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Our community languages

All our branches have collections of resources in a number of community languages. These resources include:

  • books
  • magazines
  • newspapers
  • audiovisual material. 
This table lists the availability of books, movies, magazines and children's books in a variety of community languages 
Language Language prefix Magazines Books for children Books for adults Videos / DVDs
Arabic AR available no no available
Chinese CH available available available available
French FR available available

available

no
Greek GK available available available available
Indonesian IN available available available available
Polish PL available available available available
Russian RS available available available available
Spanish SP available available available available


Community language newspapers at our branches 

Language Title
Arabic  El Telegraph
Chinese 


Sing Tao Daily (Xing dao ri bao)

Australian Chinese Daily (Aozhou xing bao)

Daily Chinese Herald (Aozhou ri bao) (Randwick branch library only)

Russian Arguments and facts (Argumenty i fakty)
Spanish The Spanish Herald


Community language collections at our branches 

Language Bowen Randwick  Malabar
Arabic  Yes No No
Chinese Yes Yes No
French Yes No No
Greek Yes No No
Indonesian Yes Yes No
Polish Yes No No
Russian Yes Yes No
Spanish Yes No No