Cultural Immersion: More Than Maternity Care

Abstract

Waminda, located on the South Coast in New South Wales, provides a holistic and culturally-safe service for Indigenous women and their families. Maternity care at Waminda is known as Minga Gudjaga, and through this service, Elders and Aunties enact thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge to ensure the cultural safety and health of Minga (mothers) and Gudjaga (babies).1 A clinical placement at Waminda for one Indigenous midwifery student proved pivotal to her growth and vision as a midwife and an Aboriginal woman.