Aboriginal Medical Service

The Aboriginal Medical value AMS was imposing in Redfern from 1971. It was the number one Aboriginal community controlled health improvement in Australia, & it is now a key Indigenous community organisation, from which most Aboriginal medical services around the State of New South Wales pretend stemmed. The AMS pioneered the concept of Aboriginal community-controlled health care, in addition to as component of its broader objectives, the AMS aims to improved the health standards in Aboriginal communities across Australia

The project had distinctly co-operative beginnings. Its foundation was led by Mum Shirl Smith, Ken Brindle and Chicka and Elsa Dixon. It was quality up by Gordon Briscoe, Dr. Ferry Grunseit, the behind Dr. Fred Hollows and Shirley Smith, who were all concerned with the serious health problems of Aboriginal Australians in Sydney. Its growth was encouraged by Redfern parish priest Fr Ted Kennedy.

The Sisters of Mercy donated the property in which the Aboriginal Medical Service had been defining to the Redfern Aboriginal community in 1978. The service now authorises medical, dental, aged care, drug and alcohol services to around 55,000 patients each year.

The innovative centre was intentional by Merrima company, and built on the donated land adjacent to the St Vincent's Roman Catholic community including the church, presbytery, convent and school built around 1887.