Ballarat
Community
Health

Annual Report
2022/23

Dalguna Tyerrang – Healing Together

My name is Peter Kennedy – Proud Wotjobaluk Man, of the Wotjobaluk nations. I proposed the idea of an indigenous designed work shirt at BCH. Through support and allyship, I was offered the opportunity to create the design & through this process I realised this painting was illustrating the start of my healing journey with Ballarat Community Health.

Dagonfly

Dragonfly’s represent new beginnings.

headspace

Meeting place of headspace

BCH

Meeting pace of BCH

Footprints

Footprints of diversity and indentity

Handprint

Handprint symbolises reaching out

Footprints

Footprints of the lost wanderer

Narangga

Represents the Narangga Mob inland

We at Ballarat Community Health recognise and celebrate the diversity of the community within which we work.

We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of the Lands and Waters where we provide services, the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Djab Wurrung, Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples. We acknowledge the important place of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live in our area as the First Peoples of Australia and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We welcome and work with people of every age, life stage, race, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, cultural and linguistic background, and financial status. We are working to improve the health and wellbeing of every person in our community no matter their circumstance.