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NAIDOC week events across ADM+S institutions
We encourage ADM+S members and our wider community to participate in NAIDOC Week public events held across our node institutions during NAIDOC week, learn about the significance of this occasion, and engage in meaningful conversations that celebrate and respect the world's oldest living cultures. Find out about events happening near you.
The Centre acknowledges and respects the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country. We affirm our commitment to truth-telling, understanding, and advocating for justice and equality, to improving and sustaining research, employment and study outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and investing in research that aims to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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Paralpi by Zaachariaha Fielding
Paralpi extends Zaachariaha’s acclaimed Inma series and reflects a deeply cultural and immersive narrative grounded in Country. The artwork depicts the sounds of Paralpi, a significant place just outside Mimili on the eastern APY Lands in South Australia. As Zaachariaha describes, Paralpi is a place where people come to embrace and celebrate children, where they are taught by Elders to move and mimic their Clan emblem — for Mimili, this being the maku (witchetty grub).
NAIDOC Week 2026 screening – WINHANGANHA
Wednesday 8 July 2026, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, The Capitol
A feature length cinematic journey made entirely of archival footage, WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) celebrates First Nations love, joy and resistance. Commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Jazz Money’s film interrogates the archive held within the body of individuals and communities against the body of archives held in the national collection. It includes original poetry written and performed by Jazz and an original score by Filipino-Aboriginal rapper and composer DOBBY (Rhyan Clapham).
First Nations Evidence Roundtable: Voices, Evidence and Justice
Monday 6 July, 5.00pm – 7.00pm, QUT Gardens Point Campus
QUT Centre for Justice and QUT Faculty of Business and Law, in partnership with the Queensland Law Reform Commission, is hosting a roundtable during NAIDOC Week 2026 exploring First Nation perspectives and experiences in providing evidence in climate, human rights and native title litigation. The roundtable will bring together First Nations leaders, legal practitioners, academics and policy makers to consider the importance of First Nations knowledges, lived experience and practical outcomes associated with providing evidence in litigation. Please join us for drinks and canapes from 5.00pm followed by the roundtable discussion at 5.30pm.
Ms Pat Anderson AO Keynote Address
Tuesday 7 July 2026, UQ St. Lucia
The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at The University of Queensland, is proud to host the annual UQ NAIDOC Week Keynote Lecture with Dr (Aunty) Pat Anderson AO. This is a free event open to all UQ staff, students, alumni and the wider community.
Monday 5 July – Friday 12 July, Online
The NAIDOC Poster Competition has a rich and important history and has become an iconic feature of NAIDOC week celebrations ever since the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) first began producing posters in 1967. To celebrate NAIDOC Week, the UQ Life team has created an interactive audio tour featuring five NAIDOC Week posters, each corresponding to significant milestones in UQ’s RAP Journey.
NAIDOC Week Community Lunch – 50 Years of Deadly
Thursday 9 July, 12pm – 2pm, Gadigal Centre, Gadigal (Camperdown) Campus
Join us for a special community lunch this NAIDOC Week 2026, centred on this year’s theme, 50 Years of Deadly. This theme speaks to those who built this movement. The incredible Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year. We reflect on the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, the leadership. It’s about recognising how far we’ve come, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silenced.
Gather with colleagues, students, and community members and engage in conversations that celebrate culture. Catering will be provided.
50 Years of Deadly NAIDOC Week Panel
Wednesday 8 July,10:30am – 1pm, Wallace Theatre (A21), Wallace Lecture Theatre 200, Gadigal Campus.
In 2026, NAIDOC marks a powerful milestone – 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience. This year is about looking back at the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, the leadership. At the strength it took to get here. It’s about recognising how far we’ve come, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silenced.