The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy – 6 to 13 July 2025
NAIDOC Week provides the opportunity for all Australians to come together and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
As we enter 2025, NAIDOC Week marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience.
The 2025 theme, "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy," celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors.
View NAIDOC Week in the events in the Inner West below.
- 9 July: AbSec’s 2025 NAIDOC Family Fun Day
- 9 July: SLHD NAIDOC Week Celebration
- 9 July: 3Bridges NAIDOC Week event
- 9-20 July: Marrickville Metro School Holiday workshops
- 11 July: Bengalle Bunga (to make a basket)
- 12 July: NAIDOC Community Day at Addi Road
- 21 July: Main Character Energy with Bianca Hunt
View more NAIDOC Week events on Council's What's On Calendar and on the NAIDOC Week website.
Take look at some other ways to celebrate First Nations heritage during NIADOC Week below.
Created by artists Nicole Monks and Maddison Gibbs, Breathe is a stunning site-specific work celebrating the survival and resilience of the Gadigal and Wangal people. Learn more
Pick up a good read during NAIDOC Week. View our collection of First Nations classics
If you are a member of the Inner West Council Library Service, you can access "Story Box".
Story Box features a series of children's stories written, illustrated and narrated by First Nation artists.
Inner West Council proudly supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Learn more about the Uluru Statement
Inner West Council is a proud supporter of the Cooks River. Check out these oral histories from local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members as they share with us what the river means to them.