walumba elder care center

Care types

2

Operator

not for profit

Walumba Elder Care Center in Warmun (Turkey Creek) is an aged care facility providing residential care for Aboriginal elders in the remote Warmun community in the East Kimberley, approximately 300 km east of Kununurra on the Great Northern Highway at the edge of the spectacular Bungle Bungle Ranges and Purnululu National Park. The facility provides culturally appropriate elder care for the Gija people of the East Kimberley — a community with a proud artistic tradition centred on the internationally renowned Warmun Art Centre, which has produced celebrated artists including Rover Thomas and Queenie McKenzie. Caring for elders on Country is a profound cultural obligation for the Gija community, and Walumba Elder Care Centre enables elderly Gija people to remain in Warmun, on their Country, surrounded by family and the red ochre escarpments of the Kimberley.