Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn
- Written by Lynette Riley, Co-chair of the National NAIDOC Committee and Professor in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work; and Chair, Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies.original Education & Indigenous Studies., University of Sydney
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people.
In 1938, when Australia celebrated the sesquicentenary – 150 years since Captain Phillip and the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove – the organisers wanted Aboriginal people to be involved in a re-enactment.
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