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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Travel
Olivia Williams

‘We look at it more holistically’: how to heal Country beyond Naidoc Week

A Pudakul Aboriginal Cultural Tours guide showing a visitor bush tucker
A Pudakul Aboriginal Cultural Tours guide shows a visitor bush tucker. Photograph: Nick Pincott/Tourism NT

Born from the activism of the Aboriginal Rights Movement, Naidoc Week is a national, week-long event for all peoples to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In the past, the ‘National Aborigines [sic] and Islanders Day Observance Committee’ was responsible for organising the events of Naidoc Week. Now the acronym has become the name of the event itself.

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