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NAIDOC
Week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
and communities and our contribution to modern Australia. All
Australians are encouraged to participate in NAIDOC Week activities.
NAIDOC Theme 2009
The theme for NAIDOC Week in 2009 is Honouring
our Elders, Nurturing our Youth. The
theme encourages our communities to acknowledge the status
of our Elders as leaders and role models for our youth.
National
Focus City
Brisbane is the national focus city for 2009. The National
NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball will be held at the Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday, 10 July. Tickets
will be on sale now through Ticketek.
National
NAIDOC
NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islander Day
Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence
of Aboriginal groups in the 1920s which sought to increase
awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment
of Indigenous Australians. Today, NAIDOC is a celebration
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity
to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in
various fields. See the National NAIDOC website at www.naidoc.org.au
.
Program
of Events
Events take place across the nation during NAIDOC Week in
the first full week of July. All Australians are encouraged
to participate. See the Program of Events
page for Perth for 2009.
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