Indigenous Literacy Day is a celebration of First Nations stories, cultures and languages.
Indigenous Literacy Day 2025 will be held on Wednesday 3 September and will celebrate the theme Strength In Our Stories: For Now & Future Generations.
More information to come shortly.
Indigenous Literacy Day is more than a day. You can celebrate First Nations stories, cultures and languages everyday. It's not too late to watch the free FILM and LIVESTREAM event where you will be taken on an exciting journey into three First Nations Communities across Australia!
In 2024, we celebrated ILD with the theme ‘Be A Proud Voice for Country’.
Watch the ILD FILM and learn about the deep and diverse ways children, Elders and families connect with Country; and the significance of Country in Aboriginal Communities.
You’ll learn about Dreaming stories from the riverbank in Cunnamulla; join teenagers as they explore culture through poetry and art in Vincentia; and hear incredible stories and songs from children and Elders on the Tiwi Islands.
In collaboration with the Communities we work with, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has produced a FILM and a LIVESTREAM event.
15 minute FILM ‑ takes viewers into three Aboriginal Communities to learn about their unique stories, languages and cultures; and this year explores the significance of Country through many Proud Voices.
45 minute LIVESTREAM ‑ this live event follows our FILM and takes place at Sydney Opera House, hosted by ILF Ambassadors. It’s a celebration of music, dance, art, language and storytelling.
This is an action‑packed, joyful showcase; sharing stories, cultures and languages. It's an engaging and thought‑provoking adventure for early learners, primary students and adults.
To watch the FILM and LIVESTREAM you will need to register. Register here.
Once registered, you will be sent a link that will become available to watch at anytime.
We proudly launched these three beautiful books on ILD 2024.
ngayawanj bagan‑nggul, ngayawanj barra barra‑nggul ‑ We belong to the land, We belong to the sea ‑ a heartfelt poetry collection from students at Vincentia High School, written with Kirli Saunders and Jaz Corr.
From Yuin Country, bagan, barra barra, mirriwarr ‑ The Boys Who Found Their Way, written by Vincentia High School students Tyran Uddin and Kayden Wellington with Kirli Saunders and Jaz Corr.
Yaltji Ngayuku Papa? ‑ Where’s My Dog? is a story by students of Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School, Western Australia with Stewart Ennis and Ange Leech
Indigenous Literacy Day is proudly produced and presented by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation in collaboration with the Sydney Opera House.
It’s an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Stories, Cultures, and Languages.
Indigenous Literacy Day is held on the first Wednesday of September ‑ this year Wednesday 4 September. We’re sharing the diversity of First Nations languages and cultures with audiences across Australia.
We are so grateful for the support from ARA Group who were sponsors of our Indigenous Literacy Day 2024 celebrations.
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If you are a school, bookseller, publisher, library, business, organisation or individual, you can also contribute and celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day every year by:
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation works as an initiative of the Australian Book Industry with the support of:
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