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NAIDOC Week 2022: Get up! Stand up! Show up!

01 July 2022
Culture and Capability
NAIDOC 2022 Logo and Theme. Words read: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

After much planning and anticipation NAIDOC Week is finally here. This year’s NAIDOC Week celebrates the theme: Get up! Stand up! Show up!

After much planning and anticipation NAIDOC Week is finally here. This year’s NAIDOC Week celebrates the theme: Get up! Stand up! Show up!

The theme calls for genuine commitment from all of us to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! We can do so by supporting institutional, structural, collaborative and cooperative reforms. It’s also time to celebrate the many who have driven and led change in our communities over generations.

National NAIDOC Awards

The National NAIDOC Awards was hosted in the focus city of Naarm (Melbourne) on 2 July 2022. The National NAIDOC Committee announced the following winners of the National NAIDOC Awards:

  • 2022 National NAIDOC Person Award: Ashleigh Barty AO
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr Stanley Grant Snr AM
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Female Elder Award: Dr Lois Peeler AM
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Male Elder Award: Uncle Jack Charles
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Sportsperson Award: Buddy Franklin
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Youth Award: Elijah Manis
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Creative Talent Award: Lowell Hunter
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Caring for Country and Culture Award: Walter Jackson
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Education Award: Professor Bronwyn Fredericks
  • 2022 National NAIDOC Innovation Award: Koori Mail

Read more about the winners here.

NAIDOC poster and educational resources

This year’s educational resources are structured around the 2022 theme of Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

Explore key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, peoples, histories and stories are included in this in-depth guide.

Get this year’s NAIDOC poster and educational resources here.

Events

The Events calendar is back this year, promoting community events held around Australia during NAIDOC Week. 

Find out more

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To learn how you can get involved, visit the NAIDOC Week website.