Introducing this year’s National NAIDOC Week Award finalists. Selected from a pool of almost 200 nominees, these finalists exemplify the spirit of NAIDOC, which is a week-long celebration of Blak excellence across the Country.
National NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award Category
Aunty Dr Naomi Mayers OAM
National NAIDOC Person Award Category
Professor Kelvin Kong
Megan Krakouer
Murrawah Johnson
National NAIDOC Female Elder Award Category
Dr Aunty Bilawara Lee
Aunty Dr Matilda House-Williams
Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM
National NAIDOC Male Elder Award Category
Pastor Dennis Phillip Jetta OAM
Tom Slockee
William Tilmouth
National NAIDOC Sportsperson Award Category
Ash Gardner
Indi Cooper
Donnell Wallam
National NAIDOC Youth Award Category
Brodie Murray
Courtney Burns
Mitchell Harrison-Currie
National NAIDOC Creative Talent Award Category
Aaron Fa'aoso
Dr Anita Heiss AM
Rachel Perkins
National NAIDOC Caring for Country and Culture Award Category
Lala Gutchen
METRONET Noongar Reference Group
Talei Elu
National NAIDOC Education Award Category
Aurora Education Foundation
Bubup Wilam Aboriginal Child and Family Centre
Professor Jacinta Elston
National NAIDOC Innovation Award Category
Daniel Motlop
Passing the Message Stick
Dr Rhett Loban