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Building the capacity of the health and community sector to work effectively and respectfully with our Aboriginal community

Aboriginal People: a north east Victorian perspective

What is the history of Aboriginal people in north east Victoria and surrounding area?

The original inhabitants and traditional owners of the Murray River area near Albury and Wodonga are the Wiradjuri, Wavereoo and Dhudhuroa people. Albury was a resettlement area in the 1970’s and many Aboriginal people moved to the area at this time, particularly from western NSW.

We are quite a transient population with many new faces around at the moment. There are currently around 2,500-3,000 Aboriginal people in our community living on both sides of the Murray River.

Aboriginality is in the heart. In our community there are as many fair skinned Aboriginal people as there are dark skinned people. In some respects, we are quite invisible as a community. The Murray river is considered the giver of life, not a divider of communities, but it can be challenging to collect accurate data about health needs and service usage as the organisations used by community members are located in both NSW and Victoria.

A list of health organisations and services.