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NAIDOC Week 2025 runs from 6–13 July, marking 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience. This year’s theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy. It celebrates past achievements and the bright future ahead, empowered by our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors.
NAIDOC Week is a time to reflect, learn, celebrate, and show up. It’s an opportunity for all Australians to engage with the oldest continuous living cultures on earth, and to honour the fire that has long burned within First Nations communities, fuelled by strength, pride, resistance, and joy.
We’ve pulled together a guide to help you get involved in meaningful and respectful ways. From books to read and shows to watch, to First Nations-led organisations to support and businesses to champion. There are so many ways to lean in, listen, learn, and take action.
Let’s keep listening. Let’s keep learning. Let’s keep doing the work.
Places To Donate
Kings Narrative is a profit-for-purpose social enterprise founded and led by Aboriginal men. We collaborate with allies from all backgrounds, but we’ve made the commitment to exclusively employ First Nations people. Kings Narrative exists to build black wealth, black excellence, and strong black futures for Aboriginal men and our families.
Commonground is an intentional community and not-for-profit social enterprise that has been supporting social justice, environmental, disadvantaged and community groups since 1984. From the beginning our primary purpose has been 'to be of service to social change'.
First Nations Futures was established to respond to the economic barriers that First Nations community-driven initiatives face within funding systems.The journey of First Nations Futures has been slow, intentional, and has included many yarns and workshops with First Nations leaders and young people along the way.
Things To Read
Magabala Books is Australia’s leading Indigenous publishing house. Aboriginal owned and led, we celebrate and nurture the talent and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices.
Children
Backyard Footy by Carl Merrison, Samantha Campbell (illus.)
The first book in a joyful black&write! Fellowship-winning picture book series that follows a cast of footy-loving kids as they hop through the backyards of their neighbourhood in the Kimberley, collecting equipment and friends to play with as they go.
Teen
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly!: A Celebration of Blak Excellence by Corey Tutt, Molly Hunt (illus.)
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly! is an inspirational, illustrated compendium that celebrates the diversity and success of First Nations People.
Adult
the body country by Susie Anderson
A powerful collection of poetry from an award-winning poet and black&write! Fellowship winner, the body country is an evocative exploration of a world that too often marginalises and a meditation of wandering and wondering on Country, inviting the reader to understand the complexities and changing forms of self and love.
What To Watch
Eight stories of grief, hardship and strength celebrate the resilience of the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, Australia and the South Pacific Islands.
A story of two best friends, Tomias and Dahlia, who are growing up together on Country in a remote Northern Territory community, and face various adversities and have many exciting adventures.
Nornie Bero, Torres Strait Islander chef and owner of Mabu Mabu, cooks and talks through some of her favourite recipes.
Businesses To Support
Australia’s oldest continuously running Indigenous Art Centre. Working with this amazing group of artists for a second time has allowed us to establish a longer term and more meaningful connection with the APY Lands and has given us an opportunity to further showcase the infinite talents of this special group. As always though, the spirit of independence, adaptation, creativity and transformation shines out and we are so grateful for the artists (Carlene Thompson, Malpiya Davey, Rupert Jack, Michelle Lewis, Langaliki Lewis and Lynette Lewis) whose art tells the ancestral stories of their beautiful country and culture. The partnership between Kip&Co x Ernabella Arts is best practice, and one that sets a benchmark for future collaborations. Ernabella Arts and Kip&Co divide all profits from the collaboration equally, so 50% of profits will return to Ernabella Arts.
Blakground Productions is a majority Aboriginal-owned and led production company passionate about community-driven storytelling. They specialise in video production, photography, branding and creative development—bringing First Nations stories to life with integrity and purpose. They are driven by a passion for authentic representation, ensuring First Nations people are visible in every part of the story.
Jedess Hudson is a descendant of the Ewamian and Western Yalanji people of North Queensland. An established creative, she has made significant contributions to the art and community sector for many years. Throughout her creative journey, Jedess has drawn deeply from her traditional homelands. Elements of the land, seasons, bush tucker, flora, and fauna are integral to her art practice, reflecting her strong connection to her heritage.
To find out more and to get involved, things to do this NAIDOC week HERE
