Jarlmadangah Clinic is run by Annie Milgin (pictured left), who has over twenty years experience in nursing. She attended primary school in Camballin, leaving at 15 years of age to work in stock camps, cooking and cleaning for the workers. Her family, like many others, was forced to move by arbitrary decisions made by station bosses until eventually the number of homeless Aborigines in the area caused Government concern.

       Camping in the open and surviving off depleted local resources, the local community was in crisis until a meeting facilitated by local Gnarinjini man Freddy Johnson and attended by Dr H. C. Coombs from Canberra allocated some land for a settlement.    This was at Looma, a short drive from the present site of Jarlmadangah. There Annie began her nursing career. Apart from a week a year in Derby and two weeks in Perth at Marmuditch in 1995 (from which she received her Certificate in Aboriginal Health) Annie learnt her skills on the job.
       As well as western medicine, Annie is able to use traditional local plants (such as the one on the right) for bush remedies in her clinic, especially for rashes, sores, colds and flu.

      The clinic (pictured right) deals with many problems, from ear infections to the management of diabetes.   It has its own store of medicines, including antibiotics, and has a doctor calling once a week from Derby. A nutritionist also calls in occasionally, to an enthusiatic response, especially from the kids.
       Annie sees the control of alcohol abuse as an important health factor. When abuse does occur the dry-out shelter at Mowla Bluff is available.
       "I want to see my young people grow. When I worked in Looma I used to be in the clinic all the time treating people. I never had a chance to teach culture, such as bush medicine. The nurses I worked with never gave me time to do this, but since I resigned and moved here to run my own clinic I can work for the community, teaching kids bush medicine, language and culture."
John, Wayne and Francis begin work on the foundations of the Clinic.