Naidoc Week is an invitation to engage with Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander history and reflect on the work that still needs to be done
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One of the biggest misconceptions about Naidoc Week is that it’s simply a celebration.
While it is a time to celebrate, it grew from an Aboriginal political movement. Its origins lie in the 1938 Day of Mourning, when Aboriginal leaders gathered on 26 January to protest against 150 years of colonisation and draw national attention to discrimination, dispossession and the denial of basic human and civil rights.
… a tribute to the people who built this movement. The Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year.