Objective: This paper aims to describe the growth of a regionally-based mental health team providing services to remote Indigenous communities in far north Queensland.
Conclusions: By drawing on their experience, the authors are able to identify factors supporting the development and sustained capacity of integrated mental health teams, working in challenging remote settings.
Keywords: Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous population; Remote Area Mental Health Service; Torres Strait Islander; history; mental health; rural care.