Talk:NAIDOC Week

Recent reverted edits (July 2013)

Please note:

• Use of the term ‘peoples’ is correct, we are talking about whole societies. The singular is ‘people’ and the plural is ‘peoples’. See online at [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1005090100009].
• The National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) formed for the first time in 1957, see the reference at [http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/naidoc-week].

Clare. (talk) 07:26, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Progressing the NAIDOC Week page further (June 2013)

To progress the page, I would like to add details about the themes for NAIDOC week over the years. I will also use the National Library of Australia's TROVE website to search for newspaper mentions of NAIDOC and NADOC, perhaps I will be lucky and find info about early days of the committee dating from the 1950s. I will take a look at the websites of other festivals, observances and celebrations, such as Cannes Film Festival and Washington's Birthday to inform structure and necessary information for future edits of the page. Also, I would really like to be collaborative, so please jump in and help if you are interested in broad Australian or Indigenous Australian topics.

Clare. (talk) 13:37, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Text from NAIDOC page before the merger (June 2013)

NAIDOC (the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) is an awareness committee and the name of an Australian week of observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday.

After a time of seeking justice from the Australian government, Indigenous Australians held the first "Day of Mourning" in 1938 to highlight injustices put upon them. In 1955, it was suggested that this day become a National Day with the aim to change negative views and celebrate the richness of Indigenous culture and heritage.

In 1957, the first National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) with the support of Federal and local governments was formed. To mark Aborigines' Day in Australia, on the first Sunday in July every year, NAIDOC celebrations and events happen within Indigenous Australia and invites the rest of the world to join in.

Many Torres Strait Islanders commemorate the Coming of the Light Festival the week before 1 July, which is the day the London Missionary Society first arrived in the Torres Strait.

NAIDOC Activities that are held during the week-long celebrations are cultural and educational activities in schools, public displays and the NAIDOC Ball is held in each city across the nation, which celebrates the end of the festivities with Indigenous food and bands.

NAIDOC is primarily celebrated in Adelaide, Darwin and Sydney but large rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, such as those Alice Springs, Hermannsburg, Shepparton and Mildura, are also involved.

In Western Australia, an Australian rules football match between Claremont and South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League has been played during NAIDOC week since 2007, with the winner being awarded the Jimmy Melbourne Cup, in honour of the first indigenous Australian player to play senior football in a major Australian football league. Clare. (talk) 13:31, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

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Rationale for merger (June 2013)

NAIDOC as a committee no longer exists. NAIDOC as a committee can be incorporated into the NAIDOC Week 'origin of the term' story.Clare. (talk)

Host city

In § National NAIDOC Awards, we read that:

The National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball, celebrating the end of NAIDOC Week festivities is held in a different host city each year. The Ball features Indigenous food and live bands.

However, there is no host city listed in § National NAIDOC themes and host cities for 2021 or 2022 - what were they? Or has the idea of a host city been dropped? And is the Ball still singular, and the site of the awards? Or are there now multiple Balls in different locations? yoyo (talk) 05:26, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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