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New Hope Foundation is at 30A Pickett Street. Heavenly Queen Temple is 20 Joseph Road. St Monica's Parish on Whitehall runs Vietnamese Mass. Victoria University Mosque is 104 Ballarat Road on the Park campus. The library is 56 Paisley. WEstjustice legal help covering Maribyrnong is at 12 Clarke Street, Sunshine, not a 3011 shopfront.
Updated 2026-09-17
Where do new arrivals actually go?
New Hope Foundation, Footscray Refugee Resource Centre, 30A Pickett Street, weekdays 9am-5pm, (03) 9448 8009. AMES Australia is 37 Albert Street, 13 26 37. AMES does not deliver AMEP in metro Melbourne. For English, SEE, Centrelink, jobs and a licence photo use the learn English and work guide. Angliss Neighbourhood House is 2/11 Vipont. West Footscray Neighbourhood House is Level 1, 539 Barkly. cohealth West Footscray at 575A Barkly is community health with interpreters on 131 450. Footscray Library at 56 Paisley has wifi, computers and room hire.
Where are the temples, church and mosque?
Heavenly Queen Temple at 20 Joseph Road is the Chinese Mazu temple, open 365 days. St Monica's Parish at Whitehall and Wingfield has Vietnamese vigil Saturday 6pm, Vietnamese Sunday 9am, English Sunday 10:30am. Victoria University Mosque is 104 Ballarat Road on the Park campus. Quang Minh Temple, often searched as Footscray, is Sunshine.
Where is free legal help?
WEstjustice (formerly Footscray Community Legal Centre) still runs programs that name a Footscray branch, including a Communities of Burma clinic. The published office is Level 7, 12 Clarke Street, Sunshine VIC 3020, phone (03) 9749 7720. Do not send someone to a 3011 shopfront that does not exist. Call first. Paid Vietnamese, Hindi and Punjabi law desks sit in Footscray and West Footscray. Use the professional services guide for those rooms.
Questions people ask next
- Is Quang Minh Temple in Footscray?
- No. It is Sunshine. Heavenly Queen Temple at 20 Joseph Road is the Footscray temple.
- Is WEstjustice in Footscray?
- The office is 12 Clarke Street, Sunshine. Programs cover Maribyrnong. Call (03) 9749 7720. There is no 3011 shopfront in this directory.
- Where is Vietnamese Mass in Footscray?
- St Monica's Parish, Whitehall and Wingfield. Saturday 6pm vigil and Sunday 9am. English is 10:30am Sunday.
Places in this guide
New Hope Foundation
Settlement and refugee resource centre on Pickett Street. Support for new arrivals who will not find this on a food map.
Footscray Refugee Resource Centre, 30A Pickett Street, Footscray VIC 3011AMES Australia Footscray
AMES does not deliver AMEP in metropolitan Melbourne. This Albert Street centre still runs funded Skills First and ACFE English, plus settlement and employment help. Call 13 26 37 before you travel.
37 Albert Street, Footscray VIC 3011Angliss Neighbourhood House
Community house on the old Angliss meatworks site at Seelaf Square. English, computers, room hire and a weekday desk. Learn Local, not a Yarraville venue.
Unit 2/11 Vipont Street, Footscray VIC 3011West Footscray Neighbourhood House
The 3012 neighbourhood house on Barkly. English, computers, groups and a local desk that is not the Footscray civic hub.
Level 1, 539 Barkly Street, West Footscray VIC 3012GenWest
Gender justice and family violence service for the west, formerly Women's Health West. The Barkly desk people search under the old name.
317-319 Barkly Street, Footscray VIC 3011Tweddle Child and Family Health Service
Early parenting and family health on Adelaide Street. Residential and day programs for families under pressure, not a casual childcare listing.
53 Adelaide Street, Footscray VIC 3011Heavenly Queen Temple
Mazu temple on the Maribyrnong at Joseph Road. Main hall, memorial hall and river precinct. English line is (03) 9689 9441.
20 Joseph Road, Footscray VIC 3011St Monica's Parish
Catholic parish with Vietnamese and English Mass. Office at 1b Whitehall Street. The Vietnamese congregation is the reason this is on the directory.
Corner Whitehall and Wingfield Streets, Footscray VIC 3011Victoria University Mosque
Sunni mosque on the Footscray Park campus. Wudu, restrooms and parking. English-language access on a student campus, not a separate high-street masjid.
104 Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011Footscray Library
The council library in the shopping precinct. Wifi, free computers, room hire, local studies, and the usual first stop for English conversation and digital help.
56 Paisley Street, Footscray VIC 3011cohealth West Footscray
Community health on Barkly in West Footscray. Interpreters via 131 450. Wheelchair access and parking. Not the hospital ED.
575A Barkly Street, West Footscray VIC 3012Millennium Medical Centre
Plaza GP with Vietnamese and English. Bulk-billing listed. Book ahead. Sunday is not a walk-in guarantee.
Footscray Plaza, corner Albert and Paisley Streets, Footscray VIC 3011NP Legal and Migration
Vietnamese-speaking solicitor on Leeds. Migration, family, property and wills. The Footscray room, not a Sunshine clinic.
Suite 18, 7-9 Leeds Street, Footscray VIC 3011Desi Accountants
Hindi, Bengali and Urdu tax desk above Nicholson. BAS, returns and small-business accounts. The Desi accountant search, one flight up.
Level 1, 76 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011