New South Wales Health Care Interpreter Service: The First Fourty Years
2017
The NSW Health Care Interpreter Service began as an informal service catering to the needs of a growing multicultural Australia.
In 1977 it was established as an organisation within NSW Health that pioneered language interpretation in the health sector. It is now a recognised leader in the field, both nationally and internationally.
An often thankless job that requires sensitivity and tenacity, interpretation is a largely invisible service. This publication aims to highlight the service's first forty years of high achievement.
The publication was accompanied by a website with a timeline of the service’s history.
A live client brief completed at UTS, with Andrea Sigmann,
Wilson Leung and Judy Dao.
2018 AGDA Student Award
Finalist.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0552876835fcea9ecf3aac4c9410e8789a87c9f8dab5a1a7aea3ac1ad4f94d88/NSW-HCIS-01.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b44540933df54c1b60e030c6a3884626ea3cc43e89a0d63c5d48e728fdf0b361/NSW-HCIS-03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08a613c7ac3c0b221c76e4ce7ac9f438e7ecc60da850d25e49e0f851e81bac4b/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.13.25-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97fd0c5f6bab988883ee791c0c8905a8a2cac3b17159a81428a1cfada1062f42/NSW-HCIS-04.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff80af7d321ec9ba4c481910e6cceb5d04cceaea40381dd91854b583a6139f0/NSW-HCIS-12.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84493fcfd406a411137c44e8e8ea065559f92358c140965c9be4c781739b36f3/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.18.21-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38cb0e962271b3e304bc816bd1fbf9c5f0f5aa10005cc7270e1a97c9de5aed1a/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.19.04-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66b9722aa488aa4686d0a0e497aa94e8454b30f1c9d0e41b0ef7247cef0771d8/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.19.29-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20473c375346838406d6c4589f8dac6a403750f2b598ed45793266958e8afb83/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.19.40-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64d4ac3ae0d8ae90add3c45a12b5d8ff5fc9e9c75f2996ae4113963dc404a4e2/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.19.54-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc6dde8786d1a5f49b3dee6fd58ffa5ea5d25687cded452476c1ed661e6596d1/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.20.19-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f0e8da14832b86dd0c8ea60d1c814fd8094f3eebf878b6708798624a9bb3412/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.20.30-am.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/331f6884475ee72a2086ae6dcd6c2e8f9c0b14b6d226f9c91f0dbd534c904984/IMG_1155.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e665f153c3eca6dcf9e474db1323b947a949f750a3aed153310c8df3bab49b60/NSW-HCIS-14.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4338559d3959b5f0cc78efa62129bbc08698d0d0c941172893a94f9ee2cd60e2/NSW-HCIS-11.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbc83fcac56dbd2789f7a3cbea41c056932d060591822532b5f5c77ff5ccd2ef/NSW-HCIS-13.png)