A Pilbara native title group is building a home away from home in Perth to house traditional owners visiting the city for medical treatment.
A Pilbara native title group is building a home away from home in Perth to house traditional owners visiting the city for medical treatment.
Plans released for the Nyiyaparli Health and Wellbeing Project in the Swan Valley show the land will be home to 12 short-stay and staff accommodation buildings surrounded by large swathes of open space and mature trees.
Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation and Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health are leading the project which has been planned among the groups for the past year.
Support deals have been struck with Kidney Health Australia, and Alice Springs-based Aboriginal health provider Purple House.
The site will house short-term accommodation, a dining hall, communal fireplace, playground and a native food orchard.
Cotality data shows FISH purchased two neighbouring Henley Brook properties on West Swan Road for a combined $4.6 million last year, covering about 5.5 hectares.
One block is vacant and will house the new Nyiyaparli premise.
The other is an olive grove with existing commercial and residential dwellings.
KNAC in February said it was working on a further partnership deal at the precinct with Port Hedland-based Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Corporation.
KNAC is the third largest Aboriginal corporation in Western Australia ranked by revenue, according to Data&Insights.
The Nyiyaparli peoples’ lands cover about 40,000 square kilometres of the east Pilbara between the Karijini and Karlamilyi national parks, including the town of Newman.
