Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence opening

The University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) is one of the designated programs of the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Program. The UDRH works with local health services and communities across northeast Victoria and the Grampians region to expand the health workforce, increase access to services for consumers and improve quality of care. The work of the UDRH focuses on Student Placements, Aboriginal Health and Research.


Last week Australia's first Indigenous-led educational centre, the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence was opened on Yorta Yorta Coutry.

A group of people standing in the Munarra Centre.

Munarra, which means thunder in Yorta Yorta language, resonates with the Centre's aspiration to significantly impact the empowerment and education pathways of Yorta Yorta communities and the broader Goulburn Murray region.

The state-of-the-art building incorporates Aboriginal knowledge into its design and programs, symbolising decades of effort to place First Nations at the forefront of higher education.

The project involves a partnership between the State Government, Rumbalara Football Netball Club, the Kaiela Institute and the University of Melbourne.