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Kununurra Neighbourhood House is a neighbourhood centre located in Kununurra, Western Australia. The centre was Built-in 2020 with funding from the Government of Western Australia. Kununurra Neighbourhood House (KNH) is a multi-service not-for-profit organisation providing family support services and community development opportunities.

History
Kununurra Neighbourhood House was established in 1979 when Betty Ewin a local school teacher stated to provide Community Health Services in the Kimberley in Kununurra. The Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley offered Reserve 28285 in 1978 changing the reserve purpose to provide a Child Care and Women's Shelter. In April 1981 a purpose-built facility opened in Konkerberry Drive and was named the Ewin Community Centre After the founder. The Ewin Community Centre was designed to accommodate the needs of women in an isolated town where there were few facilities or support available.

The original Ewin Community Centre building served as an important meeting space for women's groups, childcare and to accommodated families from stations and communities who had to come in for hospital stays and other health reasons. In 1982 Family Support funding was received through the Department for Community Services and for 12 years a family support program operated from the Ewin Community Centre alongside childcare services. In 1983 the site was expanded to As the demand for childcare in Kununurra grow there was limited space to deliver family support programs and in 1990 the search for additional space began.

In October 1992, The Erwin Community Centre separated childcare services and family support services into separate entities. The childcare services became the Ewin Early Learning Centre and the family support services became the Kununurra Neighbourhood House.

In July 1994 Kununurra Neighbourhood House moved out of the Ewin Community Centre into a State Government owned house in Leichhardt Street, Kununurra, with life tenure of the building being given to Kununurra Neighbourhood House in 2005.

In 2019 a new purpose-built facility was constructed in Chestnut Avenue with funding from the Government of Western Australia and opened in June 2020. The new facility was designed to acomodate family support services and community development activities.