Weenthunga Health Network

Weenthunga Health Network First Nations led organisation encouraging collaboration between First Nations people and Australians to contribute to better health in Victoria.

First Nations led organisation encouraging collaboration between First Nations people and Australian to contribute to better health in Victoria

✨Meet the Weenthunga Committee of Management✨ Our Committee is made up of incredible First Nations health professionals ...
01/06/2026

✨Meet the Weenthunga Committee of Management✨
 
Our Committee is made up of incredible First Nations health professionals who generously share their wisdom, leadership and care to guide Weenthunga’s journey. 🔥
 
Together, they bring diverse experiences, deep cultural knowledge and strong connections across health, wellbeing and healing spaces, ensuring our work remains grounded in Community, accountability and self-determination and strengthening the future of our health workforce. ✨🫶🏽
 
We feel honoured to share in the journey of leadership with this strong and passionate Committee. Always led by Community. Always determined by Community. 🖤❤️💛

This is health sovereignty in action. ✊🏽

Throwback to March, when 17 First Nations women and gender diverse mob gathered on beautiful Dja Dja Wurrung Country for...
20/05/2026

Throwback to March, when 17 First Nations women and gender diverse mob gathered on beautiful Dja Dja Wurrung Country for our Big Sis Retreat 🫶🏽 A weekend grounded in sisterhood, rest and Blak joy 🖤

Big Sissies travelled from across so-called Victoria, representing 13 mob and clan groups and a range of study and career pathways including Psychology, Nursing, Midwifery, Dentistry and more. We were also so lucky to have 3 precious bubbas join alongside their Mumma’s 💛

Over the weekend we shared in weaving and smudge stick workshops, time to rest and restore at the Mineral Spas, fireside yarns, late night cuppas, laughter, connection and intentional rest ✨

Our deepest gratitude to our incredible Big Sissies and their bubbas 🖤❤️💛

What a powerful reminder of what happens when mob come together to rest nourish the future. Here’s to the next generation stepping into care for Community ✨

Calling First Nations women, sistergirls and gender diverse mob in health, wellbeing and healing roles across so-called ...
23/04/2026

Calling First Nations women, sistergirls and gender diverse mob in health, wellbeing and healing roles across so-called Victoria.

🍃 Weenthunga’s djilba biik Retreat could be a space for you!

Building on the success of our Retreats in 2022 and 2025, we’re excited to share that we’ll be bringing together a new collective of 50 First Nations people in health in 2026!

🗓️ Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May 2026
📍 Wurundjeri Country - Kalorama

This space is created in recognition and gratitude for the contribution First Nations mob in health make. If you can attend, we hope you’ll find the experience to be one of nourishment, connection and joy.

We know care responsibilities can shape what’s possible, so children are welcome! Please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate children so this space can be accessible to you.

Is this you, or someone you know?
If so, we’d love to welcome you.
📣 Expressions of interest are now open
🔗 Register via the link in bio or scan the QR code featured

We extend our heartfelt thanks to VACCHO for their financial backing of this Retreat through the Culture + Kinship grants 🖤💛❤️

✨ Meet our member Lewis Brown ✨A proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Gunditjmara and Kirrae Whurrong man raised on Wurun...
10/03/2026

✨ Meet our member Lewis Brown ✨
A proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Gunditjmara and Kirrae Whurrong man raised on Wurundjeri Country, Lewis carries strong connections to culture, community and Country 🖤💛❤️

Lewis is the Manager of First Peoples Tourism at Visit Victoria, and also works as a tour guide, consultant, cultural awareness trainer and advisor to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. Through his work, he brings First Peoples stories, knowledge and perspectives into spaces where they’ve often been overlooked 🌿

For Lewis, tourism isn’t about selling culture, it’s about storytelling as education. Through experiences on Country, he shares the truth of our histories in ways that build understanding while ensuring culture is respected and protected ✊🏽

Outside of work, Lewis fills his cup by spending time with family, passing cultural knowledge to his children, walking on Country, connecting with the ocean and spending time with Mob 🌊

Whether he’s guiding visitors on Country, shaping policy, training organisations, or yarning with community, his work is guided by care for culture, for people, and for the next generations. 🤎

🔗 Link in bio to read more about Lewis in our eNews

At Weenthunga, we know language is more than words - it’s power. That’s why we are intentional about the language we use...
04/02/2026

At Weenthunga, we know language is more than words - it’s power. That’s why we are intentional about the language we use. We choose words that resist colonial narratives, honour truths, and backs First Nations sovereignty.
 
Ironically, using language like ‘terrorism’ and ‘genocide’ here for truth-telling could be enough to get this post flagged or removed.
 
At Weenthunga, we stand in solidarity with the mob in Boorloo. ✊🏽
At Weenthunga, we stand in solidarity with Palestine. ✊🏽
 
Pay attention to what is said.
And to what is withheld.
Speak boldly. Act intentionally. Use language to resist.

As 2025 wraps up, we’re pausing, resting and reflecting on what a powerful year it has been for Weenthunga 🔥 Swipe throu...
19/12/2025

As 2025 wraps up, we’re pausing, resting and reflecting on what a powerful year it has been for Weenthunga 🔥

Swipe through our Weenthunga Wrapped to catch some of the moments that made this year so impactful ➡️

This year in our Health Justice space we delivered workshops reaching hundreds, creating space for reflection, learning, and growth by guiding participants on a journey of anti-racism and cultural safety. This work is essential for fostering understanding, challenging injustice, and supporting health equity for First Nations peoples in so-called Victoria. 

In our Health Sovereignty spaces we’ve continued to create meaningful relationships and spaces fostering connection, Blak joy and collective healing.

The numbers you see here go beyond milestones. They represent the shared commitment of Elders, Members, community, and partners to advancing health equity and justice for First Nations peoples in so-called Victoria. 🫶🏽

Looking to 2026, we’re excited to keep growing, gathering, and learning together. For mob, we can’t wait to see you at our future Retreats, experiences and other moments of connection 👀🫶🏽. For settlers wanting to continue meaningful allyship, we call on you to continue engaging in critical consciousness, unlearning, reflection and challenging colonial systems alongside us ✊🏽

Stay deadly and safe during the holidays and we will see you in 2026 🫶🏽✨

✨ Meet Francisco Fisher (he/him) ✨A Settler Australian from Chile, Francisco lives and works on Wurundjeri Country and w...
18/12/2025

✨ Meet Francisco Fisher (he/him) ✨
A Settler Australian from Chile, Francisco lives and works on Wurundjeri Country and walks with Weenthunga as a Health Justice Collaborator 🍃

Francisco brings a rich and diverse background with studies in Visual Arts, Arts Administration, Communication Design and Horticulture. For the past 25 years, he has been invited to collaborate alongside First Nations communities and is guided by deep listening, creativity and respect 🫶🏽

He is passionate about social justice, creating safer spaces, and honouring ways of working that centre care, community and cultural accountability ✨

A proud Papá to Eddie, dog papá to Louie, and qu**ro husband. Francisco loves gardening, co-creating with medicinal plants, and building things with his hands and always learning from Country and community 🐾💛🌿

Meet Victory (he/him) ✨A proud Dharug and Kamiliroi man living on Taungurung Country, working in our djilba biik Men’s S...
16/12/2025

Meet Victory (he/him) ✨
A proud Dharug and Kamiliroi man living on Taungurung Country, working in our djilba biik Men’s Spaces 🖤💛❤️

Victory brings over 7 years’ experience in community services and is currently completing a Diploma of Counselling with VACCHO (2025). His study expertise also includes a Diploma of Community Services (Swinburne) and studies in Aboriginal Languages with TAFE, NSW.

Victory is deeply passionate about:
🌾 Creating and holding safe, culturally grounded spaces for Mob
💛 Encouraging self-care so community can show up strong for Family, Community and Country
🔥 Supporting healing, wellbeing and strong spirit

Outside of work, Victory loves hiking, gym sessions and the occasional run and is a devoted carer to a little old, very opinionated Jack Russell Terrier 🐾💛

✨ Meet David Menzies (he/him) ✨A Settler Australian of Scottish, Irish and English heritage, David has always lived and ...
10/12/2025

✨ Meet David Menzies (he/him) ✨
A Settler Australian of Scottish, Irish and English heritage, David has always lived and worked on Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Country 🍃

David brings over 40 years’ experience across exercise science, physical activity promotion, primary health and population health. His journey has included work in clinical rehabilitation, primary care and national health initiatives such as:
🏥 Active Script Program
🤝 Sharing Health Care Initiative
🏛️ National Program Manager for the COAG Healthy Communities Initiative

David has been part of the Weenthunga fam since 2014, first as a committee member, then collaborator, and now staff member. He is committed to health justice, walking alongside community and learning through deep listening and relationships 🌿

A husband, Dad, Dadda, father, brother, Uncle, Great Uncle and cousin, David is also grandad to his 5-year-old greyhound rescue, Banksy 🐾💛

He’s a dedicated Whitehorse cyclist, strength-training lover, and long-time volunteer with Arthritis Australia, Liver Well, Ending Loneliness Together, and the Health Abilities Community Champions Advisory Group 🚴‍♂️✨

✨ Meet Pauline (she/her) ✨A proud Yorta Yorta woman living on Djaara Country in so-called Victoria and working in our dj...
10/12/2025

✨ Meet Pauline (she/her) ✨
A proud Yorta Yorta woman living on Djaara Country in so-called Victoria and working in our djilba biik spaces 🌿🖤💛❤️

Pauline brings over 20 years of experience in First Nations health across both tertiary and primary Western health care sectors. She is deeply passionate about:
🌾 Bringing relational accountability into decolonising Western health systems
📊 Supporting Indigenous data sovereignty and governance
🌿 Honouring healing through connection to Country, Community and culture

A loving granny and parent, Pauline cherishes time with her family, kids, grandkids and animals on Country, where she feels most grounded and connected 🐾💛

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17-23 Sackville Street
Collingwood, VIC
3066

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