CAV Chinese School 2021 Enrolments open (click on image below)
Formed in 1982, the Chinese Association of Victoria is the largest Chinese-Australian Association in Victoria and has a proud history.
From the five-acre club facility that it owns in Wantirna, the CAV conducts numerous activities including a weekend Chinese language school, Ballroom Dancing, Table Tennis, Tai Ji, and Karaoke for its 1000+ members. It is a registered Not-for-Profit charity organisation.
Get Involved
Come join our community! Aside from a myriad of weekly activities, come meet and interact with other people and make new friends. Bring your children along to our many cultural events, so they can learn something about their cultural heritage.
Remember the Chef who taught us how to make snow skin mooncakes in under an hour? She’s back on 6th Feb at 2.00pm (click on image below).
Get Lillie’s Recipe for Yee Sang here.
Our Mission & Vision
Promoting Chinese language, art, dance and music; and to preserve the Chinese Heritage
We encourage integration with Australian society, and actively support multiculturalism in Australia. The Chinese have a rich cultural heritage which we can share with other Australians and ethnic communities. We promote greater understanding and appreciation of the Chinese Community in Australia. At the same time we look after the Chinese welfare and cater to our special needs.
We play an active and positive role in affairs which fall into our Objectives.
The 2020 Executive Committee
Message from the President
CAV Blog
The Latest News & Updates
Lantern Making Competition
This is the first time we have run this competition and we are genuinely impressed by the out-of-box thinking that we have seen. Congratulations to the winners! To the others, maybe next year! Click HERE to see the winning entries
2021 School Enrolments Open
Dear Parents, The enrolment for 2021 is open from Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2020. Please note: According to the Department of Education and Training policy, all the students are required to fill in and update the Student Information/Enrolment Form at the...
The New Normal
Sanitizing after every Use Here are some procedures to follow on sanitizing the premises after every use. Please ensure this is done before you lock up the premises after your use. A Sanitizing solution that is 70% alcohol by volume was chosen; it is similar to the...
ZhongZi for Duanwujie
This year we won't be hosting the Duanwu Jie -Dragon Boat Festival due to the COVID19 pandemic. However, it IS part of our Chinese culture. Shangri-La Restaurant in Nunawading, due to the shutdown, has only been offerring take-away meals. This has significantly...
Exco appoints Simon Soon as Chairperson of the CAV School
To ensure continuity in our school program, we have appointed Mr. Simon Soon (CAV Secretary) to be theSchool Chairperson this year. He will be supported by Beng Law as SC Treasurer, Mr Mark Tyssen as SC Secretary, Dr Ruilan Yuan our Principal, Mr. Chee Yeong...
CAV President Outlines Plans for 2020/1
As I explained during the AGM, we have a 4-pillar strategy that the Executive Board will carry out this year. Rebuild – we will reaffirm the function of EXCO, which is to serve its members. Our board includes representatives from most (if not all) subgroups and school...
CAV Subgroups
Karaoke
Through singing, we can express our feelings as well as de-stress and have fun!Join us every first and third Sunday of the month
Table Tennis
For all who love the convenient and brisk sport of table tennis: male and female, young and old, novices and champions.
Tai Ji
Classes are conducted by Master Anthony Lun and assistant instructor Beng Law, and are structured to suit all ages and different skill levels.
Ballroom Dance
Have a great time learning all the 5 Standard dances, namely, Modern Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep and Viennese Waltz; as well as the 5 Latin-American dances: Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive and Paso Doble. All levels catered for.
The Chinese School
If you or your children wish to learn Chinese language and experience Chinese tradition and culture, come and enrol at the CAV Chinese Language School!