Category: 02. Aboriginal Health News
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Our Partnership with Yakuway Indigenous Corporation
Hunter Primary Care and Yakuway Indigenous Corporation are proud to announce a new partnership, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), designed to foster collaboration and support within the community. This partnership marks a significant step forward in both organisations’ shared commitment to creating lasting, positive change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. At…
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Celebrating National Reconciliation Week Through Art and Cultural Connection
As part of our commitment to reconciliation and cultural learning, Hunter Primary Care was honoured to host a special art workshop during National Reconciliation Week 2025, guided by the Aboriginal Women’s Art Group from Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation’s Nikinpa Centre. The workshop invited staff to paint individual gum leaves, each representing a personal reflection on reconciliation.…
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Celebrating NAIDOC Week – The Last Daughter Film Screening
To celebrate NAIDOC Week, we are partnering with The Wollotuka Institute and Kiray Putjung Aboriginal Corporation to host a free community film screening of The Last Daughter documentary. The screening will include special guest, proud Wiradjuri woman Aunty Brenda, who features in the film, canapés and displays from local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community…
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To-ròl, our wellbeing place for connection and gathering
We are excited to announce that To-ròl, our wellbeing place for connection and gathering, is now open for NDIS participants. The word To-ròl, (pronounced too-rol) is an Awabakal word meaning ‘to be in a state of healing’ and ‘to be well’. Our first To-ròl service to commence is the gym. Georgia Amess, our Accredited Exercise…
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NAIDOC Week 2023
This year we celebrate NAIDOC Week from 2nd to the 9th July. NAIDOC Week recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on Earth.…
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Survival Day
Hunter Primary Care recognises January 26th as Survival Day. As an organisation, we acknowledge that some Australians who identify as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, as well as those who do not, have mixed feelings about celebrating this day. Some consider it as a day of mourning, whilst others mark the day as the survival…
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Shadowed in Secrecy – Art by Maree Bisby
Indigenous artist, Maree Bisby, is a Wiradjuri woman from the Mow Gee clan in Mudgee. Born and raised on Awabakal land, Maree uses her connection to country as a tool to keep the art of Aboriginal storytelling alive. Hunter Primary Care commissioned Maree to create a piece of art to demonstrate the range of health…
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Our Corroboree Series – art by Saretta Fielding
Hunter Primary Care commissioned local Aboriginal artist Saretta Fielding, a proud Wonaruah woman, to create a unique artwork to display in our premises. The artwork, titled ‘Our Corroboree 2’, is a contemporary highly textured painting that brings to life a modern day corroboree. Vivid colour and traditional imagery flow together in gathering circle and songlines…
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NAIDOC Week 2022
This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week from 3rd to the 10th July. NAIDOC Week is a time for all Australians to participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. This year’s theme ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!’ calls for systemic change and to keep rallying around our mob, our Elders, our…
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National Reconciliation Week
Reconciliation Australia’s theme for 2022, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians. Hunter Primary Care is committed to reconciliation and building strong, sustainable and mutually respectful relationships between Aboriginal and Torres…