15 Ways to Celebrate NAIDOC Week
- Download our NAIDOC 2023 curriculum-aligned resource, which invites you to think, reflect and yarn about the importance of our Elders and what the NAIDOC theme means.
- Think about this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: ‘For Our Elders’. Who are you connected to? Who are your Elders?
- Hear what Aunty Rhonda Radley had to say on the 2023 theme.
- Read a poem by a First Nations poet. Our digital library is a great place to start!
- Keep an eye out on our socials throughout NAIDOC week. We’ll be posting snippets from our 2023 NAIDOC resource every day.
- Read and watch these three poems: ‘Ngapigan (Grandmother)’ by Aunty Anjilkurri Rhonda Radley, ‘Ningimpi Nungampi Paywuta Manta’ by Aunty Theresa Sainty, and ‘Our Responsibility’ Aunty Kerry Bulloojeeno Archibald Moran.
- Take a moment to look over this artwork by Uncle Steve Russell.
- What about your Country? Where are you connected to? Which places? Why? Think about what you can do to look after the places where you’re connected.
- Visit AIATSIS to take a look at a map of Indigenous Australia.
- First Nations people believe that Country is our family. Country is our mother - our Elder and everything born of her, our kin. Think about what you love about Country? Reflect on how you are connected to Country, how Country is your family.
- Write an Acknowledgement of Country thinking about your connection to Country.
- Explore sky country. Sit under the stars and have a campfire. First Nations people believe that the stars are campfires – the place where our loved ones go after leaving the earth. The stars are also a map of Country and guide us on our journey. What map can you see in the stars?
- Head along to a NAIDOC week event in your state or territory.
- Connect with nature by going for a walk in a park, Botanic Garden, the beach. Take your shoes off and feel the earth between your toes.
- Finally, read Kirli Saunders’ tips on working respectfully with your local Aboriginal communities (on page 33 of the Learning Resource).