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National Priority Locations

National Priority Locations for the Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS).

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Table of Contents
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory

New South Wales

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Albury - 2
Armidale - 2
Balranald - 3
Baradine - 4
Bega - 3
Bingara - 2
Binnaway - 3
Boggabilla - 3
Boorowa - 2
Bourke - 4
Brewarrina - 4
Broken Hill - 3
Brungle - 2
Carinda - 4
Cobar - 4
Collarenabri - 4
Condobolin - 3
Coolabah - 4
Coolah - 3
Coonabarabran - 3
Coonamble - 4
Deniliquin - 2
Dubbo - 2
Dunedoo - 3
Enngonia - 5
Euston - 3
Gilgandra - 3
Glen Innes - 3
Goodooga - 5
Grenfell - 3
Gulargambone - 3
Gunnedah - 3
Harden - 2
Hay - 3
Hillston - 2
Inverell - 3
Ivanhoe - 5
Lake Cargelligo - 3
Lightening Ridge - 4
Lord Howe Island - 5
Menindee - 4
Moulamein - 3
Mungindi - 4
Murrin Bridge - 4
Narooma - 3
Narrandera - 3
Nowra - 3
Nyngan - 4
Pilliga - 4 Top of page
Quirindi - 3
Tamworth - 2
Tibooburra - 5
Tingha - 3
Toomelah - 3
Tullamore - 3
Tumbarumba - 3
Walcha - 3
Walgatt - 4
Walhollow - 3
Wanaaring - 5
Warialda - 3
Warren - 3
Wee Waa - 3
Weilmoringle - 5
Wellington - 3
Wentworth - 3
Wilcannia - 5
Wreck Bay - 2
Yeoval - 3

Victoria

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Bairnsdale - 3
Boort - 3
Bright - 3
Corryong - 3
Echuca - 2
Edenhope - 3
Halls Gap - 3
Heywood - 3
Hopetoun - 4
Horsham - 3
Jeparit - 3
Kerang - 3
Lake Tyers - 3
Mallacoota - 4
Mildura - 3
Minyip - 3
Mooroopna - 2
Mount Beauty - 3
Nhill - 3
Orbost - 3
Ouyen - 3
Portland - 3
Rainbow - 4
Robinvale - 3
Sale - 2
St Arnaud - 3
Swan Hill - 3
Wangoom - 2
Warrnambool - 2
Wodonga - 2
Wycheproof - 3 Top of page

Queensland

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Alpha - 5
Amity Point - 4
Aramac - 5
Augathella - 5
Aurukun - 5
Babinda - 3
Badu Island - 5
Bamaga - 5
Barcaldine - 5
Bedourie - 5
Biggenden - 3
Birdsville - 5
Blackall - 5
Bollon - 5
Boulia - 5
Burketown - 5
Camooweal - 5
Capella - 4
Cardwell - 4
Charleville - 4
Cherbourg - 2
Childers - 2
Chillagoe - 4
Clermont - 4
Cloncurry - 4
Coconut Island - 5
Coen - 5
Collinsville - 4
Cooktown - 4
Croydon - 5
Cunnamulla - 5
Dajarra - 5
Darnley Island - 5
Dirranbandi - 4
Doomadgee - 5
Eidsvold - 3
Gayndah - 3
Georgetown - 5
Gin Gin - 3
Halifax - 4
Hamilton Island - 4
Hammond Island - 5
Hebel - 5
Hopevale - 4
Horn Island - 5
Hughenden - 5
Inglewood - 3
Injinoo - 5
Injune - 4
Isisford - 5
Jericho - 5
Julia Creek - 5
Karumba - 5
Kowanyama - 5
Kubin - 5
Laura - 5
Lockhart River - 5
Longreach - 5
Lucinda - 4 Top of page
Mabuiag Island - 5
Macknade - 4
Mapoon - 5
Mareeba - 3
McKinlay - 5
Middlemount - 4
Millmerran - 2
Mitchell - 4
Monto - 3
Mornington Island - 5
Mossman Gorge - 3
Moura - 3
Mt Garnet - 4
Mt Surprise - 5
Mundubbera - 3
Murray Island - 5
Murray Upper - 4
Muttaburra - 5
Napranum - 5
New Mapoon - 5
Normanton - 5
Oakey - 2
Palm Islands - 4
Point Lookout - 4
Pormpuraaw - 5
Quilpie - 5
Ravenshoe - 3
Ravenswood - 4
Richmond - 5
Rubyvale - 4
Saibai Island - 5
Sapphire - 4
Seisia - 5
Springsure - 4
St George - 4
St Pauls - 5
Surat - 4
Talbot Islands (also known as Boigu Islands) - 5
Tambo - 5
Tara - 3
Taroom - 4
Taylors Beach - 4
Texas - 4
Thallon - 4
Thargomindah - 5
Theodore - 3
Thursday Island - 5
Tieri - 4
Toogoolawah - 2
Tully Heads - 4
Umagico - 5
Wallumbilla - 4
Wandoan - 4
Warraber Island - 5
Weipa - 5
Willows Gemfields - 4
Windorah - 5
Winton - 5
Woorabinda - 4
Wujal Wujal - 4
Yam Island - 5
Yarrabah - 3
Yorke Island - 5 Top of page

Western Australia

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Balgo - 5
Bayulu - 5
Beagle Bay - 5
Billiluna - 5
Blackstone - 5
Boddington - 3
Bremer Bay - 4
Broome - 4
Bruce Rock - 4
Burringurrah - 5
Carnamah - 4
Carnarvon - 4
Coolgardie - 4
Coonana - 5
Corrigin - 4
Cosmo Newbery - 5
Cotton Creek - 5
Cue - 5
Cunderdin - 3
Dalwallinu - 4
Denham - 5
Derby - 5
Dongara - 3
Dumbleyung - 4
Eneabba - 4
Exmouth - 5
Fitzroy Crossing - 5
Gnowangerup - 4
Green Head - 4
Halls Creek - 5
Hopetoun - 5
Jameson - 5
Jerramungup - 4
Jigalong - 5
Jurien - 3
Kalbarri - 4
Kalumburu - 5
Kambalda West - 3
Kellerberrin - 3
Kiwirrkurra - 5
Kondinin - 4
Kookynie - 5
Koorda - 4
Kulin - 4
Kununurra - 4
La Grange - 5
Lake Grace - 4
Lancelin - 3
Laverton - 5
Leeman - 4
Leinster - 5
Leonora - 5
Lombadina - 5
Looma - 5
Marble Bar - 5
Meekatharra - 5
Menzies - 5
Merredin - 3
Mindibungu - 5
Mingenew - 3
Moora - 3
Morawa - 4
Mt Magnet - 5
Mt Margaret - 5
Mukinbudin - 4
Mulan - 5
Mullewa - 4
Newman - 5
Nookenbah - 5
Norseman - 4
Northampton - 3
Northcliffe - 4
Nullagine - 5
One Arm Point - 5
Onslow - 5 Top of page
Perenjori - 4
Pia Wadjari - 5
Port Hedland - 4
Quairading - 3
Ravensthorpe - 5
Ringers Soak - 5
Roebourne - 5
Sandstone - 5
Southern Cross - 4
Tablelands communities - 5
Three Springs - 4
Tjuntjuntjara - 5
Tom Price - 5
Walpole - 4
Wanarn - 5
Wangkatjungka - 5
Warakurna - 5
Warburton - 5
Warmun - 5
Wiluna - 5
Wingellina - 5
Wongan Hills - 3
Wyalkatchem - 4
Wyndham - 5
Yalgoo - 5
Yandeyarra - 5
Yungngora - 5

South Australia

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Amata (APY Lands) - 5
American River - 4
Andamooka - 5
Angaston - 2
Ardrossan - 3
Arno Bay - 4
Auburn - 2
Balaklava - 2
Balhannah - 2
Barmera - 3
Beachport - 3
Berri - 3
Birdwood - 2
Blanchetown - 3
Blyth - 3
Booleroo - 3
Bordertown - 3
Burra - 3
Bute - 3
Cadell - 3
Callington - 2
Carrickalinga - 2
Ceduna - 5
Clare - 3 Top of page
Cleve - 5
Cobdogla - 3
Coffin Bay - 4
Coober Pedy - 5
Coonalpyn - 3
Copley (APY Lands) - 5
Cowell - 5
Crystal Brook - 3
Cummins - 4
Dublin - 2
Echunga - 2
Edithburgh - 4
Elliston - 5
Ernabella (APY Lands) - 5
Eudunda - 2
Fishermans Bay - 3
Freeling - 2
Fregon (APY Lands) - 5
Gladstone - 3
Goolwa - 2
Greenock - 2
Gumeracha - 2
Hahndorf - 2
Hamley Bridge - 2
Hawker - 4
Hindmarsh Island - 2
Indulkana (APY Lands) - 5
Jamestown - 3
Kadina - 3
Kalangadoo - 3
Kapunda - 2
Karoonda - 3
Keith - 3
Kersbrook - 2
Kimba - 5
Kingscote - 4
Kingston - 3
Koonibba - 5
Lameroo - 4
Laura - 3
Leigh Creek - 5
Lobethal - 2
Loxton - 3
Lucindale - 3
Lyndoch - 2
Macclesfield - 2
Maitland - 3
Mallala - 2
Mannum - 2
Marree - 5
McLaren Flat - 2
Meadows - 2
Meningie - 3
Middleton - 2
Milang - 2
Millicent - 3
Mimili (APY Lands) - 5
Mintabie - 5
Moonta - 3
Morgan - 3
Mount Barker - 2
Mount Burr - 3 Top of page
Mount Compass - 2
Mount Gambier - 2
Mount Pleasant - 2
Mount Torrens - 2
Murray Bridge - 2
Nairne - 2
Nangwarry - 3
Napperby - 3
Naracoorte - 3
Nepabunna (APY Lands) - 5
Normanville - 2
Nuriootpa - 2
Nyapari (APY Lands) - 5
Oak Valley - 5
Oakbank - 2
One Tree Hill - 2
Oodnadatta - 5
Orroroo - 3
Owen - 2
Paringa - 3
Penneshaw - 4
Penola - 3
Peterborough - 3
Pinnaroo - 4
Pipalyatjara (APY Lands) - 5
Point Turton - 4
Port Augusta - 3
Port Broughton - 3
Port Elliot - 2
Port Germein - 3
Port Lincoln - 4
Port MacDonnell - 3
Port Pirie - 3
Port Victoria - 3
Port Vincent - 3
Port Wakefield - 3
Quorn - 3
Raukkan - 5
Renmark - 3
Riverton - 2
Robe - 3
Roseworthy - 2
Roxby Downs - 4
Saddleworth - 3
Snowtown - 3
Spalding - 3
Springton - 2
Stansbury - 4
Strathalbyn - 2
Streaky Bay - 4
Swan Reach - 3
Tailem Bend - 2
Tantanoola - 3
Tanunda - 2
Tarpeena - 3
Tintinara - 3
Truro - 2
Tumby Bay - 4
Two Wells - 2
Uraidla - 2
Victor Harbor - 2
Virginia - 2
Waikerie - 3
Wallaroo - 3
Warooka - 4
Wasleys - 2
Wataruu (APY Lands) - 5
Whyalla - 3
Williamstown - 2
Wilmington - 3
Wirrabara - 3
Woodside - 2
Woomera - 5
Wudinna - 5
Yalata - 5 Top of page
Yankalilla - 2
Yorketown - 4

Tasmania

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Bicheno - 3
Bruny Island - 3
Campbell Town - 3
Cape Barren Island - 5
Currie - 5
Dover - 3
Geeveston - 3
Lady Barron - 5
Nubeena - 3
Oatlands - 3
Ouse - 3
Queenstown - 4
Railton - 3
Rosebery - 3
Scottsdale - 3
Sheffield - 3
Smithton - 3
St Helen's - 3
St Mary's - 3
Strahan - 4
Swansea - 3
Triabunna - 3
Whitemark - 5
Zeehan - 4

Northern Territory

Priority Location/ASGC-RA#

Adelaide River - 4
Alcoota - 5
Ali Curung - 5
Alice Springs (Central Australian Aboriginal Congress only) - 4
Alyangula - 5
Amoonguna - 4
Ampilatwatj - 5
Angurugu - 5
Apatula (Finke) - 5
Areyonga - 5
Barunga - 5
Batchelor - 3
Belyuen - 4
Beswick - 5
Bickerton - 5
Binjari - 4
Borroloola - 5
Bulla/ Kildirk - 5
Bulman - 5
Canteen Creek - 5
Daly River - 4
Docker River - 5
Elliot - 5
Epenarra - 5
Galiwinku - 5
Gapuwiyak - 5 Top of page
Haasts Bluff - 5
Hart’s Range - 5
Hermannsberg / Wallace Rockhole - 5
Imanpa - 5
Jabiru - 4
Jilkminggan - 5
Kalkarindji / Daguragu - 5
Katherine and town camps - 4
King’s Canyon/ Ukaka - 5
Kintore - 5
Lajamanu - 5
Lake Nash - 5
Laramba - 5
Laynapuy Homelands - 4
Maningrida - 5
Manyellaluk - 5
Marngarr - 5
Mataranka - 5
Milikapiti - 5
Milingimbi - 5
Minjilang - 5
Minyeri - 5
Miwatj (Nhulunbuy ACCHS) - 5
Mt Liebig - 5
Mutitjulu / Yulara - 5
Neutral Junction/ Tara - 5
Nguiu (Wurrumiyanga) - 4
Ngukurr - 5
Nhulunbuy - 5
Numbulwar - 5
Nyrripi - 5
Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) - 5
Palumpa - 5
Papunya - 5
Peppimenarti - 5
Pine Creek - 4
Pirlangimpi - 5
Ramingining - 5
Robinson River - 5
Santa Teresa - 4
Tennant Creek - 5
Ti Tree (Anmatjere) - 5
Timber Creek - 5
Titjikala - 5
Umbakumba - 5
Urapuntja (Utopia) - 5
Wadeye - 4
Willowra - 5
Woolaning - 4
Wurli Wurlinjang (Katherine ACCHS) - 4
Wurrawi - 5
Yarralin - 5
Yirrkala - 5
Yuelamu - 5
Yuendumu - 5 Top of page