Key Result Area Guideline 2:
Provide or coordinate cross-cultural training for hospital staff
- Cross-cultural training programs - a starting point
- Raising cultural awareness across the health service
- Aboriginal health information
- Asking the question about Aboriginality on admission to the health service
- Where to find information on Aboriginal culture, history and contemporary activities
- Recruiting and employing Aboriginal staff
Where to find information on Aboriginal culture, history and contemporary activities
Local information
Your local Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation is the best place to go for historical, cultural and contemporary information about your local area.
Parks Victoria website has information about Victorian Aboriginal cultural heritage sites. Go to
Lonely Planet has published Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait Islands guide to Indigenous Australia , listing cultural information by district.
The Koorie Heritage Trust has information about Aboriginal history and culture in South-Eastern Australia. Contact the Trust at 295 King St Melbourne telephone 9602 4333
Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre in the Grampians is a cultural focus for surrounding Koori communities and visitors to the region. Go to: http://www.brambuk.com.au/
The Arts
Ilbijerri is the longest running Indigenous Theatre organisation in Australia and the only one in Victoria.
Reconciliation
Reconciliation Australia is the non-government, not-for-profit foundation established in January 2001 to provide a continuing national focus for reconciliation. Go to
Reconciliation Victoria co-ordinates reconciliation activities in Victoria, with a focus on Reconciliation Week in the last week of May. The website includes speeches, newsletters and information about local reconciliation groups. Go to
Media
The ABC television program Message Stick covers news and current events about Aboriginal issues. Go to http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/
The SBS equivalent is Living Black . Go to
http://news.sbs.com.au/livingblack/
Awaye! is a current affairs and contemporary culture radio program, broadcast weekly on ABC Radio National. Go to http://www.abc.net.au/rn/awaye/default.htm
Some community radio stations feature Aboriginal programs. For a list of community radio stations, go to http://www.cbaa.org.au/
The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) broadcasts radio programs, produces films, television programs and music, and has retail outlets selling music, literature, artefacts and craft. Go to http://www.caama.com.au/
Tours, walks and museums
Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre at the Melbourne Museum holds a significant collection of Aboriginal cultural heritage items, performance and exhibition spaces and a Keeping Place. Go to:http://museumvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/
The City of Melbourne conducts cultural heritage tours and walks. Go to
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=251&pg=2045
and has information about museums, art and heritage at
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=251&pg=2044
Contact: Koori Human Services Unit, Department of Human Services, 20/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000
Telephone (03) 9096 7032
Email: koori@dhs.vic.gov.au