NAIDOC Week Archives

NAIDOC Week 2023 Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2023 NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to come together to celebrate the rich history, diverse cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. National NAIDOC Week will be celebrated from Sunday 2 July – Sunday 9 July 2023. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which was the original name of the organization responsible for organizing the event. The history of NAIDOC Week dates back to the 1920s when Aboriginal rights activist William Cooper, along with other Indigenous leaders, established the Australian Aborigines’ Progressive Association (AAPA). The AAPA organized the first Day of Mourning protest on 26 January 1938, marking the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet and calling for civil rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ...

NAIDOC Week – By Dr. Kumudini Abeysuriya Source:Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2022 NAIDOC Week is celebrated each year in the week starting on the first Sunday of July, to recognise and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Australia’s First Nations Peoples. It is an invitation and opportunity for migrant communities such as ours to appreciate the perspective of the First Australians who have lived on and cared for this land since time immemorial. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins are traced to Aborigines Day held annually on the Sunday before Australia Day for several decades upto 1955, marked as a day of protest to increase awareness of the trauma and injustices of colonisation on the First Australians. The day was shifted to the first Sunday in July since 1955 and became a day of remembrance and celebration of the ...