Indigenous Literacy Day 2025 will be held on Wednesday 3 September and is a celebration of First Nations stories, cultures and languages.
This year we celebrate with the theme Strength In Our Stories: For Now & Future Generations.
Registrations for the FREE FILM and LIVESTREAM open 16 July 2025.
In this joyful FILM audiences will travel to:
Ceduna & Koonibba in South Australia to learn from young author Mia Speed, celebrate Wirangu language, and make Bush Medicine on Country.
Katherine & Binjari in the Northern Territory to meet student authors of Grinch det K’Taun Krok!, hear from Elders, and learn the creational Dreaming story of Katherine Gorge.
Warakurna Community in Western Australia to go out on Country, learn about the seasons, and how Miss Daisy’s knowledge and stories are keeping Warakurna kids strong.
Directly following this, the ILF is hosting a LIVESTREAMED performance at Sydney Opera House where ILF Ambassadors and Special Guests will host performances celebrating Aboriginal storytelling. These guests include Jessica Mauboy, Lucas Proudfoot, Bianca Hunt, Justine Clarke, Josh Pyke, Dobby and more!
At 10.30am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) the FILM premieres, followed by a LIVESTREAM from the Sydney Opera House.
The FILM will automatically click over to the LIVESTREAM upon finishing. If you join after 10:30 am AEST, you can restart the video at the beginning. The entire FILM and LIVESTREAM will be available to watch On Demand after finishing at 12 pm AEST.
Creating new stories,
And passing stories on to the next generation
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 3 September. We’re sharing the diversity of First Nations languages and cultures with audiences across Australia.
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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