In an emergency call 000. For alcohol and other drug support, the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline is 1800 250 015 — free, confidential, 24 hours.
TREATMENT SERVICE
Part of St Kilda Sobering Centre (Ngwala)
THE SERVICE
The Department of Health Victoria lists a sobering centre in St Kilda operated by Ngwala Willumbong Aboriginal Corporation as part of Victoria's public intoxication response, covering metropolitan Melbourne, Wyndham and Frankston for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Ngwala describes the response as providing engagement, screening, in-place supports, consented transport, monitoring and short-term care in a safe place where a person can sober up with regular welfare checks, followed by referrals. Published eligibility requires the person to be intoxicated in public, to identify as or be known to be Aboriginal, to be able to give informed consent, to have no known serious health issue requiring urgent medical attention, and to pose no safety risk. No street address, capacity, opening hours or direct contact number is published.
Ask the admissions team how withdrawal would be handled and how a transfer into treatment works.
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CARE & DAILY LIFE
Nothing about treatment has been published for this service yet.
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COST
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AFTER THE STAY
Details of ongoing support are not published here. Ask the service what support is available when your treatment ends.
PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements come from registered professionals — psychologists, addiction GPs, lawyers, social workers — who have referred someone here and put their name to what happened. None yet does not mean poor ones: it means nobody has written one.
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Last checked against the service’s own material on 3 September 2026. Services change what they offer, so confirm anything that decides your choice.
Private rooms onlySouthbay Private is a private addiction service operating from an undisclosed address in St Kilda, Melbourne. It offers an inpatient program of 28, 56 or 90 days with private rooms, a day program attended three, five or seven days a week, an outpatient program with a 24/7 support line, and individual counselling in…
Winja Ulupna, Yorta Yorta for "Women's Haven", is a 24-hour residential alcohol and drug recovery centre for Koori women over 18, run by Ngwala Willumbong Aboriginal Corporation. It takes up to eight women at a time, voluntarily or on court referral, and encourages a minimum stay of three months.
Galiamble is a 16-bed residential recovery centre in St Kilda for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men over 18, run by Ngwala Willumbong Aboriginal Corporation.
Windsor House Private is a privately funded residential rehabilitation service in Windsor, Melbourne, for adults who have already completed acute detoxification from alcohol or drugs. It also treats gambling addiction.