National NAIDOC Week

Remembrance and resilience: In 1938, the first Day of Mourning marked a crucial milestone in the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition. On the 26th of January, the voices of the oppressed echoed through Sydney, igniting a flame of resistance that continues to burn bright today. As we reflect on this historic event, we celebrate the remarkable progress and triumphs our people have made. From the depths of struggle, we’ve risen, reclaiming culture, rights, and identity. Let’s honour the past, embrace the present, and strive for an even brighter future. #DayofMourning #Resilience #IndigenousPride 🔥 ✊🏽🖤💛❤️💙💚🤍

We are grieving. Our communities are hurting. Check in. Stand together. Hold each other up.

⏰ LAST CHANCE! ⏰ NOMINATE NOW! Nominations for the National NAIDOC Awards CLOSE Wednesday 11th March, 5pm! (AEST) Do you know someone deadly who deserves to be celebrated this NAIDOC week? Every year, the National NAIDOC Awards shine a light on the strength, brilliance, leadership and quiet achievers in our communities. The people who lift us up, walk alongside us, and make change for our mob every single day. From young trailblazers and community champions to cultural leaders, artists, educators, carers, innovators and lifelong advocates. This is our chance to recognise the people who inspire us and make our communities stronger. Too often our heroes stay humble and go unnoticed, so this is the time to put their names forward. ✨ Celebrate their achievements ✨ Honour their contributions ✨ Share their stories with the nation If someone comes to mind right now: LINK IN BIO! Let’s make sure our people are recognised, celebrated and remembered. Submit your nomination today! 🖤💛❤️💙💚🖤🤍 #NAIDOC2026 #NationalNAIDOCAwards #NAIDOCWeek

⏰ DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY ⏰ Calling all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists! The 2026 National NAIDOC Poster Competition deadline for entries is this Sunday 8 March 2026 at 11:59pm (AEDT)! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Share your art with the nation. We want to see your creativity, your story and your vision. Every NAIDOC poster becomes part of history. Could the next one be yours? Enter now 👉🏾 LINK IN BIO! #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2026 #NAIDOCPoster #NationalNAIDOC

WHAT’S IN A THEME? 🤩 This year marks a major milestone - 50 Years of Deadly! 👏🏾 For five decades, NAIDOC has recognised and celebrated the strength, achievements, culture and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. From the activists who marched, to the Elders who held culture strong, to the communities who continue to lead, create and care for Country. This year’s theme honours the generations who have carried the NAIDOC movement forward. NAIDOC Week 2026 will be held 5–12 July, and this year we continue to celebrate the legacy, the resilience and the future of our people. For all information on National NAIDOC week, including #NAIDOCPOSTER entries and #NAIDOCAWARD nominations, please vist: .au OR LINKS IN BIO! 50 years deadly. 50 years strong. 50 years MORE! 💪🏾 🖤💛❤️💙💚🤍🖤 #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2026

ENTRIES OPEN: NATIONAL NAIDOC POSTER! 🖤💛❤️💙💚🤍🖤 Calling all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists! Entries are now open for the National NAIDOC Poster Competition 2026. Each year, the NAIDOC poster becomes a powerful visual celebration of culture, history and the strength of our people, shared in schools, workplaces and communities right across the country. The 2026 NAIDOC Week theme: 50 Years of Deadly - marks five decades of NAIDOC Week, a week dedicated to amplifying and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures. For fifty years, NAIDOC themes have spoken to survival, resistance, culture and pride. 50 Years of Deadly is both a reflection and a declaration. It acknowledges the strength it has taken to reach this milestone, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silenced. Held from 5–12 July 2026, this milestone theme honours the activists, Elders and communities who have sustained and carried the NAIDOC movement across generations. This is your opportunity to reflect on that legacy through art - to honour the past, celebrate the present and inspire the future. Your artwork could become the official face of NAIDOC Week 2026 and be seen nationwide! TO ENTER AND FOR MORE INFORMATION: LINK IN BIO! All entries must be received by Sunday 1 March 2026 at 11:59pm (AEDT). If you’re an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artist, we encourage you to share your creativity, your voice and your vision. Submit your entry and share your art with the nation! 🤩 #NAIDOC2026 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOCPOSTER #FIFTYYEARSDEADLY

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN - National NAIDOC Awards 2026! Do you know someone deadly who deserves to be celebrated this NAIDOC week? Every year, the National NAIDOC Awards shine a light on the strength, brilliance, leadership and quiet achievers in our communities. The people who lift us up, walk alongside us, and make change for our mob every single day. From young trailblazers and community champions to cultural leaders, artists, educators, carers, innovators and lifelong advocates. This is our chance to recognise the people who inspire us and make our communities stronger. Too often our heroes stay humble and go unnoticed, so this is the time to put their names forward. ✨ Celebrate their achievements ✨ Honour their contributions ✨ Share their stories with the nation If someone comes to mind right now… don’t wait! Nominate them today 👉🏾 LINK IN BIO ✊🏾 Let’s make sure our people are recognised, celebrated and remembered. Submit your nomination today! 🖤💛❤️💙💚🖤🤍 #NAIDOC2026 #NationalNAIDOCAwards #NAIDOCWeek

Mungindi Local Aboriginal Land Council used a NAIDOC Grant 2025 to hold a vibrant community celebration on Kamilaroi Country. Grants between $1,000 and $5,000 are now available for NAIDOC 2026. If you want to apply but you’re not sure how to get started, contact our regional teams via the link in our bio. Find out more via the link in our bio. #NAIDOCgrants #NAIDOC

⚫️🟡🔴 It’s time to get NAIDOC planning! We’ve got grants available to help organisations celebrate this July. Applications close on 19 February. Check the link in the comments for details on how to apply.

⚫️🟡🔴 And we’ve got our 2026 NAIDOC theme!! Who’s excited for July?

Today, we launch the 2026 NAIDOC Week theme: 50 Years of Deadly. For 50 years, NAIDOC Week has brought communities together to celebrate culture, recognise leadership and amplify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices. This milestone honours five decades of NAIDOC Week. The people, communities and culture that have shaped it, and the strength it has taken to sustain it year after year. As we mark 50 years, we look ahead to a future led by community, grounded in culture and built for the long term. Nominations are now open for the 2026 NAIDOC Awards and the National NAIDOC Poster Competition. Find out more at naidoc.org.au

50 Years of Deadly! In 2026, we mark 50 years of NAIDOC Week — a milestone shaped by community, culture and leadership across generations. This theme honours the past and looks ahead to the future of NAIDOC Week: strong, community-led and built to last. nominations are now open for the 2026 NAIDOC Awards and the National NAIDOC Poster Competition. Find out more at naidoc.org.au