Last week, the Labor Government announced $13.13M to help us get permanent dialysis units into 6 new communities. These communities are:Western AustraliaWirramanu (Balgo)Northern Territory Atitjere (Harts Range)BorroloolaTi-TreeSouth AustraliaCoober PedyYalata This is...
Last week we celebrated 20 years of Sarah Brown as CEO of Purple House! Sarah has worked alongside the all-Indigenous Board of Directors since the inception of the organisation. She is an amazing asset to Purple House and has been a strong voice advocating for high...
Purple House Dialysis is reopening in Kiwirrkurra! As one of Australia’s most remote communities that remains without safe drinking water after two years, this was no small feat. With a population of 200 people, the community of Kiwirrkurra have been receiving 700...
Pana (Pintupi-Luritja for ‘sand’ or ‘earth’), Tjulpirpa (Pitjantjatjara for ‘soft sand’), Pilki (Kukaja/Pintupi for ‘sloppy’ or ‘wet mud’) is an exhibition of ceramics by Purple House patients. For the past year, these artists have been working through Visual Art...
There’s some new stock in town at the Bush Balm shop. We are very pleased to introduce our new range of t-shirts, tote bags and tea towels featuring artwork designs from Purple House patients just in time for Christmas. ‘Balgo or Bust’ tote...
Art is, and always has been, central to everything we do at the Purple House. From the extraordinary collaborative paintings that raised over a million dollars to start Western Desert Dialysis, to the beautiful patient works that cover our walls. It shouldn’t be...
