Youth Empowerment
Growing strong young leaders on Country. School holiday programs, bush trips with Elders, sport and leadership camps for young people across the homelands.
Clinic (08) 8956 9994
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am to 4.30pm
- Thursday: 9am to 12 noon
Clinic (08) 8956 9994
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am to 4.30pm
- Thursday: 9am to 12 noon
Sixteen homelands, one community
Our teams visit every homeland, every week.
← from Alice Springs, about 270 km
Artekerr
Three Bores
First stop on the run from Alice Springs
Camel Camp
In the south of the homelands, west of the Sandover
Ankerrapw
Utopia Homestead
Where the outreach health program began in 1977
Tommyhawk Swamp
On the southern stretch, near the old homestead
Arlparra
The biggest centre on the run, with store, school and airstrip
Inkwelaye
Kurrajong Bore
Served since the service's earliest days
Apungalindum
In the heart of the homelands, west of Arlparra
Atneltyey
Boundary Bore
On the western side of the homelands
Atnarara
Soakage Bore
Served since the service's earliest days
Arawerr
Soapy Bore
Home ground of the Soapy Bore Crows
Iylentye
Mosquito Bore
Just west of the clinic, off the highway
Atheley
The clinic's nearest neighbour, right on the highway
Amengernterneah
Urapuntja Health Service
Urapuntja clinic
Inkawenyerre
Rocket Range
On the northern stretch, past the clinic
Ngkwarlerlanem
Ngwalala
One of the northern homelands, toward Ampilatwatja
Indaringinya
Antarrengeny
The northernmost stop on the clinic run
Leaving Alice Springs
The local people had taken control, and the health service has been autonomous ever since.
Run by our community since 1979
Our Board is our community, and decisions about health on the homelands are made on the homelands.
Much more than a health service
Health care comes first. Around it, everything that keeps community strong.
Health services
Doctors and nurses
Health checks, wound care, and care when you are sick or hurt.
Mums, babies and kids
Care in pregnancy, and for babies and growing children.
Ongoing care
Help with diabetes, and heart and kidney problems.
Traditional healing
Ngangkere (traditional healer) care, alongside the clinic.
Emergencies
Emergency care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Beyond the clinic
Our programs
Made on the homelands: programs our community asked for, shaped by our people.
Farming
Fresh food grown on our own Country. A community farming project bringing good food, training and jobs to the homelands.
Bush Medicine
Two ways of healing, side by side. Traditional healers and bush medicine work alongside clinical care, as they have at Urapuntja since the beginning.
Soapy Bore Crows
Our football team, pride of the homelands. Footy that brings communities together and carries health messages where they matter.