Join us for the South West NAIDOC Ball and South West NAIDOC Awards and celebrate NAIDOC Week and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

It is an opportunity for the people and businesses of Bunbury and the wider South West to come together as we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of First Nations people with a night to remember featuring entertainment, delicious meals and the esteemed NAIDOC Awards Ceremony.

The NAIDOC Awards recognise the outstanding contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to their community in an effort to improve lives for First Nations communities and beyond. They seek to recognise excellence on both an individual and community level. The Awards are held every year during NAIDOC Week and will be celebrated and awarded at the NAIDOC Ball.

50 Years of Deadly

For five decades, NAIDOC Week has celebrated the voices of our communities — steady, unapologetic, and proud. Each year, its themes have called for truth, celebrated culture, honoured resistance, and reminded the nation of who we are.

Fifty Years of Deadly marks a milestone. It’s a tribute to the people who built this movement. the Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year.

NAIDOC has always been more than a week — it’s a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.

This moment is about looking back at the stories, the marches, the languages, the art, the leadership. At the strength it took to get here. It’s about recognising how far we’ve come, not by chance, but because generations of people refused to be silenced.

It’s also about the here and now, who we are today. Grounded in culture. Strong in our identity. Leading change across every field, from health and education to media, business, and the arts. We’re telling our own stories, in our own way, on our own terms.

And it’s about the future. The next 50 years. The young ones growing up proud. The return of language. The return to Country. The fight for justice continuing with new tools, new voices, and the same fire.

Fifty Years of Deadly is a marker, not just of time passed, but of the momentum still building. It’s proof of what our people build when culture leads and community comes first. NAIDOC belongs to mob. It always has.

We honour what came before by continuing the work.

This is our story. This is our celebration. This is our future.

Still deadly. Always.

Find out more about NAIDOC Week at www.naidoc.org.au 

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