Pt 1 History and contexts: 1. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: an overview 2. A history of psychology in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health 3. The social, cultural and historical context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 4. The policy context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health Pt 2 Issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing: 5. Mental illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 6. Social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing 7. Preventing suicide among Indigenous Australians 8. Anxiety and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people 9. Substance misuse and mental health among Aboriginal Australians 10. Trauma, transgenerational transfer and effects on community wellbeing 11. Indigenous family violence: pathways forward Pt 3 Mental health practice: 12. Working as a culturally competent mental health practitioner 13. Communication and engagement: urban diversity 14. Issues in mental health assessment with Indigenous Australians 15. Reviewing psychiatric assessment in remote Aboriginal communities 16. Promoting perinatal mental health wellness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Pt 4 Working with specific groups: models, programs and services: 17. Ngarlu: a cultural and spiritual strengthening model 18. Principled engagement: Gelganyem youth and community well being program 19. Dealing with loss, grief and trauma: seven phases to healing 20. The Marumali program: an Aboriginal model of healing 21. Mental health programs and services.colour photographs, tablesmental health

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This booklet was a result of the Belonging Again Project. This project reported low levels of mental health and wellbeing in women generally and even more so in Brimbank women, further exacerbated by Covid-19. Brimbank residents reported significantly higher levels of psychological distress. In particular, women experienced the greatest. They were diagnosed with anxiety or depression (39.1%) compared to men (16.4%). Brimbank has a significantly lower proportion of residents who felt that people in their neighbourhood were willing to help each other. During Covid-19 lockdowns (66%) of Brimbank residents reported feeling more stressed from trying to juggle demands of work, children, house duties, remote learning and finances The Belonging Again project was developed to relieve such distress.Belonging Again Bringing diverse women together to connect, share, enjoy and learn self-supporting techniques. A women's support Network Wellbeing Projectwomen, health and wellbeing, brimbank

Coloured photograph of a section of the Canterbury History Group's stall at the Seniors' Health and Wellbeing Festival, Hawthorn Town Hall 8 October 2009canterbury history group, hawthorn town hall, city of boroondara, seniors health and wellbeing festival, festivals and celebrations

This plaque stand has been used for the opening of new buildings or newly established plaques, and was most recently used in the opening service of the Wellbeing Centre in 2024.Large stand used for revealing new plaques. Designed like a tripod, with three legs to stabilise the backboard. Deep red curtains attached via a rod, which can be moved to reveal the plaque with a drawstring.plaque stand, ceremony

5 articles on the Watsonia Neighbourhood House from Watsonia's Whisper, the newspaper of the Watsonia Traders Association. Articles written by Rosie Bray. The neighbourhood house organises many activities from craft and art to yoga and other wellbeing subjects.5 Clippings from Watsonia's Whisper, black text on green or cream background, colour illus.watsonia neighbourhood house, lambourne road watsonia

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1993 are of the Bulldogs Care for Kids Day. The day was a Western Bulldogs community‑driven children’s wellbeing event, typically involving player visits, safety demonstrations, health messaging, cultural awareness, bulling and youth engagement activities across the western suburbs.7518.01 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.02 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.03 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.04 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.05 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.06 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.07 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.08 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.09 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.10 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPG 7518.11 - Sunshine Primary School Care For Kids Day 2000 Photographs (Advocate 269).JPGsunshine north primary school, sunshine north state school, suffolk road, sunshine north

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1993 are of the Bulldogs Care for Kids Day. The day was a Western Bulldogs community‑driven children’s wellbeing event, typically involving player visits, safety demonstrations, health messaging, cultural awareness, bulling and youth engagement activities across the western suburbs. This event was sponsored by Huntsman Chemicals.7514.01 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPG 7514.02 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPG 7514.03 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPG 7514.04 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPG 7514.05 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPG 7514.06 - Sunshine North Primary School Care For Kids Day 1993 Photographs (Advocate 332.2).JPGsunshine north primary school, sunshine north state school, suffolk road, sunshine north

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1999, feature members of the Sunshine Lions Club and staff from Bunnings Sunshine promoting the Lions Club fundraising walk scheduled for October 1999. The event was organised to raise funds for community service projects and charitable causes supported by the club, highlighting the longstanding role of volunteer organisations and local businesses in supporting community wellbeing within the district.7722.01 - Sunshine Lions Club Fund Raising 1999 Photographs (Advocate 538.1).JPG (L-R) Joe Lawrence (Bunnings Community Officer), Chris Detlefsen (Sunshine Lions Club), Don Gray (Sunshine Lions Club), Donna Laurens (Bunnings Community Activities Organiser) 7722.02 - Sunshine Lions Club Fund Raising 1999 Photographs (Advocate 538.1).JPG (L-R) Joe Lawrence (Bunnings Community Officer), Chris Detlefsen (Sunshine Lions Club), Don Gray (Sunshine Lions Club), Donna Laurens (Bunnings Community Activities Organiser)sunshine lions club, lions club of sunshine, bunnings, ballarat road, sunshine north

The Brimbank Men’s Health Project is a year‑round initiative focused on improving men’s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing across the municipality. It delivers workshops, social activities, health education, and community connection opportunities. The project also hosts an annual Men’s Health Week program, featuring events, guest speakers, health checks, and activities designed to reduce stigma and encourage men to seek support. The emphasis on men’s health arises from long‑standing patterns in health outcomes and behaviour. Across Australia, and reflected locally in Brimbank, men are more likely to experience preventable illness, less likely to seek support early, and more likely to become socially isolated. Men’s health initiatives aim to address these gaps through education, connection, and accessible community programs.Brimbank Men's Health Project Australian Bush Comfort and Confidence Westvale Community Centre 45 Kings Road, Kings Park Soup Social Westvale Community Centre 45 Kings Road, Kings Park Hearth Health Session Westvale Community Centre 45 Kings Road, Kings Park Dad's Man Cave On-line Ezee Tennis (Adults) West Sunshine Community Centre 5 Kermeen Street, West Sunshine Table Tennis Time (Adults) Delahey Community Centre 80 Copperfield Drive, Delahey Gluten Free Baking (Adults) West Sunshine Community Centre 5 Kermeen Street, West Sunshine Pizza Meet-Up Westvale Community Centre 45 Kings Road, Kings Park

This photographic exhibition was developed by the Federation University-led Community Wellbeing research stream of the Hazelwood Health Study in collaboration with Morwell Neighbourhood House and Gippsland Centre for Art and Design at Federation University Australia. It highlights people's hopes for the future of Morwell has its roots in two unexpected places: the Hazelwood mine fire in 2014 and an academic study into community recovery from that fire. In late summer of 2014 a bushfire spread to the coal mine near the town of Morwell in the LaTrobe Valley, in south-eastern Victoria. The Hazelwood mine fire burned for 45 days, shrouding communities - especially Morwell - in smoke and ash. Strong calls by the community for an investigation into the health impacts of the Hazelwood Mine Fire led to the Department of Health's (Know the Department of Health and Human Services) decision to fund a ten year study of the potential health effects of this smoke event (Known as the Hazelwood Health Study). This exhibition came out of work undertaken by the Community Wellbeing Stream of the Hazelwood Health Study during 2016 and 2017. Based at Federation University Australia's Gippsland Campus, just a few kilometres from where the fire took place, one of our Study's main aims has been to find out from the community how the smoke event impacted on community wellbeing. We also planned to talk to community members about the effectiveness of community rebuilding activities, and find our how these have aided recovery following the smoke event. In 2017 we began working with community organisations on a project to foster community recovery and wellbeing. What emerged from these discussions was the idea for a photographic exhibition, on the theme of 'Our hopes for the future of Morwell'. Invitations to participate were extended to up to 50 members of various community groups. The groups were asked to think of some object that symbolizes their hopes for the future of Morwell. Individuals were then invited to attend a photographic session kindly hosted by the Morwell Neighbourhood House. Each individual was to hold this object while it was photographed, as well as explain what the object represented in terms of Morwell's future. Out of this process twenty nine photographs with their captions were produced, enlarged and framed for exhibiting. The photographs were taken by Clive Hutchison of the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design at Federation University Australia.Twenty nine framed original photographs.morwell, our hopes for the future of morwell, clive hutchison, photography, morwell neighbourhood house, hazelwood health service, gippsland centre for art and design, hazelwood mine fire, haxelwood health study, morwell neighbourhood mine fire, neale stratford, tracie lund, ian brown, susan yell, sue whyte, ainsley ja, ainsley james, michelle duffy, shaun mallia, valerie prokopiv, morwell art and framing

These photographs were taken by The Advocate in 2000 and feature students of the Albion Primary School preparing for the 2000 Rock Eisteford. A primary school Rock Eisteddfod (often called Rock Eisteford in local usage) is one of the most influential performing‑arts programs in Australian school culture. Even when individual schools run their own “mini‑Eisteddfods” or local showcases, the core importance remains the same: creativity, teamwork, identity, wellbeing, and community pride.6754.01 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford Preparation 2000 Photographs (Advocate 386.1).JPG 6754.02 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford Preparation 2000 Photographs (Advocate 386.1).JPG 6754.03 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford Preparation 2000 Photographs (Advocate 386.1).JPG 6754.04 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford Preparation 2000 Photographs (Advocate 386.1).JPG 6754.01 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford Preparation 2000 Photographs (Advocate 386.1).JPGalbion primary school, adelaide street, albion

These photographs were taken by The Advocate in 1999 and feature students of the Albion Primary School preparing for the 1999 Rock Eisteford. A primary school Rock Eisteddfod (often called Rock Eisteford in local usage) is one of the most influential performing‑arts programs in Australian school culture. Even when individual schools run their own “mini‑Eisteddfods” or local showcases, the core importance remains the same: creativity, teamwork, identity, wellbeing, and community pride.6753.01 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford 1999 Photographs (Advocate 312).JPG 6753.02 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford 1999 Photographs (Advocate 312).JPG 6753.03 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford 1999 Photographs (Advocate 312).JPG 6753.04 - Albion Primary School Rock Eisteford 1999 Photographs (Advocate 312).JPGalbion primary school, adelaide street, albion

Olive Justice and her family built their home at 70 Chapel Street in Cowes in the 1950s. She was a guest house operator, tourist guide and ran the Newhaven Post Office. She was a local identity, and perhaps the first woman on Phillip Island to obtain a drivers’ licence. Olive died in March 1995, aged 99 years and 4 months. As an active member of the community and someone who cared deeply for community wellbeing, Olive gifted her Chapel Street property to the Salvation Army in her will. It was later purchased by Council.HistoricalA4 Plastic folder with plastic inserts containing items such as postcards, receipts belonging to Olive Justice. olive justice, postcards, invoices, insurance certificate, knitting book 1936, bridge

The Answer is a newsletter in magazine format that is sent to the widows that are helped by Melbourne Legacy. For the widows who are sight impaired a copy of the newsletter is audio described onto CD by Vision Australia and posted to them. It contains information about meetings and activities. This edition contained articles on the Legacy Anzac Biscuit Bake Off, the opening of the Vivian Bullwinkel Veterans and Families Wellbeing Centre, and a planting of a Lone Pine seedling at Cobram Secondary College. Plus photos of our programs such as the Student Anzac ceremony, Path of the Horse family day, the walking group, the stamp ladies, adults with a disability program days, widows club gatherings. The Vivian Bullwinkel Veterans and Families Wellbeing Centre on the 3rd floor of Legacy House was opened on the 13 April 2021. It provides the veterans and their families a safe haven to access essential support services such as advocacy, case management and referral pathways whilst inviting them to relax within a 'club' like environment equipped with lounging and children's play areas, and both kitchen and bathroom facilities. It was named in honour of an Australian Army nurse who was the lone survivor of the Bangka Island massacre, and who dedicated her life to nursing. The exceptional portrait of Vivian Bullwinkel on the cover was painted by George Petrou. A record that Melbourne Legacy helps coordinate and organise events and activities for the widows, and provides items of interest for their enjoyment.Compact disc x 2 in a case that contains the audio recording of The Answer from June/July 2021.activities, answer, widows

An unframed square acrylic-on-canvas painting in tones of green and white forming an abstract botanical pattern that radiates out from the centre. A renowned Anmatyerre artist from Utopia, Northern Territory, Petyarre’s work carries more than pigment—it holds a lineage of care. These sweeping, rhythmic brushstrokes represent Kurrajong leaves and other medicinal plants traditionally gathered and prepared by women healers. Passed from grandmother to granddaughter, these practices are a form of medicine beyond the clinical. They speak of country, ceremony, and community. They evoke breath, movement, and the cyclical nature of wellbeing. Hand painted on reverse. "JEANNIE PETYARRE 60X60" Handwritten on reverse. "(Sister of Gloria Petyarre) / "Medicine Leaves" 2005. / Presented to ANZCA by Prof. Michael Cousins 16/6/06"oil paint, acrylic paint, floral, floral design, botanical design, abstract art, indigenous artists, first nations artists, australian artists, australian art

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1999, show Ashton's Circus Chaplain the Reverend Barry Fletcher, at the circus site located on vacant land on Station Road, north of the Deer Park Shopping Centre in Albanvale. The circus chaplain played an important role in supporting circus performers, staff, and their families. Travelling circuses formed close-knit communities that spent much of the year on the road, often away from traditional support networks. The chaplain provided pastoral care, counselling, spiritual guidance, and assistance during significant life events, helping to foster a sense of stability and wellbeing within the circus community.Ashton's Circus was one of Australia's oldest and best-known travelling circuses. The Ashton family has been involved in circus entertainment since the nineteenth century, and the circus regularly toured suburban Melbourne, including western suburbs such as Deer Park, Sunshine, and St Albans. Ashton's Circus traces its origins to 1850 and is regarded as Australia's longest-running circus tradition.7692.01 - Aston Circus Chaplain Station Road Albanvale 1999 Photographs (Advocate 245).JPG 7692.02 - Aston Circus Chaplain Station Road Albanvale 1999 Photographs (Advocate 245).JPG 7692.03 - Aston Circus Chaplain Station Road Albanvale 1999 Photographs (Advocate 245).JPGashton circus, station road, albanvale