https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33137 In a hot and dusty township in outback Australia, next to the police station, there is a nicely renovated house with dark grey shutters. It's cool in there, and the fresh-pressed receptionist invites me to a seat and offers a glass of filtered alkaline water whilst I wait for my chiropractic appointment. When it's my turn, I lie on a table with immaculate white sheets. The chiropractor checks my records and proceeds to expertly manipulate my spine to correct any subluxations. She measures my progress towards a goal of optimal health and records this carefully. After the treatment I make my payment to the receptionist, where I am able to claim a rebate from my private health fund. Down the street, a bit further again and around the corner, is another house. This one has a deeply shaded verandah and is painted leaf green. Inside, maybe, depending on the day, I can find a ngangkari - a traditional Australian Aboriginal healer. My friend has brought me here. He introduces me, for he is an established thread in the weavings of social networks here, and I am not. After a wait, quite a wait, a barefoot woman emerges and glances me over. She gestures for me to enter a room and lie on a treatment table. Her eyes are yellowed, and deeply kind. She speaks to me but I do not understand. She rubs my forehead vigorously, and then my belly. There is a lingering smell of leaf smoke in the air. My condition is temporary, and she assures me my spirit is strong. I do not warrant having a stone sucked from me. After the treatment I make a payment at reception , but I cannot make a claim from my health fund.]]> Wed 29 Aug 2018 16:43:02 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33654 Wed 24 Jun 2020 12:03:43 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:4452 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:37:51 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15681 Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:51:09 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31693 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:44:22 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:2546 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:31:04 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:1789 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:27:30 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:12240 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:08:12 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18161 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:04:38 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:17924 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:56:24 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27759 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:27:43 AEDT ]]>