NAIDOC Week fun at Tuggerah
A community celebration at Tuggerah on July 10 was one of more than 120 community events statewide to share in $348,000 in funding to help mark NAIDOC Week. The Aboriginal…
NAIDOC Week
Flag-raising ceremony to celebrate NAIDOC Week
Central Coast Council is inviting the community to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2024, at an official flag-raising ceremony and breakfast barbecue on Monday morning, July 8. NAIDOC Week, held across Australia…
Flag raising ceremony marks NAIDOC Week
Central Coast Council held a community flag-raising ceremony and morning tea on Monday, July 3, to mark NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC Week is an important annual event held across Australia from…
Coast business celebrates NAIDOC Week
Central Coast business E-Bisglobal celebrated NAIDOC Week on 17 August at its Tuggerah head office, unveiling a new mural. With this year’s NAIDOC theme being Get Up! Stand Up! Show…
NAIDOC community day postponed
The Central Coast NAIDOC Community Day returns planned for July 5 at The Entertainment Grounds has been postponed, as a result of the predicted weather for the region in the…
Cabaret show to kick-start NAIDOC Week
Barang Regional Alliance and Naughty Noodle Fun Haus will team up on July 2 to present the annual 1st Nations Australians Contemporary Cabaret, NAIDOC Nylon, to kick start NAIDOC Week…
Auntie Di’s book tells of strength from adversity
The launch of Auntie Dianne O’Brien’s book, Daughter of the River Country, was a joyous occasion attended by over a hundred people at Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation….
Mingaletta celebrates NAIDOC
Local Aboriginal community-based organisation, Mingaletta, celebrated NAIDOC Day 2021 with a smoking ceremony and community stalls on December 10 in Umina. Along with a BBQ lunch, face painting, a history…
Woy Woy PS celebrates aboriginal culture
Students at Woy Woy Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2021 with a day of ‘fun and engaging learning experiences’ in a ‘wonderful celebration’ of Aboriginal Culture on June 24. The…
NAIDOC week at The Glen
The Glen Rehabilitation Centre at Chittaway Point has been changing the lives of many men for more than 27 years. During NAIDOC Week last week, we caught up with the ‘Glen Guys’ to see how they were celebrating during lockdown….
Local schools win NSW NAIDOC Week Art Competition
Schools across the North have excelled in this year’s NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group’s (AECG) NAIDOC Week Art Competition. Open to all indigenous and non-indigenous students from Years 3 to…
NAIDOC Week fun at Woy Woy
Woy Woy Public School students participated in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander activities in celebration of NAIDOC Week 2020. Aboriginal Programs Teacher Chloe Nebauer said some experiences included rock art,…
Celebrating first nations people
Students celebrated NAIDOC Week at Pretty Beach Public school with a focus on understanding this year’s theme; Always Was, Always Will Be. Principal Karen Wardlaw said the week started with…
NAISDA students give back to community
An exhibition of 22 original artworks on calico by NAISDA Dance College students has raised over $1,400 to provide resources for the remote Aboriginal community of Nyinyikay in North East…
Woy Woy hospital celebrates NAIDOC Week
A stall at Woy Woy Hospital last week was part of a scaled-down celebration of NAIDOC Week by Central Coast Local Health District in light of COVID-19 restrictions. Manager of…
Local company’s transition to indigenous ownership will raise awareness
A Tuggerah-based print management, procurement and software development company has transitioned to an Aboriginal-owned business. E-Bisglobal celebrated the significant milestone on November 9, appropriately during NAIDOC Week, with a flag…
Indigenous health in focus during NAIDOC Week
Like so many other community activities, NAIDOC Week 2020 looked a lot different on the Central Coast this year. COVID-19 restrictions led to a scaling down of activities to celebrate…
Coast celebrates NAIDOC Week
Regardless of when its celebrated NAIDOC Week is an event of national importance for all Australians. That’s the message from the National NAIDOC Committee as communities right around Australia begin…
Federal grants to help celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait excellence
NAIDOC Week 2020 is just around the corner, running from November 8 to 15, and The Entrance Public School and Yerin Aboriginal Health Services have been provided with federal grants…
NAIDOC Week pushed back to November
Schools across the Coast will celebrate NAIDOC Week in November after the National NAIDOC Committee (NNC) confirmed the event was being pushed back as a coronavirus precautionary measure. Typically celebrated…