
Narrogin

The Wheatbelt hub of Narrogin is home to some of WA’s most productive agricultural farmlands. Just shy of 200 kilometres from Perth, the town is renowned for its Dryandra Woodlands National Park, heritage architecture and gardens, art galleries, walking trails, cafes and much more.
The RCSWA Narrogin office was established in 2007 to train four penultimate students each year and is conveniently located in the Narrogin Hospital corporate wing and across the road from the student house!
Street address: Narrogin Health Service, 43-55 Williams Road
Postal address: RCSWA Narrogin, PO Box 489, NARROGIN WA 6312
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Accommodation
Narrogin RCSWA has one five-bedroom, two-bathroom house and is located across the road from Narrogin Hospital. Most local amenities are also within walking distance of the student house.
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Transport
Students are advised to bring their cars to travel outside of Narrogin, as there is no public transport. Within town, most local amenities are within walking distance. Narrogin RCSWA office has bicycles available for student use in town. There is a regular TransWA bus connecting Perth and Narrogin.
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Health Services
Narrogin Hospital is a modern facility with 28 acute inpatient beds, eight subacute inpatient beds, and 15 same-day beds. Clinical services provided include emergency services, maternity services, inpatient ward, public dentist, chemotherapy unit, cancer services and surgical services. There are RCSWA teaching rooms based in the hospital. See WACHS Narrogin Health Services for more information.
Narrogin RCSWA students attend John Parry Medical Centre and Earl Street Medical Practice for their GP rotations.
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Extra Activities
Narrogin YMCA Recreation Centre has a fully equipped gym, tennis and squash courts, basketball courts, hockey courts, footy oval, and a swimming pool. There are lots of sporting clubs suiting all levels of play from beginners to pros, including tennis, hockey, netball, basketball, football and cycling. Narrogin Repertory Club put on plays twice a year and ARTS Narrogin organises musicals, theatre and art exhibitions in the local area. The Barna Mia Nocturnal Animal Sanctuary is situated in the picturesque Dryandra Woodland National Park.
There are excellent walking trails through and around Foxes Lair Nature Reserve and Narrogin Creek, a 60-hectare bushland area.
Other local and nearby events include Narrogin Rev Heads, Narrogin Agricultural Show, Wagin Woolarama, Darken Sheep Fest, Katanning Harmony Festival and Yealering Regatta.
Find out more about the wonderful community of Narrogin by visiting the following links:
Staff Profiles
academic Services officer, narrogin
Abigail Elphick
Abigail supports students and staff with clinical placements, assessments, and housing. She has 13 years of experience in medical administration within private general practice and the WA Country Health Service across the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Kimberley.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love promoting rural medical opportunities to up-and-coming medical students. RCSWA is the beginning of an exciting journey where students can embrace community and true country living!
Project Officer, Wheatbelt
Joanne Potts
Jo hopes to develop a strong foundation for medical students in the Wheatbelt to assist RCSWA alumni with career pathway training options and provide connections with rural clinical colleagues. Jo relocated to her husband’s family farm near Dryandra Woodlands in the Shire of Cuballing (near Narrogin) in 2015 and has been passionately involved with the medical student program since 2016.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love developing connections with junior doctors in the Wheatbelt to showcase the incredible facilities and lifestyle that is on offer.
Contact: [email protected]
Wheatbelt Immersion Program

What’s it like to live in the bush? Notre Dame academic lead Dr Donna Mak and RCSWA Narrogin academic services officer Sarah Hawksley take to local radio to explain the university’s Wheatbelt Immersion Program and the experience for first year medical students and local families.
Since 2005, Notre Dame students have been billeted for short periods by Wheatbelt families so the potential rural practitioners can get a taste of rural life. With Covid challenges, the program switched to Zoom in 2022 but that did not stop the students from heading over the hills.
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