NAIDOC Week 2023 Education Resources

We’re so excited to share the National NAIDOC Week official resources for teachers, created in collaboration with ABC Education and highly respected educator, Dr Lynette Riley, AO.

The resources were created with the permissions of the Elders and/or their families included in the resources, with the cultural guidance of the National NAIDOC Committee Co-Chair and ElderAunty Lynette Riley. Written by Culture is Life’s Aboriginal educators and lead writer Thara Brown, in partnership with the ABC and with young people’s perspectives and ideas at the centre.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders hold the stories that make up the oldest living culture in the world! This year’s NAIDOC theme and education resources, ‘For Our Elders’, is an opportunity for all Australian schools to ensure our young people are learning from our Elders knowledge and perspectives, and that these continue to be passed down through generations for millenia to come.

Culture is Life is honoured to be celebrating and sharing the knowledge and lived experiences of our Elders past and present, to ensure our stories as First Peoples are valued in every classroom around the Country.

A Message from Our CEO

Culture is Life is honoured to continue the work of so many First Nations storytellers in the relentless effort to ensure our Elders’ stories are known and valued as First Peoples of this land. This year’s NAIDOC resources ‘For Our Elders’, were written by Culture is Life’s Aboriginal educators, with the cultural guidance of the fierce education advocate and Elder, Aunty Lynette Riley, in partnership with the ABC and the Indigenous leadership of Kelrick Martin, and with our young people’s perspectives and ideas at the centre. We hope that these stories of love, resistance and survival, are embraced by all people living on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lands, and are passed down beyond NAIDOC weeks, for generations to come.