Indigenous Health
The Faculty of Medicine and the University recognise the unique position of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia’s culture and history. That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have inhabited Australia for well over 50,000 years and that their unique cultures and identities are bound up with the land and sea.
They acknowledge that the Aboriginal people are the original owners of the lands occupied and used by its clinical schools.
In so doing it is important that the special position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples is recognised and incorporated into the activities of the faculty. The Faculty of Medicine seeks to achieve this through observing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols and the provision of services and programs appropriate to UNSW’s Indigenous medical students and other students who are focussed on Indigenous health and well-being.
There are three places where information is available on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters. They are,
- Rural Clinical School
The Indigenous entry into Medicine program is administered by the Rural Clinical School.
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As part of our commitment to Indigenous health we