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The NAIDOC Week campaign has been created by First Nations people and with intentional partnerships focused on supporting existing relationships through leadership empowerment and creating self-determination opportunities for First Nations people now, and future generations.

 

Ryhia Dank – ‘Nardurna’

Lendlease commissioned Ryhia Dank to create a bespoke artwork for NAIDOC Week 2026, with the resulting piece titled Carrying Forward.

As an Indigenous Literacy Foundation Ambassador, Ryhia hopes to champion, ‘Community Empowerment and Ownership, Learning Materials and Accessibility of Books, Cultural Preservation and Celebration, and Continuous Education and Literacy Development.’

Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF)

A Lendlease Workplaces with Impact partner and 2024 ALMA Laureate, ILF is in its second year of the new Talent Pathways Program that empowers First Nations youth in remote Communities to help them establish sustainable art-based careers – without having to leave their Country, their families, or their culture behind.

Working with two Talent Pathways artists and two ILF staff, we commissioned artwork for merchandise that will be sold at our Deadly Pop-Up Shop. The artwork commissioned has allowed the Talent Pathways participants to learn about corporate partnerships, giving them exposure to licencing agreements, creative briefs, negotiations and invoicing.

Clothing the Gaps

​Clothing The Gaps is a highly influential certified Aboriginal-led, majority Aboriginal-owned accredited social enterprise, B Corp and community brand that unites Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through fashion and causes.

Producing merch with a message, Clothing the Gaps turns fashion into a powerful platform for First Nations advocacy. For this reason, we partnered with them to develop the merch that showcases ILF artist artwork.

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SYMBIOSIS

The cool, clear air is punctuated by the vibrant yellow of the Acacia flower, blooming en masse. Clear, salty seas illuminate the abundant life in the coral reefs, while at altitude, snow gently dusts the land. The shorter days take on a new urgency, to forage and feed; fortifying for long, cold nights. These times are hard, but will eventually give way to a warmer dawn.

EXHALATION

The intensity of heat gives way to a calmer time, and a fresh harvest of fruits, berries and roots emerge. Butterflies and birds flit between flowers, simultaneously drinking the nectar and delivering the pollen which will, in time, reignite a new cycle of emergence. This peaceful time is illuminated by beautiful, golden sunsets, slowly retracting as the long, cool nights draw in.

SENESCENCE

The hottest part of the year brings with it extremes. Scorched land cracks open in desperation for the deluge of rain that storms will eventually, inevitably bring. These storms churn the rivers and creeks, igniting feeding frenzies among hungry fish. This is a harsh, unsettled time. Many won’t survive. But with endings, come new beginnings.

EMERGENCE

Cold winds make way for warming air, while gentle rains cleanse and replenish the land. The buds of the Waratah redden, and before long they bloom, heavy with nectar. This long-awaited nourishment gives way to a cacophony of life; new, flourishing; and old, reawakening. All emerging to celebrate this time of plenty.