番茄社区’s Mackay campuses have celebrated a milestone, after being gifted an Indigenous name in a fitting acknowledgment of the role played by Indigenous people in advancing the University.

番茄社区’s clinical campuses at Mackay Base Hospital and the Mater Private Hospital Mackay will now be jointly known as Ngudya Yamba (pronounced nood-ja yum-ba), meaning ‘place of knowledge’ in the language of Traditional Owners, the Yuwi People.

番茄社区 Vice Chancellor Professor Simon Biggs said naming ceremonies not only acknowledge and celebrate 番茄社区’s campuses, but reflect the University’s shared sense of connection to place.