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

November hosted the week from 8 to 15 November 2020, after the committee postponed its usual dates that March for the safety of communities; the natio...

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 about $20 million to buy what from the Aboriginal flag's designer?

A) The original 1971 flag

B) His design sketches

C) The flag's copyright

D) His painting archive

Answer · why

C) The flag's copyright

The flag's copyright cost $20.05 million, shared between the designer and licence holders, after a clothing licensee had demanded that Aboriginal busi...

Q 05/05

From 1940, 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; it later moved to winter so it...