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1. Pat O'Shane AM

   Pat O’Shane AM, is a proud Kuku Yalanji woman from Mossman, one hour north of Cairns.

2. Patricia Anderson AO

   Distinguished Alyawarre woman, Patricia Anderson AO, is internationally renowned as an advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

3. Artist-led Demonstration - Jacky Cheng

   Pause to join artist Jacky Cheng in a tassel-making workshop demonstration, based on her major work in the exhibition Imaginary Homelands (2025).
   

4. Penrith NAIDOC 2023

   Penrith City Council will celebrate NAIDOC Week 2023 ‘For Our Elders’ with a program of community activities and events taking place across the City from Sunday 2 to Sunday 9 July 2023. The program of events will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, history and heritage; as well

5. SWAMS Family Fun Day 2024

   Performance by Fred Penny, cultural tastings, kids entertainment, raffle prizes, BBQ and more

6. Garrigarrang: Sea Country

   Permanent exhibition - from the Sydney Basin to Torres Strait, discover and celebrate the rich cultures of Australia’s Salt Water People.

7. Burra

   Permanent education space - be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

8. Mavis Phillips (nee Walley) collection - satellite exhibition

   The Perth Centre for Photography in partnership with CAN, and the State Library of WA are proud to present a unique collection of Aboriginal photographs taken by one of Australia's earliest photographers - Mavis Phillips (nee Walley). Through her box brownie camera, Mavis captured the everyday mome
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   Jajoo Warrngara: Education Team

   National NAIDOC Education Award Category

   

   Photo (left): Sharon Williams – CEO of SharingStories Foundation
   Photo (right): Harmony Domaille – Education and Senior Program Manager

   Jajoo Warrngara – The Culture Classroom is a digital education platform developed by SharingStories Foundation, connecting classrooms with authentic First Nations stories, voices, and perspectives. 

   Co-created with First Nations communities and led by First Nations curriculum writers, it offers curriculum-aligned resources, including unit plans, interactive maps, bilingual digital books, films, and animations created on Country. 

   Each resource is guided by Elders and Custodians, ensuring cultural knowledge is honoured, preserved, and shared responsibly. As a social enterprise, Jajoo Warrngara returns half of its revenue to the communities who share their stories. 

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    Common Ground First Nations

    National NAIDOC Innovation Award Category

    

    Picture: Common Ground's Creators Circle gathering in remote Cape York on Kuku Yalanji Country, June 2023

     

    Common Ground is a First Nations not-for-profit and collective of First Nations people changing systems through storytelling.

    Common Ground launched in 2019 as a small collection of curated and original content found on their website. Common Ground has continued to evolve as a place of storytelling and education, to create opportunities for First Nations people to be authors on their terms.

    Common Ground has an all-First Nations team and board of directors. While the team is small, they have an extensive network of First Nations contributors who help shape Common Ground every day.

    Common Ground’s work touches on intersections of advocacy, education, creative storytelling and systems change, driving change in a unique way. The organisation seeks ways to influence systemic change – often aimed at shifting mindsets and behaviours – through innovative and creative projects that harness the power of storytelling.

    Common Ground is working to shape futures that centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling in everything. Their projects – from Dreamy to the Creators Circle – draw from First Nations community strength, creativity and innovation to achieve incredible reach and impact. Their annual project, First Nations Bedtime Stories, sees Common Ground work with different First Nations creatives and communities to film five stories, distributing money to communities to record their stories in their own way. This project shifts power and resources to communities and builds on tens of thousands of years of strong, community-driven storytelling.

    First Nations people have always been innovators, and Common Ground is building on a journey 80,000 years in the making.