Stay COVIDSafe this NAIDOC Week
Top 20 tips to get involved this NAIDOC Week
Postponement of the National NAIDOC Awards 2021
After the cancellation of the National NAIDOC Awards 2021 in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), the National NAIDOC Committee and our key partners had been working towards a gala Awards Ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 3 July.
However, following the recent announcements by the NSW Premier and increasing health risk, we have had to take the unfortunate decision to postpone this ceremony.
NAIDOC Week will still be held from 4-11 July.
Woolworths partnership helps celebrate NAIDOC Week across the nation
NAIDOC Week Teaching Resources
The annual NAIDOC Week Teaching resources are now available from SBS Learn.
The NAIDOC Week teaching resource is full of activities and links to assist teachers and their students to reflect on this year’s theme, ‘Heal Country!’.
These resources were authored by Shelley Ware and developed by SBS Learn with support from NAIDOC Committee member Associate Professor Lynette Riley.
The 2021 teaching resources cover subject areas of English, HASS, The Arts and Science for students in Foundation to Year 10.
Cancellation of National NAIDOC Awards ceremony in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)
We regret to announce that we have decided to cancel the National NAIDOC Awards ceremony scheduled for Mparntwe (Alice Springs) on Saturday 3 July 2021.
The decision was made in consultation with the Alice Springs NAIDOC Committee and our key stakeholders in light of escalating community concerns and emerging issues about COVID-19.
Tips for holding a COVIDSafe NAIDOC Week event
Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be a concern for communities around Australia.
This NAIDOC Week, let’s keep our mob safe by making sure our events and celebrations are held in a COVIDSafe way.
Check your State and Territory website
All States and territories have public health measures in place to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the community.
If you are holding a large-scale event, you may need to work with the authorities in your state or territory and submit a COVIDSafe Event plan.
Maggie-Jean Douglas wins 2021 National NAIDOC Poster Competition
Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas has won the 2021 National NAIDOC Poster competition from a record 260 entries.
Maggie-Jean describes herself as ‘a proud murri’. Her mob is Gubbi Gubbi from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland though she grew up on Goreng Goreng Country and has been living on Ngunnawal Country for the past three years.
Maggie-Jean has always ‘had an appreciation for anything that involved creating’ and her earliest memories of being inspired by art came from her Aunty’s artworks.
Gubbi Gubbi artist wins coveted NAIDOC Poster competition
2020 NAIDOC Poster Winner honoured
2020 NAIDOC Week poster competition winner Tyrown Waigana was recently presented with a framed version of his poster design by Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt MP in small ceremony in Perth.
The framed version of the poster is traditionally presented to the winner of the NAIDOC Week poster competition during the National NAIDOC Awards. This presentation did not go ahead in 2020 due to the event's cancellation.
National NAIDOC Awards in Alice Springs to kickstart a week of celebration
Shannan Dodson elected as NAIDOC Co-Chair
The National NAIDOC Committee (NNC) has elected Yawuru woman Shannan Dodson as its new Co-Chair.
Ms Dodson succeeds Patricia Thompson who has stepped down from the Co-Chair role because of family commitments.
Born in Katherine in the Northern Territory and currently living in Sydney, Ms Dodson has worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over 16 years and a strategic communications and engagement specialist.