Q 01/05

In 2020 NAIDOC Week was pushed out of its usual slot by COVID-19 and held in which month instead?

A) November

B) September

C) March

D) December

Answer · why

A) November

For the only time in its history, NAIDOC Week ran in November, from 8 to 15 November 2020. The winter slot it normally occupies had been impossible to...

Q 02/05

The 2026 NAIDOC theme '50 Years of Deadly' borrows a word that means what in Aboriginal English?

A) Dangerous

B) Excellent

C) Ancient

D) Sacred

Answer · why

B) Excellent

In Aboriginal English, deadly means excellent or very good, much as young speakers use wicked or sick. The same sense named the Deadly Awards, which h...

Q 03/05

On the Torres Strait Islander flag, what is the white shape above the five-pointed star?

A) A turtle-shell pendant

B) An outrigger canoe

C) A dhari headdress

D) A warup drum

Answer · why

C) A dhari headdress

The white shape is a dhari headdress, a dancer's headdress worn by Torres Strait Islander men and now a symbol of the people. It is traditionally buil...

Q 04/05

In 2022 the federal government paid roughly how much to buy the Aboriginal flag's copyright from its designer?

A) $20 million

B) $80 million

C) $45 million

D) $120 million

Answer · why

A) $20 million

The payment was $20 million, precisely $20.05m, shared between the designer and licence holders so the flag became free for anyone to use. A clothing ...

Q 05/05

From 1940 to 1955, Aborigines Day, the forerunner of NAIDOC Week, was held on the Sunday before which date?

A) Anzac Day

B) Australia Day

C) Easter Sunday

D) Christmas Day

Answer · why

B) Australia Day

Aborigines Day sat on the Sunday before Australia Day because it grew directly out of the 1938 Day of Mourning protest held on 26 January. Only in 195...