In this paper Walter Lalich identifies a wide array of religious and secular facilities in Sydney that have been developed by ethnic communities as a consequence of post-1945 demographic and cultural changes. During this period many thousands of non-English speaking immigrants voluntarily engaged in the development of a diverse range of facilities to satisfy various social needs, which were arising in their new social environment. They collectively invested scarce material resources to build places of worship, social and sport clubs, childcare, schools, welfare centres and aged care facilities.