first graphic projects.
It was designed in 1984.
Polish Flags at Federation Square
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How to pronounce it the Polish way
Two prominent landmarks in
Australia were named by and in recognition of Polish explorer Sir Paul
Edmund de Strzelecki. In Australia, we pronounce the names of these places
differently from the Polish pronunciations, particularly as some of the
sounds are not used in English.
So, for your interest we thought we would provide you with the phonetic
pronunciations for Strzelecki and Kosciuszko (often spelt Kosiosko).
Strzelecki = Stcher-lets-key.
Kosciuszko = Kosh-chewsh-ko.
77 Droop Street • Footscray • Melbourne • 3011
Telephone: (03) 9689 9170 • Fax: (03) 9687 7446
E-mail: info@apcs.org.au