Connection, strength and leadership central to an important space for members of the local Aboriginal community in Melbourne's west now has a new piece of visual permanence.

Created by Aunty Susan Kuhl's, with contribution from community members, Journey of Connection stretches from the ground and towards the sky in the Aboriginal Lounge at IPC Health's Wyndham Vale clinic.

The 14-by-six metre mural will be there to see not just now, but for future generations, Aunty Sue explained.

"A little piece of everyone in our community" is represented, she said, across the work depicting Wadawurrung Country, shared cultural bonds and local leaders - with literal hand-prints of those who visit and have a connection to the space featured.

A lot of hard work went into seeing it fully unveiled, Aunty Sue told National Indigenous Times.

"This mural depicts what would have been here on Wadawurrung land, where we are now, pre-colonisation," she said.

A Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri woman, Aunty Sue was born on Wadawurrung Country, and has lived the majority of her life there.

"So I wanted to do a little bit of justice to what would have been here in the beginning".

The mural features gathering circles, Kulin Nation creator spirits Bunjil and Waa, different totems of individual community members, animals, the land and a special depiction of a passed Elder.

"This depicts our community here. We are from all different mobs, from all over Victoria and Australia. We're very displaced. So to have a community that we feel comfortable and safe is wonderful, and it's nice to have something where they can come and sit out and reflect and relax and enjoy this space."

IPC is a major community health provider operating six campuses across Melbourne's west.

At Wyndham Vale the Aboriginal Lounge is a place for community members to gather, connect, celebrate culture and share stories.

Community Elder and Taungurung man Uncle Gary has been coming to the IPC service for 10 years.

"This place saved my life," he said.

"It's been an inspiration for me to get out of it every morning to come here...without coming here, I would be totally lost and terribly lonely. As soon as I walk in the door, I'm swamped by the ladies here."

At Friday's mural unveiling, Uncle Gary paid tribute to IPC staff and Aunty Sue for their work in seeing the mural come to life and in and around the clinic.

Without them, "we would never have achieved what we did today", he said.

"It's more than art. It's a special tribute to Indigenous people and to our Elders, like myself, that represents different parts of our lives and our journey."

Friday's unveiling included short speeches and recognition to Aunty Sue and local Elders, Welcome to Country, yidaki performance, smoking ceremony and food featuring native ingredients provided by the Killara Foundation.

IPC Health community development officer, within the Aboriginal health team, Leehann Watt, said the dedicated area - somewhere culturally safe, to have a yarn and connect - is very important to the community.

"It's their space," she said.

The addition of the mural came about through community consultation, IPC Health cheif executive Jayne Nelson explained, and aligns with the health provider's commitment to delivering respectful, culturally safe services.

Local state MP John Lister added the mural is a symbol of the community built at the organisation providing important preventative health care.

Representation and involvement of everyone was the idea from the start, Aunty Sue said, seen in the handprints, particularly those of Elders. There's still a few more to be added.

"I wanted it to be about them, not about what I wanted to do. This is community," Aunty Sue said.