Get your breasts checked with Maryborough District Health Service and BreastScreen Victoria. Get your breasts checked and protect yourself against breast cancer. Put your health centre stage by getting a free breast screen every two years from age 50. Regular breast screens are the best way to find breast cancer early and when treatment is most likely to be successful. Maryborough District Health Service are coordinating bookings at BreastScreen Maryborough on 1st and 8th October. Your free breast screen will be done in a culturally safe environment with a female radiographer and will only take 10 minutes. For more information contact Maryborough District Health Service on 03 5461 033. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will receive a FREE beautiful shawl (below) to use during the screening that they can keep afterwards. The artwork on this beautiful shawl 'Dunguludja Mulana (Strong Spirit)' designed by the talented Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba, Mutti Mutti and Wiradjuri artist, Alkina Edwards. “This artwork represents women empowerment, resilience and strong spirits. Within the background I have placed symbols that represent our beautiful countries and women gatherings. Showing the physical and spiritual connection we have with the land and each other. At the front of the design […]

Get your breasts checked with Goranwarrabul House and BreastScreen Victoria. Get your breasts checked and protect yourself against breast cancer. Put your health centre stage by getting a free breast screen every two years from age 50. Regular breast screens are the best way to find breast cancer early and when treatment is most likely to be successful. Gorranwarrabul House are coordinating bookings on BreastScreen Victoria mobile screening van on Tuesday 8th October. Your free breast screen will be done in a culturally safe environment with a female radiographer and will only take 10 minutes. For more information contact Gorranwarrabul House on 0429 555 250. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will receive a FREE beautiful shawl (below) to use during the screening that they can keep afterwards.The artwork on this beautiful shawl 'Bujil and Waa' designed by the talented Taungurung artist, Aunty Joanne Honeysett. “Bunjil and Waa are the moieties of Taungurung women, they keep us safe and keep us protected.”

Get your breasts checked with Mallee District Aboriginal Service (MDAS) Mildura and BreastScreen Victoria. Get your breasts checked and protect yourself against breast cancer. Put your health centre stage by getting a free breast screen every two years from age 50. Regular breast screens are the best way to find breast cancer early and when treatment is most likely to be successful. MDAS are coordinating bookings at BreastScreen Sunraysia/Mildura on 14th-15th October. Your free breast screen will be done in a culturally safe environment with a female radiographer and will only take 10 minutes. For more information contact MDAS Mildura on (03) 5018 4100. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will receive a FREE beautiful shawl (below) to use during the screening that they can keep afterwards.The artwork on this beautiful shawl 'Family Connection – Yammas (Breasts)' designed by the talented Kamilaroi, Yinarr Waa-uu artist, Melinda Cain. “My painting depicts the family connection to yamman cancer. In Kamilaroi language we call breasts YAMMANs. Four strong Kamilaroi Aboriginal women was just living their life as normal. All four women decide to have a mammogram and all four-women tested showed abnormal cells related to Breast cancer. My Mother’s breast cancer was in […]