Cr Shields is pushing for improvements at the village after recently being informed it does not have a postal service on top of their poor mobile phone reception.

He says it's "simply not good enough".

Nanima was the first inland Aboriginal mission. It's also Australia's longest continually operating reserve.

"When it comes to closing the gap and when it comes to inequity in the community, the fact that we have a large Indigenous population that's so close to a major centre like Wellington, it's only a couple of kilometres, without a mail service is quite disgraceful," Cr Shields said.

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He also wants better mobile telecommunications facilities, primarily to allow the village's residents to access the internet through phone data.

"I was horrified when I found out there was a significant portion of the community in Wellington without the basic of basic services like that. I think we (Dubbo Regional Council) need to peruse this," the mayor said.

"I'm keen to work with any other government agency or any other level of government to get this sorted out. In the defence of other government agencies, I think it's more of an oversight than any deliberate withdrawing of services but it is something we do need to sort out."

Cr Shields said it was impossible to look at "any serious gap-closing initiatives" if young people at Nanima were told they wouldn't be able to have contact with an employer via email or snail mail.

The mayor raised the postal and telecommunications issue as a matter of urgency at the recent Dubbo Regional Council meeting.