The Future of NAIDOC

Wemba Wemba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung artist Maree Clarke shares her vision for future NAIDOC Week celebrations in Melbourne, Victoria, below.

"[M]any years ago I had this dream of all the different language groups having a banner."

"To wander along. And then giving out... hundreds of sets of clap sticks for people to... do a little bit of drumming on."

"Or boomerangs to clap.... it would just be like a celebration. One day I'm going to do that. [I've] got to do that before I leave this space."

"If not, one of the nephews... or nieces will have to do that."

"That'll be fun. And... when... you're stopped... just rap on … the boomerangs and the clap sticks. That would be awesome."

"[You could] get [representatives from] the five clans of the Kulin Nation to... lead [the march]".

"[It would be] the five clans leading people on to Country... then the 38 tribes coming in to the city."

Maree Clarke (9 December 2020)