NAIDOC WEEK

NAIDOC WEEK

Mackellar Primary School acknowledges that NAIDOC Week falls during the school holidays, we would like to celebrate this important week of recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in its 50th year. NAIDOC Week is a time to honour the history, culture, achievements and contributions of Australia’s First Nations peoples, while reflecting on the importance of connection to Country, community and culture. We encourage families to take the opportunity to engage in local events, conversations and learning experiences throughout the holidays as we continue to promote respect, understanding and reconciliation within our community.

Please find Local Events in your area via the link attached:

https://www.naidoc.org.au/local-events/local-naidoc-week-events

50 Years of Deadly (Excerpt from NAIDOC.org)

For five decades, NAIDOC Week has celebrated the voices of our communities — steady, unapologetic, and proud. Each year, its themes have called for truth, celebrated culture, honoured resistance, and reminded the nation of who we are.

Fifty Years of Deadly marks a milestone. It’s a tribute to the people who built this movement. The Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year.

NAIDOC has always been more than a week — it’s a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.

This moment is about looking back at the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, the leadership. At the strength it took to get here. It’s about recognising how far we’ve come, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silenced.

It’s also about the here and now, who we are today. Grounded in culture. Strong in our identity. Leading change across every field, from health and education to media, business, and the arts. We’re telling our own stories, in our own way, on our own terms.

And it’s about the future. The next 50 years. The young ones growing up proud. The return of language. The return to Country. The fight for justice continuing with new tools, new voices, and the same fire.

Fifty Years of Deadly is a marker, not just of time passed, but of the momentum still building. It’s proof of what our people build when culture leads and community comes first. NAIDOC belongs to mob. It always has.

We honour what came before by continuing the work.

This is our story. This is our celebration. This is our future.

Still deadly. Always.