Spectrum

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) was initially established in 1984 to provide settlement services for migrants and refugees living in the Northern region incorporating the municipalities of Yarra, Darebin, Whittlesea, Banyule, Nillumbik, Hume and Moreland.

In the past 10 years, the Spectrum MRC was known as the Northern Migrant Resource Centre (NMRC). In 2007, it launched its new name, Spectrum MRC, in recognition of its new innovative services and programs serving migrants and refugee clients beyond northern metropolitan Melbourne. We offer statewide services such as Spectrum Immigration services, Spectrum Education and Training Centre, cultural and multilingual Aged Home Care & Personal Support for carer families, as well as launching several unique and innovative parenting and intergenerational youth programs supporting new refugee and migrant families choosing to settle in Victoria.

The Spectrum MRC is popular with new migrant and refugee families because it offers a “one stop-shop” for migrants and refugee families and individuals that are new to Australia through a wide menu of over 21 re-settlement and integration services and programs and employs staff fluent in 17 relevant community languages and cultural backgrounds reflecting the diversity of Victoria’s migrants and refugee settlers.

Read the publication celebrating Spectrum MRC 25th Anniversary.