{"id":5575,"date":"2025-06-18T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:13:44","slug":"cab-tsi-dhoeri-headdress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/uncategorized\/cab-tsi-dhoeri-headdress","title":{"rendered":"Caboolture Hospital Unveils Torres Strait Islander Dhoeri Headdress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Caboolture Hospital Unveils Torres Strait Islander Dhoeri Headdress<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_5576\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5576\" class=\"wp-image-5576 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/tsi-dhoeri-headdress-pt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/tsi-dhoeri-headdress-pt-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/tsi-dhoeri-headdress-pt-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/tsi-dhoeri-headdress-pt.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/600;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sherry Holzapfel Executive Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Tracy Grant Manager of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services and Karlene Willcocks Exectuive Director of CKW<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Caboolture Hospital has proudly unveiled a traditional Torres Strait Islander Dhoeri Headdress, marking its ongoing commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/h4>\n<p>In a special ceremony held on Wednesday 11 June, staff, Elders and community members from across south-east Queensland gathered in Caboolture Hospital&#8217;s front foyer to witness the unveiling of the Dhoeri Headdress.<\/p>\n<p>The Dhoeri Headdress, crafted by acclaimed Torres Strait Islander artist Thomas Pedro, was originally featured in the Cairns Art Gallery in 2022 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Mabo Decision. No two headdresses made by Mr Pedro are alike, making Caboolture Hospital now the proud custodian of this one-of-a-kind cultural artefact.<\/p>\n<p>Cultural Capability Officer Janita Adams said that the Torres Strait Islander Headdress and other artworks help create a safe space for the community, patients, families and visitors when they visit hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy having culturally meaningful artworks in place, our aim is to promote a service that welcomes diversity, empathy and compassion and respect,\u201d Janita said.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director Karlene Willcocks acknowledged the significance of the event, noting the privilege to acquire such a culturally meaningful piece of artwork.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a very special occasion for Caboolture Hospital which was reaffirmed through how many people attended the unveiling event,\u201d Karlene said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The headdress serves as a reminder of the hospital&#8217;s commitment to creating a culturally safe and inclusive environment for all patients, staff, and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is also a call to action &#8211; an invitation for everyone who walks through the hospital\u2019s doors to reflect, learn and contribute to reconciliation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are encouraged to view the Dhoeri which will remain on permanent display near the main entrance as well as other accompanying artworks.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgements goes to the Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project team who supported the initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caboolture Hospital has unveiled a traditional Torres Strait Islander Dhoeri Headdress, marking its ongoing commitment to cultural safety and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}