For over a century, the Alliance Francaise has been seeing through an ambitious project: Spreading French language and culture well beyond the borders of France. Known the world over, the Alliance is present in 133 countries where it has adapted it's recipe to 1,071 local committees, each with it's very own personality devoted to more than 420,000 students, all of which makes the Alliance Francaise the largest French language teaching association in the world. Alliance Francaise established a local incorporated association on the Gold Coast - Tweed region on the 10th February, 1999.