Polish Community Council of Australia (PCCA): Logo

The Polish Community Council of Australia was established in Sydney in 1951. Soon thereafter, this logo was chosen as the PCCA emblem representing Polish migrants who came to Australia after the second World War:

  • ex-Polish Armed Services in the West (army, navy and air force),
  • ex-prisoners of war from Germany,
  • ex-prisoners of concentration camps and Stalinist gulags,
  • former forced labourers of the Third Reich,

All of whom chose Australia as their country of settlement, because they did not wish to return to their homeland which had become communist under Soviet domination.

The logo features the "free" Polish eagle (wearing a crown), resting on two boomerang symbolising a map of Australia; the eagle’s tail covers Tasmania where a large group of Polish ex-air force and soldiers of the Karpacka Brygada settled.

Author: Jerzy Klim

 

 

In the year of the 75th Anniversary of Rada Naczelna Polonii Australijskiej (aka Polish Community Council of Australia), the Executive Committee is appealing to all its member organisations to enter into a partnership of co-celebration with RNPA by adding our Anniversary Logo (created by Paweł Grzeszczak) to their promotional material and social media. 

Two of our primary aims include the promotion of Polish language, traditions and culture in Australia; and raising awareness of Poland, its culture, history and current position in Australian society by promoting Polish literature, music and all forms of the arts. We invite you to provide us with promotional materials that we can share with our social media followers.