Ochre Dawn Creative Industries

09/10/2026

🎉 It’s Indigenous Business Month and we’re celebrating with 25% OFF! 🎉

October is all about celebrating the incredible contribution of First Nations businesses, and what better way to celebrate than with a little something special from us to you! 🖤💛❤️

We’re offering 25% OFF some of our favourite goodies, including:

🖤 Aboriginal Flag Socks
🛍️ Kaurna Country Tote Bags
👕 All T-shirts

Plus, spend $50 or more on these items and we’ll throw in a FREE ‘Our Country’ lanyard! 🙌

Simply use code FNBM25 at checkout.

Offer ends 31 October 2026.

Thanks for supporting First Nations businesses and helping us continue to create things that mean something. ❤️💛🖤

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02/10/2026

Our team is celebrating Indigenous Business Month by honouring the strength, creativity and leadership of our fellow First Nations businesses 🖤💛❤️
Show some love to your favourite Blak Businesses in the comments!

29/09/2026

🎨 CALLING FIRST NATIONS ARTISTS | NEW MOUNT BARKER HOSPITAL PROJECT

Ochre Dawn, on behalf of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, is seeking Expressions of Interest from Peramangk artists and First Nations artists with a demonstrated connection to Peramangk Country for an exciting series of commissioned artworks for the new Mount Barker Hospital.

We warmly encourage emerging and established artists, individuals and collaborative artist teams to apply.

The artworks will help create a culturally welcoming hospital environment grounded in culture, Country, connection and healing.

📅 EOIs close 18 October 2026

👉 Find out more and submit your EOI:
ochredawn.com.au/jobs/expression-of-interest-first-nations-artists-for-the-new-mount-barker-hospital/

Please share with artists and your networks! 🖤💛❤️

Ochre Dawn, on behalf of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, is seeking Expressions of Interest from: Peramangk artists First Nations artists with a demonstrated connection to Peramangk Country Individual artists, emerging artists and collaborative artist teams are warmly encouraged to....

14/08/2026

Funky Feet Friday! 🧦

Is that already a thing? We don’t know. But it is now. 😂

Our new Aboriginal flag socks have landed, bringing pride, colour and a little deadly style to every step. 🖤💛❤️

Toe-tally need them? Shop via our website, but be quick… they’re disappearing faster than socks in a washing machine!

P.S. Yep, we slipped a couple of dad jokes in there. Speaking of dads, Father’s Day is coming up… and we all know dads are particularly fond of socks. Just saying. 😉

17/07/2026

Every year, it happens.
We celebrate NAIDOC Week.
We leave feeling inspired.
Then work gets busy.
The conversations slow down.

And before we know it, people are waiting for next year's NAIDOC Week to pick them up again.

What if this year was different?

What's one action you'll take over the next month to keep the momentum going?

Share it in the comments. We'd love to hear your ideas and inspire each other to make celebrating First Nations cultures part of every week, not just one.

10/07/2026

Wow. Another moment that took our breath away.

Today’s NAIDOC SA March was a powerful showcase of the strength, pride and resilience carried by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, as well as the incredible, multicultural Australian community marching together as one.

It was a deeply moving feeling, surrounded by Elders, families, young people, organisations and allies.

Moments like today reinforce why cultural celebration, truth‑telling and community connection matter not just today, but every day.

We are so grateful to stand alongside those who continue to lead, teach and inspire.

🖤💛❤️

09/07/2026

2026 National NAIDOC Week Poster - Paralpi by Zaachariaha Fielding

Zaachariaha Fielding is a proud Yankunytjatjara man from the APY Lands in South Australia and is widely recognised as one of the country’s leading contemporary First Nations artists and musicians. Known internationally through the acclaimed music duo Electric Fields, his work brings together language, sound, visual storytelling and culture in deeply powerful and contemporary ways.

Zaachariaha shares, “Paralpi is about movement — movement through generations, through memory, through song and story. It speaks to the strength our people carry and the beauty of culture continuing to evolve while staying deeply connected to who we are.”

Learn more about this incredible artwork on the NAIDOC website!

03/06/2026

Today, Mabo Day, is a day that honours Eddie Koiki Mabo and marks the 1992 High Court decision that recognised Native Title in Australia.

This landmark ruling overturned the myth of terra nullius and formally acknowledged what First Nations peoples have always known: the deep, enduring connection to land, culture and Country.

Mabo Day is a reminder that truth-telling matters, and that recognition is an ongoing journey, not a finished one.

Swipe to learn more about the Mabo case and why it still matters today.

29/05/2026

So… what actually is a RAP?
It’s a practical way for organisations to commit to reconciliation through action, accountability and care.

Swipe through to learn more.

Reach out if your organisation is ready to take the next step.

28/05/2026

National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June) is a time to pause, listen, and reflect on the journey we’re all walking together.

This year’s theme, 'All In' is a reminder that Reconciliation isn’t something we watch from the side lines. It’s something we show up for in our work, our words, and the choices we make every day.

Reconciliation doesn’t live in a single week or a single moment. It is built in the everyday actions, conversations, and commitments we make over time.

So this week, and every week, let’s be All In 🖤💛❤️