Over five decades, the NAIDOC Committee has played a pivotal role in shaping the national conversation and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during NAIDOC Week each year.
This year the NAIDOC Committee will reach the milestone of 50 years. Over the past five decades, the committee has been integral to choosing a theme and steering the celebration of NAIDOC Week in communities around the country. What evolved into a celebration of culture, excellence and our people, all started with a protest. The Day of Mourning protest in 1938 is widely regarded as the catalyst for creating an annual event that centres First Nations peoples and culture.
" Ms Buzzacott explained in the process of developing 2024's theme, the committee wanted to focus on the referendum but also the next generation. " was a big movement for us," said Ms Buzzacott. "It consumed our lives for the last, one to two years, so we really wanted to bring out something that was a strong stand alongside the referendum...
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