Our Multicultural Hub is a place for community to connect with each other and get information about living in Melbourne.
You can ask our staff and volunteers about:
- information translated in your preferred language
- Council services
- community events and activities
- community meeting spaces
- English classes
- transport around the city
- employment programs
- settlement support
- housing providers
- meal services
- and more.
The Multicultural Hub is owned by the City of Melbourne and managed by AMES Australia External link.
Email:
Bookings: hubbookings@ames.net.au
General enquiries: enquiries@multiculturalhub.com.au
Phone:
03 9092 1500
Reception hours:
9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Room booking hours:
9am to 9pm, 7 days a week
Address:
506 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
What's happening at the hub
Join one of the regular events and activities hosted at the Multicultural Hub.
- Monday 9am to 3.30pm (see AMES External link for more information)
- Tuesday 9am to 3.30pm
- Wednesday 9am to 1.30pm
- Saturday 9am to 1pm (Ukrainian community External link)
- French Conversation External link – Wednesday 10am
- Spanish Conversation Mastery External link – Wednesday 10am
- Monday Writers External link – Monday 12.30pm
- Women in History book club External link – Monday 12.30pm
- Great Works of Literature External link – Wednesday 12.30pm
- Write a Novel External link – Wednesday 2.30pm
- Poetry Appreciation External link – Thursday 2pm
- Let’s Travel with our IT Devices External link – Monday 1pm
- Guitar for Beginners External link – Monday 10am
- Music for Pleasure External link – Monday 11.30am
- Beginners Ukulele External link – Monday 12.30pm
- The Ukulele Experience External link – Monday 2pm
- Mexican Dance Rehearsals – Monday 6.30pm
- Fingerstyle Guitar for Beginners External link – Wednesday 1pm
- Capoeira External link– Monday 6.30pm, Thursday 6.30pm
- Audio Adventures External link – Friday 9.30am
- Improvisation and Acting External link – Friday 1pm
- Burundian Drums Rehearsal External link – Saturday 9am
- Melbourne Dance Company External link – Sunday 3pm
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction External link – Tuesday 9.30am
- Melbourne Church of Christ External link – Friday 6.30pm
- Grace of Galilee – Sunday 9am
- Maranatha Ministry – Sunday 11am
- Cornerstone Melbourne Community Church External link – Sunday 1pm
- UNAA – Status of Women Committee External link – Tuesday 1pm
- A Beginner's Guide to the LGBTIQA+ Community External link – Wednesday 1pm
- New Economy External link – Thursday 10am
- Philosophers Cave External link – Thursday 11am
- Bridge for Beginners External link – Thursday 11.30am
- South Indian temples, religion, culture and history External link – Thursday 1.30pm
- City Centre Toastmasters External link – Thursday 6pm
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Bookable spaces at the Multicultural Hub
Book a space online External linkSelect each of the rooms below for more details including fees, equipment and online booking forms.
Bookings can be made 9am to 9pm, any day except public holidays.
Most rooms can be booked for a minimum of three hours, up to all day.
Medium rooms
Bookings, fees and equipment
Bookings
Bookings are essential and fees apply. Booking fees and online booking link are available on the individual room pages.
Your booking request is only secured when you receive an email confirmation.
If the space you request is not available, we will make every effort to offer an alternative.
If you have any questions or would like help completing the online booking, please email us anytime at hubbookings@ames.net.au or call 9092 1500 or visit us during business hours at the Multicultural Hub.
Equipment and services
The Multicultural Hub has equipment and services available for hire to support room bookings.
The minimum booking for equipment and services ranges from three hours to one day.
To book equipment and services, select the ones you require on your online booking request.
| Equipment or service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Laptop | $9 for 3 hours (minimum) $3 per extra hour |
| Data projector | $9 for 3 hours (minimum) $3 per extra hour |
| PA (includes 2 microphones) | $9 for 3 hours (minimum) $3 per extra hour |
| Laptop, data projector and PA | $19.50 for 3 hours (minimum) $6.50 per extra hour |
| Whiteboard | $5 per booking, per day |
| Flip chart | $5 per booking, per day |
| Car park | $20 per car, per day. $10 per car if less than 4 hours |
| Cleaning | $45 per room $90 for the Community Kitchen, per booking |
| Equipment or service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Laptop | $25.50 for 3 hours (minimum) $8.50 per extra hour |
| Data projector | $25.50 for 3 hours (minimum) $8.50 per extra hour |
| PA and two microphones | $25.50 for 3 hours (minimum) $8.50 per extra hour |
| Laptop, data projector and PA | $51 for 3 hours (minimum) $17 per extra hour |
| Whiteboard | $10 per booking, per day |
| Flip chart | $10 per booking, per day |
| Car park | $20 per car, per day. $10 per car if less than 4 hours |
| Cleaning | $45 per room $90 for the Community Kitchen |
| Equipment or service | Fee for three hours (minimum) |
|---|---|
| Laptop | $51 for 3 hours (minimum) $17 per extra hour |
| Data projector | $51 for 3 hours (minimum) $17 per extra hour |
| PA and two microphones | $51 for 3 hours (minimum) $17 per extra hour |
| Laptop, data projector and PA | $90 for 3 hours (minimum) $30 per extra hour |
| Whiteboard | $10 per booking, per day |
| Flip chart | $10 per booking, per day |
| Car park | $20 per car, per day $10 per car if less than 4 hours |
| Cleaning | $45 per room $90 per booking for kitchen |
| Equipment or service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Laptop | $2.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Data projector | $2.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| PA (includes two microphones) | $2.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Laptop, data projector and PA | $6.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Whiteboard | $5 |
| Flip chart | $5 |
| Car park | $10 per car (up to four hours) $20 per car (more than four hours) |
| Cleaning | $45 per room $90 for Kitchen, per room |
| Equipment or service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Laptop | $8.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Data projector | $8.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| PA (includes two microphones) | $8.50 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Laptop, data projector and PA | $17 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Electronic whiteboard | $5 per hour (4 hours minimum) |
| Whiteboard | $10 |
| Flip chart | $10 |
| Self-serve tea/coffee (all day) | $5 |
| Self-serve tea/coffee and biscuits (all day) | $6 |
| Self-serve tea/coffee (per serve) | $2 |
| Self-serve tea/coffee and biscuits (per serve) | $2.50 |
| Car park | $10 per car (up to 4 hours) $20 per car (more than 4 hours) |
| Room set-up | $50 per set-up, per room |
| Room pack-up | $30 per set-up, per room |
| Cleaning | $45 per room $90 for Kitchen, per room |
Floor plan
Visit the Multicultural Hub
A short walk from Melbourne’s city centre.
Take route 19, 57 or 59. Exit at Stop 7 - Queen Victoria Market.
Exit at Melbourne Central Station and take a short walk.
Pay to park in an off-street carpark nearby, or pay for metered parking on the surrounding streets.
Secure your bike at the bicycle hoops in the surrounding streets.
