Address & Contact
Derby WA 6728
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Web: https://nit.com.au/18-09-2019/733/winun-ngari-revive-australias-last-l
The
Derby Leprosarium, otherwise known as Bungarun, opened in 1936 and cared for Aboriginal people suffering from Leprosy across Western Australia and into the Northern Territory.
Closing in 1986 after a cure was found, Bungarun had seen over a thousand Aboriginal people come through its doors.
It was the last institution in Australia to close and is the only leprosarium left standing today.
But it’s a shadowed part of Australian history, a piece of our puzzle that not many without a connection to this place know of.
Winun Ngari Aboriginal Corporation are pushing to change that.