Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

Winnunga was established in 1988 by local Aboriginal people, inspired by the national mobilisation of people around the opening of the new Parliament House in May, and the visit by the Queen.

The late Olive Brown, a particularly inspirational figure who worked tirelessly for the health of Aboriginal people, saw the need to set up a temporary medical service at the Tent Embassy site in Canberra, and this proved to be the beginning of Winnunga.

In 2004 Winnunga moved to its current premises at Boolimba Cres in Narrabundah. Winnunga has grown into a major health service resource for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the ACT and surrounding region and delivers a wide range of holistic health care services.

Winnunga celebrated its 30th anniversary in May 2018, and continues to go from strength to strength – providing responsive, appropriate services, tailored to the needs of the local Aboriginal community.

• clinical Services

• AMC Clinic

• GP and nursing

• midwifery program

• child health nurses

• dental services

• chronic health care

• diabetes clinic

• hearing health

• allied health services

• mental health

• visiting specialists

• connected beginnings program

• opiate program

• corrections health

• social health

• tackling indigenous smoking

• healthy lifestyle

• NSP

• Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program