NAIDOC Week

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Celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

NATIONAL NAIDOC WEEK

Ballarat NAIDOC Events

To share your event or see local NAIDOC events.

VISIT BALLARAT FIRST NATIONS 

The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week events extend across July bookending the National Week, so there are plenty of ways to participate in celebrations online, across our municipality and around the Nation.

Some of the 2025 activities facilitated by the City of Ballarat and collaborative events with Community included: 

  • Collaborative NAIDOC Monday Flag raising and Ceremony at BADAC with Wadawurrung followed by the annual Commemorative Walk to Mullahwalla.
  • The eye-catching Aboriginal flag installation at Umbrella Lane.
  • Free movies at Ballarat Libraries and Community Hubs.
  • Ageing Well activities for seniors at Perridak Arts.
  • Wadawurrung Cultural Strengthening education workshops
  • Movie ‘Her Name is Nanny Nellie’ screening at Eureka Centre followed by panel event featuring director Daniel King and Nellie’s Great Granddaughter Aunty Irene Ridgeway. 

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About NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. You can support and get to know your local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities through activities and events held locally, online and across the country.

We come from different backgrounds and cultures, but as a community we share a culture of growing and learning together in the same schools, businesses, workplaces, recreation spaces and services. Ballarat, as an Intercultural City, builds on the concept of all of us living together in a vibrant, diverse and harmonious community.

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