Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Week (NAIDOC Week) will be celebrated on campus at the University of Sydney from 25 to 29 August 2008.

Flag Raising Ceremony
Monday 25 August, 11am
Nicholson Museum Flagpole
Guest Speaker: Carol Green

Film Screening: River of No Return
6.00pm: Reception at the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney (Gosper Lane off Science Road)
7.00pm: Film screening in the Edgeworth David Building (near the Parramatta Road Footbridge)
Following a reception at the Macleay Museum director Darlene Johnson will introduce the film and a question and answer session will follow.
RSVP to macleaymuseum@usyd.edu.au or 9036 5253

Trivia Night
Wednesday 27 August, 6pm
Grandstand Bar and Cafe
Get together a team. Nibblies and Prizes!

Koori Centre Lecture Series
"Unfinished Business": Accounting and the 'enslavement' of Aboriginal children" by Dr. Susan Greer, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney
Friday 29 August, 1pm
Teachers College Lecture Room 448
Further Information....

In 1955, the first Sunday in July became known as Aborigines Day. Since 1940, this had been celebrated on the first Sunday before the Australia Day holiday and was known as "Day of Mourning" Aboriginal Sunday.

In 1957, the National Aborigines' Day Observance Committee (NADOC) was formed. It was during this year that Aboriginal Pastor, Sir Douglas Nicholls, persuaded the NMCA to nominate the second Sunday in July as a day of remembrance of Aboriginal people and heritage.

Torres Strait Islander people were included in 1991 and NADOC became “NAIDOC”. This term is widely used today to refer to the week of special events and celebrations held each year between the first and second Sundays in July.

NAIDOC celebrations continue to provide an opportunity for Indigenous Australians to share the richness of their culture and heritage with the rest of the Australian community.

Sarina Solar
Koori Centre
Tel: (02) 9351 7003
Fax: (02) 9351 6923
Free Call: 1800 622 742
Email: liaison@koori.usyd.edu.au