Ben Mitchell, NAIDOC Committee Co-Chair
"Because of my wife, the mother to our 8 children, I can!"
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"Because of my wife, the mother to our 8 children, I can!"
"Being recognised as the first people who occupied the land has been a struggle for our people to claim back what was already ours. Fifty years ago the Yolngu people worked together and fought for land rights.
“‘I believe in the power of art, the power of the paintbrush. I know that art can change lives — it changed mine — and I hope that art can change the world too.”
Vincent Namatjira
Welcome to NAIDOC.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of the beautiful lands on which we live and celebrate their enduring knowledge and connections to Country. We honour the wisdom of and pay respect to Elders past and present.