naidoc INDIGENOUS round
NAIDOC 2026
"50 Years of Deadly"
Indigenous RoundS Celebrating NAIDOC Week
AUSKICK | 4th JULY 2026
ROUND 10 | 3rd - 5th july 2026
round 11 | 24th - 26th july 2026
The theme of National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week in 2026 is “50 Years of Deadly”
“50 Years of Deadly”
Over two rounds, 3rd – 5th July and 24th – 26th July, Yanchep Districts Junior Football Club is proud to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during our 2026 NAIDOC Indigenous Rounds.
Our Auskick participants will celebrate on Saturday 4th July 2026 at Splendid Park.
Over the years, our club has embraced NAIDOC Week through a range of meaningful activities and celebrations.
In 2022, we welcomed our community with a Welcome to Whadjuk Noongar Country and Smoking Ceremony, followed by performances from the talented local Indigenous dance group Yanchep Koolangka. A smoking ceremony is an ancient custom that has been practised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for tens of thousands of years. The smoke assists in cleansing the area, cleansing people of bad spirits, and promoting protection and wellbeing to visitors on Whadjuk Noongar Country.
Our Auskickers also collaborated with some of our wonderful indigenous parents to create a sand mural inspired by the 2022 NAIDOC Week theme, “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!” The mural remained on display throughout the weekend and reflected the theme’s call for stronger measures to recognise and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and heritage.
Since then, our annual Auskick mural has become a treasured NAIDOC tradition. Each year, our Auskickers help bring a large sand mural to life, with every participant adding coloured sand to different sections of the design. The finished artwork reflects the year’s NAIDOC theme and the spirit of our club community. We look forward to seeing what our young Redhawks create in 2026 and the story the mural will tell.
In 2025, we hosted a Community Day where Indigenous members and families came together to decorate mini footballs, which were then presented to our opposition teams on game day as a symbol of respect, connection and shared community.
Each year, alongside a range of cultural activities, we also run our annual Auskick NAIDOC Round Colouring-In Competition.
We look forward to once again bringing our Redhawks community together to celebrate, learn and acknowledge the world’s oldest continuing cultures.
DESIGN YOUR CLUB NAIDOC JUMPER COMPETITION 2023...
This competition was made possible through the West Australian Football Commission and West Australian Country Football League’s partnership with Rio Tinto, WA Football’s NAIDOC Round Partner. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within regional Western Australia were invited to design a NAIDOC Round jumper for their nominated football club.
Winning designs were announced during NAIDOC Week 2023, with each design reproduced as one set of jumpers for the nominated football club and one jumper for the entrant to keep.
We are incredibly proud of two of our very own Redhawks, Demas and Lily, whose outstanding artwork was selected as winning designs in Rio Tinto’s 2023 Design Your Club NAIDOC Jumper Competition.
Their amazing designs were transformed into two new sets of jumpers for our players and were proudly worn for the first time during our 2024 NAIDOC Round celebrations. These jumpers continue to be an important part of our club’s recognition and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
As we look ahead, we are excited to build on this legacy. In 2026, we are inviting our young Redhawks to help complete the story by designing the reverse side of our existing NAIDOC jumpers as part of our ANZAC Jumper Design Competition. The winning design will honour the ANZAC spirit while complementing the existing NAIDOC artwork, creating a unique jumper that celebrates both Indigenous culture and the service and sacrifice of our Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women. 
