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NAIDOC Week is held across Australia each July to celebrate the
history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples.
NAIDOC originally stood for
the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which
was responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week,
but the acronym has since become the name of the week itself. 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. The image above shows an antenna on an earth ground
station near Alice Springs which has been painted by local Arrernte
artist Roseanne Kemarre Ellis. The Real-Time Earth facility,
being developed on Aboriginal-owned land,
is expected to bring new jobs and economic opportunities to remote Australia.
(Image credit: Geoscience Australia)
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