NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC WEEK 2025 Art

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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, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

NATIONAL NAIDOC WEEK

Ballarat NAIDOC Events

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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 celebrate online and across our municipality.

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

  • Flag raising and Cultural ceremony event at BADAC with Wadawurrung followed by annual Commemorative Walk
  • The eye-catching Aboriginal flag installation at Umbrella Lane
  • Cultural ceremony and annual Community Walk with BADAC and Wadawurrung
  • Free movies at Ballarat Libraries and Community Hubs
  • Ageing Well basket weaving for seniors at Perridak Arts
  • NAIDOC screening at Eureka Centre of ‘Her Name is Nanny Nellie’ 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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