Brabuwooloong Medical (Aboriginal Primary Healthcare) and Dental
If you have a medical emergency, dial 000 and ask for an Ambulance.
Between Monday, December 22 and Monday, January 5, our medical, dental and AoD services will be reduced.
Medical (Aboriginal Primary Healthcare) & Dental & Tanderra
GEGAC will have appointments available on the following days with reduced opening hours, but you must call 5150 0760 on the day to book.
- Monday, 22 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday, 23 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Wednesday, 24 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Thursday, 25 December, CLOSED
- Monday, 29 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday, 30 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Wednesday, 31 December, 9 am to 12 pm
- Thursday, 1 January 2026, CLOSED
- Friday, 2 January 9 am to 12 pm (Nurse Practitioner Only – No GP and No Dentist)
Children, Youth and Families
Family Support Services
- Family Support Services will continue to operate with reduced staffing.
- Family Violence outreach will operate via an off-site on-call arrangement.
- Family Support Services, including Family Violence outreach, remain contactable for clients and professional partners.
0438 821 810 – childfirst@gegac.org.au
Youth Services and Housing Pathways
- Nungurra remains contactable for young people and professional partners.
0437 845 633
Extended Community Care
0419 356 133
- Extended Community Care services will continue to operate with reduced staffing.
- Targeted Care Package supports will continue for clients.
- Kinship and Foster Care will operate via an off-site on-call model.
Urgent Child Safety Concerns
If you are concerned about the safety or well-being of a child, or need to report suspected abuse or neglect:
- In an emergency, call 000
- Visit the Victorian Government Child Protection reporting page:
https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/reporting-child-abuse
Elders and Independent Living Services
The Elders’ Lounge will close on Friday, December 22 and reopen on Monday, January 6.
EILS staff will continue to provide care to clients.
Important Contacts
Medical emergency
If you have a medical emergency, always dial 000 or present to the BRHS Emergency Dept.
- 24/7 Midwife desk at BRHS: 5150 3455
- Vic Nurse-On-Call: 1300 60 60 24
If you are at risk of, or experiencing, family violence:
- Safe Steps: 1800 015 188
- The Orange Door: 1800 512 358
- 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
Help for men who use family violence
- No to Violence Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491
- Brother-to-Brother – 24/7 First Nation’s Men’s referral line: 1800 435 799
- If you need to talk with someone about how you’re feeling:
- 13YARN: 13 92 76
- Yarning Safe and Strong: 1800 959 563
- 24/7 Lifeline crisis support: 13 11 14
- Parentline Victoria: 13 22 89
- Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
Other contacts
Community Housing Ltd Bairnsdale: 5152 8933 or 1300 245 468
Bairnsdale Police Station: 5150 2600
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service 24/7 tel: 1800 064 865