Longreach is located in Central Western Queensland and the regions consist of other outback township like Ilfracombe, Isisford and Yaraka.1 Since I will be doing 6 weeks of rural placement in Longreach, I believe it is essential for me to learn more about the background of the community and the place itself. In the 2011 Census, there were 3,625 people in Longreach with 6.9% of the population are made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSIs).2 The median age of people in Longreach was 33 years old2 while the main economy sector are cattle and sheep production and tourism1. Longreach was named after the 'long reach' to the Thomson River3 which serve as the town water sources and recreational areas.1 Longreach is a well-known as a home to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, and Qantas Outback Founders Museum.1 …show more content…
This can be useful in building rapport and gaining trust from the patients. This information also will help me to identify the non-medical underlying issues that might be the cause impacting general health problem of the community. In Longreach, there are varieties of health facilities that are made available to meet the current health need of the community including Blue care, Aglicare, community health, Longreach Hospital, Longreach Family Medical Practice and many others.1 These facilities provided varieties of services such as accident and emergency, surgical services, midwifery services and pediatric services, allied health services, mental health, chronic disease management, counseling, telehealth, and a lot more.4, 5 The unique things about the healthcare in Longreach is that the public and private healthcare complement each other and collaborate really well in providing the best health services to the
Australia is a very unique place, along with our multiculturalism there is also a strong heritage surrounding us. At first thought of Australian heritage we think about such landmarks as Uluru, The Sydney harbour bridge and The Sydney opera house, The Great Barrier reef and other internationally recognised places. But our heritage goes much deeper than that; it is far more than outstanding icons. Along with these icons there are also unsung places like the old cattle stations, Aboriginal missions, migrant hostels, War memorials, our unique wetlands and the towns and cities we have built. Adding all of these things together, helps to tell the story of who we are and how we have shaped this land in the unique identity it has today.
National Health Insurance provides universal access to the country’s healthcare. Private facilities are able to run hospitals and clinics, and patients receive the same services for the same cost in both private and public institutions. The following services are offered: emergency health, perinatal health, pediatric health, rural health care, and post-disaster healthcare. There are 1,069 psychiatric facilities that provide nursing care and health resources. Primary Care allows doctors to prescribe psychotherapeutic medicines, but nurses are not permitted to independently diagnose mental
Lawson depicts Australia in “Out back” as a bleak environment where there are “stifling noon’s” and the soil experiences “withering weeks of drought”. The description created with these examples provides images of Australia as being almost unbearable to live in, sterile and desolate. Regardless of all this the shearer still is prepared to face tough conditions to look for work. The poet is focusing on the daily hardships that the low class have to withstand just for work and basic needs; this is evident in line 10 “all day long in the dust and heat when summer is on the track” and line 11 “with stinted stomachs and blistered feet, they carry their swags out bag” this is a clear understanding of the lengths people would go for jobs regardless of Australia’s punishing weather and
There has been a shortage of physicians, lack of inpatient beds, problems with ambulatory services, as well as not having proper methods of dealing with patient overflow, all in the past 10 years (Cummings & francescutti, 2006, p.101). The area of concern that have been worse...
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For years Toowoomba bolstered a robust labour dependent economy, excelling at providing working hands to the early evolving Australian industry, and retaining that reservoir for the following consecutive decades, along with the remarkably fertile farming lands this has contributed to much of the prosperity that Toowoomba enjoyed; in itself Toowoomba is regarded as a living and breathing example used by many economists to contrast Australia’s colonial evolution, its successes and failures. Clearly, as in every economical progression, change slowly takes over leaving much of the past’s base economical infrastructure impractical. Initially the inherent logistical advantage that positioned Toowoomba at the centre of the agricultural region of Queensland conveniently placed a bridge that
The introduction of Government Policy through the Aboriginal Protection Act. had a major impact on the lives of Aboriginal people past and present. This case study looks into the story of Coranderrk during this time of inequality and segregation through Government law and regulation.
Leal, S., Herrier, R.N., Glover, J.J., & Felix, A. (2004). Improving quality of care in
Listed as one of the 1000 places to see before you die , Kangaroo Island is a premier tourist destination located off the coast of South Australia. It attracts mostly tourists from South Australia as it is an easily accessible destination to get to. A short ferry trip across Backstairs Passage on the Sea Link ferry will bring you to the town of Penneshaw. The island “…has become a sought-after tourism destination due to its national parks and the wildlife that exists within them.” The main industry on the island is agriculture but it also has a flourishing food and wine industry.
A community can be defined as a group of people, who live, learn, work and play in an environment at a given time. (Yiu, 2012, p.213) There are many factors that may influence the community’s development and health status. These can include resources available, accessibility, transportation, safety, community needs etc… These influences may combine together to form community strengths and as well as community challenges or weaknesses. As a community health care nurse, it is significant for us to assess and identify these strengths and challenges within the community in order for us to intervene and provide the appropriate needed health care services for the community members. This individual scholarly paper will explore and focus on one challenge issue identified from our group community assessment.
Immigration is an important feature of Australian society. Since 1945, over six million people from 200 countries have come to Australia as new settlers. Migrants have made a major contribution to shaping modern Australia. People born overseas make up almost one quarter of the total population. About its ethics distribution, aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people totaled 410 003 at the last census, nearly 2.2 per cent of the population. Two thirds of the indigenous people live in towns and cities. Many others live in rural and remote areas, and some still have a broadly traditional way of life.(Ning)
3 research has shown that the aboriginal have lived in Tasmania since the last ice age this was between 10 and 12 thousand years ago this was way before the first European settlement. The aboriginals that live near the mountain were the Big River Tribe. The aboriginal did not live in this environment for too long mostly because of the environment but instead they relocated to the valley near the mountain this area had more fertile soil and better hunting. The reason Cradle Mountain and the area around it means so much to the aboriginal is because of there heritage and the
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