{"id":174,"date":"2025-06-04T06:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/goldfields-udrh\/cultural-education\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T02:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:42:51","slug":"cultural-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/goldfields-udrh\/student-placements\/cultural-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Yuwa! Welcome to Karlkurla Country!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Did you know that Kalgoorlie’s name is thought to have derived from the ‘Karlkurla’ (pronounced gull-gurl-la) \u2013 the local Aboriginal name for the native silky pear found in the area? Aboriginal people from 17 distinct language groups have called the vast lands of the Goldfields region home for tens of thousands of years. Behind each language is a \u2018people\u2019 meaning family, community, culture and lands \u2013 each from a different area of this unique and beautiful part of Western Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Goldfields UDRH cultural education program helps you build your understanding of the region’s rich Aboriginal heritage, and gain confidence in communicating and working with Aboriginal people, in clinical settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n

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Our cultural education program is led by the UDRH\u2019s Aboriginal Liaison Advisor and includes classroom learning, town tours, health service organisation visits, and on Country experiences with elders and local families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On Country experiences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Where possible, you will participate in an on Country experience during your time in the Goldfields, spending time ‘in the bush’. There will be opportunities to help gather, prepare and taste traditional bush foods such as Kangaroo tail and honey ants. These experiences enable you to learn about the significance of Country and its connection to health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aboriginal health experts servicing our communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are three Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) servicing the Goldfields and its Aboriginal people. You may visit or connect with any one of these ACCHOs during your placement, as you learn to provide culturally appropriate healthcare to Indigenous people living in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n