Welcome
Welcome to the official NAIDOC website. NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Indigenous Australians.
Today, NAIDOC is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields.
Activities take place across the nation during NAIDOC Week in the first full week of July. All Australians are encouraged to participate.
National Focus City for 2010
The 2010 National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball will be held in Melbourne. NAIDOC Week 2010 will be held from 4 to 11 July.
National NAIDOC Award winners Announced
The 2009 National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball was held in Brisbane on Friday 10 July, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tickets for the event sold out in a week. The event was a great success with over 1300 guests attending. The 2009 National NAIDOC Award winners were announced and guests were treated to great performances from Bangarra, Banawurun, Troy Cassar Daley, The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (ACPA) and Dan Sultan.
NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball 2009
Images from the Awards Ceremony and Ball can be viewed here.
National NAIDOC Poster Competition
The winner for the 2009 National NAIDOC Poster Competition is Luke Mallie from Qld. His winning artwork Carrying On Our Culture has since been reproduced on the 2009 NAIDOC Week Poster. Details on how to order free copies of the 2009 National NAIDOC Week Poster can be found on this website under How to order a NAIDOC poster. Past NAIDOC poster since the 1970s can be viewed in our poster gallery.