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Munbanda - Bush Tucker
(c1991)
Doris Gingingara
This artwork is provided by the Edith Cowan University Art Collection.
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The painting:
Around the big yam are different types of bush tucker, or Munbanda. There is Walila, a yam; Warpiritja, a kind of bush onion; Nalpur , a plant that is used for colouring leaves for making baskets; and Pinyi-pinya, another type of yam.
The artist:
Doris Gingingara was born in Maningrida Arnhemland in 1946. She spent her childhood in the traditional way with her parents and her tribe, hunting and gathering.
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Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing services
Most government-funded Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing services are offered at an existing health service, and often no specific website is available. Please see the links below for contact details of specific services.
- Contact details of Bringing Them Home Services
- Contact details of Link-Up Services
- Contact details of Social and Emotional Wellbeing Regional Centres
Other Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing services
- Indigenous Psychological Services
- Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation
- Kurbingui Youth Development Association (QLD)
- Link Up Queensland Aboriginal Corporation
- Yorgum Aboriginal family counselling
Indigenous controlled health services
- Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited (QLD)
- Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (NSW)
- Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (SA)
- Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) (WA)
- Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (AMSANT) (NT)
- Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc. (ASG) (SA)
- Anyinginyi Congress Aboriginal Corporation (NT)
- Apunipima Cape York Health Council (QLD)
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc (ACT)
- Bega Garnbirringu Health Service (WA)
- Booroongen Djugun Aboriginal Corporation - trading as Booroongen Djugun College (NSW)
- Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (WA)
- Carbal Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service (QLD)
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (NT)
- Congress Alukura (NT)
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) (QLD)
- Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Programs (CAAPS) (NT)
- Danila Dilba Health Service (NT)
- Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service (WA - view HealthBulletin website review)
- Derby Aboriginal Health Service Council (WA)
- FNQ Indigenous Consortium for Social and Emotional Health and Well Being Ltd (QLD) - Currently under development
- Goondir Aboriginal Corp for Health Services (QLD)
- Jirntangku Miyrta Katherine West Health Board (NT)
- Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc (KAMSC) (WA)
- Maari Ma Aboriginal Health Service (NSW)
- Mamu Health Service (QLD)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) (national)
- Ngaanyatjarra Health Service (NT)
- Nganampa Health Council (SA)
- Ngwala Willumbong Co-operative Ltd (VIC)
- North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (NCACCH) (QLD)
- Nunkuwarrin Yunti (SA)
- Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (WA)
- Pika Wiya Health Service (SA)
- Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service (SA - view HealthBulletin website review)
- Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) (QLD)
- Sunshine Health Service (QLD)
- Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Service (QLD)
- Umoona Tjutagku Health Service (SA)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) (VIC)
- Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VIC)
- Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Co-operative (WAMS) (NSW)
- Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACT)
- Wuchopperen Health Service (QLD)
- Yorgum Aboriginal Corporation (WA)
- Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service (WA)
Government agencies
Australian government agencies
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited (ACT)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (ACT)
- Australian Government - Access to information and services (ACT)
- Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) (NSW)
- Australian Department of Human Services
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (ACT)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (ACT)
- Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (NSW)
- Department for Community Development (WA)
- Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (ACT)
- Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) (ACT) see also Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (ACT)
- Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (ACT) see also Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (ACT)
- Government Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACT)
- HealthInsite (ACT)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (ACT)
- Indigenous Affairs Minister (ACT)
- Indigenous Portal
- Medicare Australia (local capital city)
- Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (ACT)
- Torres Strait Regional Authority (QLD)
State and Territory health and Indigenous affairs agencies
Australian Capital Territory
- ACT Department of Health
- Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Chief Minister's Department
New South Wales
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA)
- NSW Aboriginal InfoNet
- NSW Government's Community Builders - use "Aboriginal' or 'Indigenous' search terms to locate relevant information
- NSW Health see also Department info on Aboriginal health concerns
Northern Territory
- Department of Health and Families see also Department info on Aboriginal health
- Department of Local Government, Housing and Sport
Queensland
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
- Meeting Challenges, Making Choices (MCMC)
- Queensland Health see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Unit
South Australia
- Department of Health see also Department info on South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership (PDF - 1.28MB - large file warning!)
- Department for Families and Communities
Tasmania
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Victoria
Western Australia
- Department for Community Development
- Department of Health Western Australia see also Office of Aboriginal Health and Health Services Directory: Aboriginal health
- Department of Indigenous Affairs
Research bodies and institutes
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Edith Cowan University
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies see also AIATSIS Research
- Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (QLD)
- Centre for Remote Health - Flinders University of South Australian and Charles Darwin University
- Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (NSW)
- Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (QLD)
- Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health - Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, University of Western Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health - Charles Darwin University
- Curtin Indigenous Research Centre (CIRC) - Curtin University of Technology
- Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA)
- Indigenous College of Education and Research - University of South Australia
- Menzies School of Health Research - Charles Darwin University
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit - University of Melbourne
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Research Register - AIATSIS - Currently under development
Libraries and databases
- Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive - AIATSIS
- Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library - The World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Auseinet Resource Catalogue
- Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography
- Australasian Digital Theses Program
- Indigenous Library Services - State Library of Queensland, Cairns
- Indigenous Services - State Library of South Australia
- Living is for Everyone
- National Library of Australia see also Mura Gadi: A new pathway to Internet resources
Non-government organisations
- Mirrijini Pty Ltd - supplier of PBS medicines and clinical pharmacist advisory service for remote Aboriginal health services
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
Professional associations and societies
- Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
- Australian College of Psychotherapists - Currently unavailable
- Australian Counselling Association
- Australian Health Promotion Association (View HealthBulletin website review)
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (AIHPKN) (View HealthBulletin website review)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- AustralianPsychological Society (APS) - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Interest Group
- Central Australian Remote Practitioners Association (CARPA)
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
- Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANA)
- Doctors' Reform Society of Australia
- Marce Society (Society for the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental illness related to childbearing)
- Mental Health Association NSW
- Mental Health Association Queensland
- Mental Health Council of Australia
- Mental Health Foundation Australia (MHFA)
- National Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers Association Inc (NCATSISWA)
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
- Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) - also see: Indigenous mental health website
- Top End Association for Mental Health (TEAMHealth)
- West Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH)
Aboriginal reconciliation
- Apology Australia (WA)
- Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (NSW)
- Central Australian Stolen Generations and Families Aboriginal Corporation
- Kimberly Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation (WA)
- National Sorry Day Committee Inc. (NSDC)
- Racial Respect (ACT) - (Website is currently unavailable)
- Reconciliation network (NSW)
- Reconciliation Australia (ACT)
- Stolen Generation Alliance
Deaths in custody
- Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice (NSW)
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Research Register - AIATSIS - Currently under development
Journals
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
- Addiction
- Auseinetter
- Australasian Psychiatry - Currently unavailable
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
- Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
- Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
- Counselling Psychotherapy and Health
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- inBalance, newsletter of the Mental Health Association of Central Australia
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Of Substance
- Psychotherapy in Australia
Getting help
- ARAFMI Mental Health Carers and Friends Association
- Beyondblue
- Bush Crisis Lineand Support Services
- Carers Western Australia
- Children of Mentally Ill Consumers (COMIC)
- Depressionet
- Grieflink
- Grow
- Headroom, mental health for young people
- Kids Help Line
- Lifeline Australia
- ReachOut!
- RealityCheck (ACT)
- SANE Australia
- Siblings Australia, for siblings of children with special needs
- Suicide helpline
- Vibe Australia
- ybblue, for young people
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Last updated: 18 August 2008
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