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Our intent to make a difference will only be measured by our impact. 

Our Innovate RAP is our commitment to strengthening the partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across our region, as we work together to build a health system that is culturally safe, accessible and inclusive for all First Nations people in our community at every stage of life. 
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Our region

We are responsible for a growing population that is fast approaching one million people, which includes almost 40,000 people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We are honoured and privileged to operate on these lands of the following Traditional Owner groups whose Country is situated either wholly or partially within the CCQ service region: 
  • the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) people
  • the Jinibara people
  • the Wakka Wakka people,
  • the Wulli Wulli people
  • the Auburn Hawkwood people
  • the Butchulla people
  • the Bailai, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang,
    Taribelang Bunda people
  • the Darumbal people
  • the Woopaburra people
  • the Barada Kabalbara Yetimarla people
  • the Gaangulu people
  • the Kangoulu people
  • the Wadja people
  • the Gayiri people
  • the Bidjara People
  • the Karingbal People, and
  • the Iman People.

 

CCQ pays respect to these Traditional Custodians, their ancestors, their Elders, and their next generation of Traditional Custodians who will continue to care for their Country as they have done for over 60,000 years. 

The above map is for indicative purposes only and is not intended to be an absolute determination of where a Traditional Owner group’s external boundaries starts and/or finishes.

 

Country to Coast

Artist: Gordon Browning | Bundjalung/Yugambeh, South Sea Islander 

“My artwork highlights through colour the strong and vibrant earth of our Country to Coast, QLD region that starts at the Sunshine Coast and travels up to Central Queensland, then west through the Central Highlands. It talks to our region and features the Maroochy River (bottom right) of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie region, the Burnett River (centre) of the Wide Bay and  Burnett region, and the Fitzroy River (top left) of the Central Queensland region.  

The large meeting circles represent the local government areas across our region and at the centre of these circles is the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation represented by the black inner circle. The smaller meeting circles represent our other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations that we partner with in our region. The three regions that are separated by the three rivers also represent the Hospital and Health Services regions across our region. 

Our region is also home to the community of Woorabinda – a proud and discrete Aboriginal community in Central Queensland. Woorabinda in local language means ‘Kangaroo sitting down’. I have chosen to use Kangaroo footprints in this painting to acknowledge the Woorabinda community.” 

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We value your feedback 

We welcome any feedback or suggestions you have to support us on our Reconciliation journey, as we work together to advance sustainable opportunities and better health outcomes for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.  

Contact us: aboriginalandtorresstraitislander@ourphn.org.au