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Australian Super Featherweight Champion boxer TC Priestley visits Maayu Mali

Australian Super Featherweight Champion boxer TC Priestley visits Maayu Mali

8 August 2019

Australian Super Featherweight Champion boxer, Moree local TC Priestley, has commenced supporting the residents of the Moree Aboriginal Residential Rehabilitation Centre- Maayu Mali. TC attends the site once per week and runs a group with the residents (and a few brave staff) combining exercise and fitness with self-esteem, pride and...

Yuranighs Aboriginal Grave Historic Site

Yuranighs Aboriginal Grave Historic Site

8 August 2019

Aidan Ryan and 7 other community members from the Wellington men’s group drove to Molong to visit the historic grave site of Yuranigh. Michael Nolan from the Lands Council organised the trip and talked about the importance of Yuranigh and what he did in his day to day work. He...

Nations of Origin

Nations of Origin

15 July 2019

Daniel Ahsee, Teelina Milton and myself took 24 wellington local students, to the Nations of origin to compete In the rugby league 7’s tournament in Raymond Terrace. We had a girls team and a boys team, the girls team played 3 games getting beat, Round1 16-4, Round2 26-0, Round3 20-0,...

Walu-win Sydney Trip

Walu-win Sydney Trip

30 May 2019

10 students and 5 members from Wellington travelled to Sydney and had the opportunity to attend the Parramatta Eels training day and a meet and greet with the players that was organised by Blake Ferguson. They also attended the Penrith Panthers v Manly Sea Eagles game where a Wellington local...

Mens Group Trip to Zoo

Mens Group Trip to Zoo

15 May 2019

Aiden Ryan and 6 other community members from the wellington men’s group drove to Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo, the Aboriginal cultural centre organised tickets for us to access the zoo. We drove around the zoo looking at all the animals then once finished they invited us to the Cultural...

WACHS Planning Day

WACHS Planning Day

8 May 2019

The Clinic Team held its day planning workshop 3rd May 2019. The planning days involved the design and construction of a strategic program that addressed a range of topics determined in consultation with the Clinic Team, Clinic Team leader and Executive. The primary aim of the consultations was to design...

Maxwell Street Newsletter Stories - March 2019

Maxwell Street Newsletter Stories - March 2019

18 April 2019

Maxwell Street clinic has been undergoing some revamping to make the clinic more culturally inviting and appropriate. Thanks to local artist Douglas Ah-See who has allowed us to use his artwork to create a digital wallpaper to use in the front reception area. It is a great addition to the...

Through Trauma, comes something amazing!

Through Trauma, comes something amazing!

18 April 2019

Maayu Mali resident Stephan Harris from Ivanhoe, NSW has been through the residential rehabilitation centre for 3 months. He expresses that through all the trauma and abuse of drug & alcohol he has adapted to using Art as a form of therapy to “help him get through the pain”. He...

Yaranighs Historic Grave Site Trip

Yaranighs Historic Grave Site Trip

19 March 2019

Aiden Ryan and 7 other community members from the wellington’s men’s group drove to Molong to visit the historic gravesite of Yuranigh. Michael Nolan from the lands council organised the trip and talked about the importance of Yuranigh and what he did. He talked about the significant placement of his...

Case Study: Caroline Ivey

Case Study: Caroline Ivey

14 March 2019

Life as a GP in Western NSW may not have been what Dr Caroline Ivey had envisaged in her future, but she loves living near Wellington and working as a GP in an Aboriginal community controlled health service where she is completing her Extended Skills term in Aboriginal Health. What...

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