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naidoc week
NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. -
survival day
Survival Day' emphasises the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culture in the face of colonisation, dispossession, and ongoing inequality. It reflects on the resilience and endurance of First Nations people, whose cultures are one of the oldest continuing cultures in human history. -
Apology day
National Apology Day is commemorated annually on 13 February and encourages remembrance of - and apology to - Stolen Generations and those whose lives have been blighted by past government policies of forced child removal and assimilation. -
mabo day
Mabo Day is marked annually on 3 June. It commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful efforts to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or 'land belonging to no-one'.