When?
NAIDOC Week celebrations for 2007 will be held from 8 to
14 July.
Theme for 2007?
The national theme for 2007 is 50
years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak.
National Focus City
The focus city for 2007 is Darwin, in the Northern Territory.
About NAIDOC Perth
The NAIDOC Perth Committee is a community based
initiative. The Committee has two aims for NAIDOC 2007:
- have an official
opening ceremony with awards in the city centre;
- promote NAIDOC
in Perth through a program of events and website.
What is NAIDOC?
NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in the first
full week in July to celebrate the history, culture and
achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NAIDOC originally
stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islander Day Observance
Committee’. This committee was once responsible for
organising national activities during NAIDOC Week, and its
acronym has become the name of the week itself.
The week is
celebrated not just in the Indigenous community, but also
in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local
councils and workplaces.
In addition
to the many local activities, NAIDOC celebrations traditionally
have a ‘national focus’:
- a national
focus city or town is chosen - for 2007 it is Darwin,
Northern Territory
- celebrations
are based on a national theme - the theme for 2007 is
50 Years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak
- a national
NAIDOC poster based on the theme is distributed, chosen
from entries to the NAIDOC Poster Competition
- celebrations
culminate in an awards ceremony and ball held in the focus
city -in 2007 the National NAIDOC Awards and Ball
will be held at SkyCity Casino, Darwin on Black Friday,
13 July 2007
- at the ball,
national awards are given to Indigenous achievers in a
number of categories.
For many years,
the Australian Government has been the major funding contributor
to national focus activities.
Wherever you
live, taking part in NAIDOC Week is a great way to celebrate
Indigenous culture and build bridges between Indigenous
and non-Indigenous Australians.
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