The resources and energy industry is proud to support and celebrate NAIDOC Week 2021.
NAIDOC Week 2021 will be celebrated from 4-11 July 2021 around Australia and celebrated differently due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Yet no matter whether you celebrate at home or in community, there are many ways you can honour the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples this NAIDOC Week.
How to celebrate NAIDOC Week
Below are the top 20 ideas from NAIDOC to help you and your workplace celebrate in a COVIDSafe way.
- Virtually attend one of the many of the online events available in the NAIDOC Week Official Calendar.
- Download and display this year’s NAIDOC Week poster or look through the previous poster gallery.
- Call someone in your community to have a chat about this year’s theme ‘Heal Country!’ and what it means to you.
- Watch special NAIDOC Week programming on SBS/NITV and ABC.
- Learn more about the Country on which you live and work using the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia.
- Find a book to read, written and published by Indigenous authors and illustrators through Magabala Books or suggest one for your next book club.
- Check out some music and podcasts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creators on Indigitube.
- Take a look at how you can support Indigenous businesses through the Supply Nation Indigenous Business Direct.
- Learn more about how deliver an Acknowledgement of Country.
- Find out more about the history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and how you can fly them.
- Get creative in the kitchen using Australian bushfood and native ingredients such as kangaroo, macadamia or lemon myrtle.
- Use this year’s theme to connect to Country by going for a walk (if restrictions permit), exercising outside, visiting a local park or gardening.
- Research Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history or start some family history research.
- Host an online quiz and test the knowledge of your friends and family on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures or histories.
- Be inspired by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and crafts or get creative at home.
- Try colouring in the NAIDOC Week poster.
- Consider nominating someone for a National NAIDOC Award. While submissions for the National NAIDOC Awards are currently closed, you can begin preparing nominations for the 2022 awards for when they open later this year.
- Visit the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander exhibitions of museums and galleries in-person or online.
- Plan your Australian travel bucket list including Indigenous sites of significance or interest.
- Join the conversation online using the NAIDOC Week hashtags #NAIDOC2021, #NAIDOCWeek and #HealCountry
A number of resources are downloadable at the NAIDOC week website, including posters, logos, banners, teaching guides and much more.
Highlighting industry’s Indigenous achievements, contributions and initiatives
The resources and energy industry is proud to celebrate and recognise the history, culture & achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In recent months, AREEA’s Resource People Podcast has featured a number of Indigenous leaders and role models, including CEO & Co-Founder of Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia, Florence Drummond (pictured).
From starting out as a “truckie in the bush” to becoming a role model for Indigenous women in the mining and resources sector, Florence Drummond shared her incredible journey and tells how the network connects, collaborates and contributes to the conversation around more women in mining.
“One of our goals is ensuring we have women building their capacity to be in the boardroom, making decisions with companies,” she said.
You can listen to the full podcast via:
🎧 Stream on AREEA website
🎧 Soundcloud
🎧 Spotify
One of the other many success stories in our industry is Australia’s first Indigenous Master Mariner, Woodside Energy’s Ryan Cobb (pictured).
Not only is he Australia’s first Indigenous master mariner, Ryan is a passionate role model and mentor who is heavily involved in working with young Indigenous people, encouraging them to strive for a career in the marine industry.
“Being raised in Broome and on the Dampier Peninsula on saltwater country, I’ve always had a very close affiliation with the sea,” Ryan said.
“As a proud Ngarluma man, with bloodlines to the West and East Kimberley, I’m extremely passionate about encouraging more education and employment for Indigenous youth in the marine industry.”
Last year Ryan won the AREEA Industry Award in the Future Leader category.
You can listen to the full podcast via:
🎧 Stream on AREEA website
🎧 Soundcloud
🎧 Spotify
You can also read about Ryan’s story here: https://bit.ly/3wjrFiq
