Australia’s annual NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Katie marks it every year with an hour of music by First Nations artists. This year’s songs have all been released in 2023, and include tales of home, culture, change, discrimination, liberation and language. Here is the playlist:

Return Home – Bumpy

It’s Gotta Start Somewhere – Nathan May

Same Train – Sue Ray

Story – Dan Sultan

King of Disappointment – Jem Cassar-Daley

Hammock – Pirritu

Take No More – Kee’ahn, Emma Donovan, Archie Roach Foundation

Fly Like a Bird – Sunny Luwe

Mother Tongue – Kutcha Edwards

Where I Wanna Be – Busby Marou

Above: Detail of official 2023 NAIDOC Week poster, For Our Elders, by Bobbi Lockyer