National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday). NAIDOC Week celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations histories and cultures and to participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on Earth. This year NAIDOC week is held from 6-13 July with the theme ’50 Years of Deadly,’ where deadly is used in the sense of excellent, fantastic, or cool. This year’s theme honours those who have helped to build the NAIDOC movement over the last five decades. It looks to the past, while recognising how far we’ve come, where we’re at today, and where we are headed over the next 50 years and beyond. NAIDOC Week takes its name from the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC), an independent, voluntary committee that coordinates the event nationally.