Brimbank’s annual NAIDOC Week celebrations recognise the unique and important place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have in our community.
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The week is celebrated by all Australians and is a great opportunity to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
2026 NAIDOC Week theme: 50 Years of Deadly
For 5 decades, NAIDOC Week has celebrated the voices of our communities — steady, unapologetic, and proud. Each year, it has a theme that calls for truth, celebrates culture, honours resistance, and reminds the nation of who we are.
50 Years of Deadly marks a milestone. It’s a tribute to the people who built this movement, the Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year.
NAIDOC has always been more than a week. It’s a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.
This year is about looking back at the stories, marches, languages, art, and leadership. At the strength it took to get here. It’s about recognising how far we’ve come, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silent.
It’s also about the here and now, who we are today. Grounded in culture. Strong in our identity. Leading change across every field, from health and education to media, business, and the arts. We’re telling our own stories, in our own way, on our own terms.
And it’s about the future, the next 50 years. The young ones growing up proud. The return of language. The return to Country. Continuing the fight for justice with new tools, new voices, and the same fire.
50 Years of Deadly is a marker, not only of time passed, but of the momentum still building. It’s proof of what our people build when culture leads, and community comes first. NAIDOC belongs to mob. It always has.
We honour what came before by continuing the work.
This is our story. This is our celebration. This is our future.
Still deadly. Always.
