NAIDOC Week events in Melbourne

Celebrate NAIDOC Week in Melbourne with the best free events, markets and unmissable performances.

A couple walking through an art installation with large shield sculptures by the river.

NAIDOC Week events

Illustration of a crane looming over a public housing apartment building.
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Library Cinema at narrm ngarrgu

Each month, watch a movie on the big screen, including contemporary, classic and documentary films.

Indigenous dotpainting artwork featuring blue and ochre colours.
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We Sit in Circle

We Sit in Circle is an exhibition about women’s strength, hope, and survival.

Colourful glass artwork of four distinct panels.
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Colour of Time Exhibition

Colour of Time is a NAIDOC Exhibition of First Nations culture in glass, at the Athenaeum Library.

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People looking up at the trees on a guided walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Aboriginal Heritage Walk

Wominjeka: journey into Melbourne Gardens with an Aboriginal guide.

The exterior of the Koorie Heritage Trust at Fed Square with a yellow KHT sign out the front.

Koorie Heritage Trust

An Australian First Peoples arts and cultural centre.

Large, rectangular building of Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square.

Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

The world’s first major gallery dedicated exclusively to Australian art.

Model looking at viewer, slightly smiling, wearing a brown blouse with an embroidered collar.

Ngali

Ngali is a First Nations' high quality clothing and accessory brand.

Displays inside Melbourne Museum's Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre.

Bunjilaka

Celebrating the history, culture, achievements, and survival of Victoria's Aboriginal people.

Bronze statue of Pastor Sir Douglas and Lady Nicholls.

Aboriginal Melbourne walk

Discover Melbourne's Aboriginal heritage and culture on this walking tour of significant sites.

Three people talking beside a large tree by a river in a city. One is using a wheelchair.

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Aboriginal art installation using original wharf poles at Enterprize Park.

Enterprize Park

A park beside the Yarra River commemorating the landing of the first settlers.

A woman looking at the large carved ancestor stones of Birrarung Wilam.

Aboriginal Melbourne

Find out more about Aboriginal culture through Melbourne's galleries and museums.

A green mahjong table with lines of tiles, people sitting around the table playing the game.

Mahjong Meet-Up

A casual night of good tiles and great company.

Outdoor Aboriginal art installation at Birrarung Marr park.

Birrarung Marr

Popular park along the Yarra River next to Federation Square.