NAIDOC WEEK 2008 [6-13 July]
NAIDOC WEEK, celebrated in the first full week in July each year, has become an important conduit in moving towards spanning the cultural differences between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The current celebrations have grown from mainly unsupported activism during the early 20th Century, through the 1938 Day of Mourning, National Aborigines Day to the present NAIDOC WEEK observance.
The NAIDOC Perth Logo 2008 was designed by Mt Lawley SHS student Helena Chestnut.
What’s on in WA for NAIDOC WEEK? Check out the activities at the PROGRAM of EVENTS on the Perth NAIDOC WEEK website.
The theme for 2008 is “Advance Australia Fair?” and the focus city is Canberra, where the National NAIDOC Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Saturday 12 July. Awards are given in various categories including Sport, Scholarship, Art, Youth and Lifetime Achievement. Previous winners include Ernie Dingo, Mark Bin Baker, Kyle Vander Kuyp and Anthony Mundine.
The NAIDOC WEEK website gives students and teachers a good background to the week, ideas on how to celebrate the week plus some fun activities to complete. Studies incorporating NAIDOC WEEK,
utilise outcomes of Culture and Active Citizenship in the Society and Environment Curriculum and values of Respect and Cultural Understanding can also be applied.
