For more information about the significance of each date, as well as any planned UOW events, please visit the UOW Inclusion Calendar.
January
- 26 January: Survival Day (anniversary of official Colonisation - 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Botany Bay)
- 26 January: anniversary of the 1938 Day of Mourning
- 26 January: anniversary of establishment of the Tent Embassy in 1972
February
- 12 - 26 February: anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Ride
- 13 February: anniversary of the 2008 National Apology to the Stolen Generations
March
- 21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 16 March: National Close the Gap Day
April
- 5 April: anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report (1997)
- 25 April: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans’ Diggers March (ANZAC day)
May
- 21 May: anniversary of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 (amended to full voting rights in 1984)
- 26 May: National Sorry Day
- 26 May: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Servicemen and Servicewomen Commemoration Service
- 26 May: anniversary of the Uluru Statement (2017)
- 27 May: anniversary of the 1967 Referendum
- 27 May - 03 June: National Reconciliation Week | #NRW2023 Be a Voice for Generations
- 28 May: anniversary of the Walk for Reconciliation across Sydney Harbour Bridge (2000)
June
- 03 June: Mabo Day (anniversary of 'Mabo and others v Queensland (No 2) (1992)')
- 10 June: anniversary of 1838 Myall Creek massacre (first judicial convictions of British Subjects)
- 26 June – 30 June: 2023 Indigenous Nationals, sports competition
July
- 02 July – 09 July: National NAIDOC Week | #NAIDOC2023 For Our Elders
- 14 July: Aboriginal Flag recognised in 1995 as official flag of Australia - Flags Act 1953
- 14 July: Torres Strait Islander Flag recognised in 1995 as official flag of Australia - Flags Act 1953
August
- 4 August: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day
- 9 August: UN International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- 22 August: Captain Cook declared Australia 'terra nullius' in 1770
- 22 August: Captain Cook claimed East Coast of Australia for Britain in 1770
September
- 1 September: anniversary of 1794 Hawkesbury River massacre (first acknowledged killing of Indigenous Peoples)
- 4 September: National Indigenous Literacy Day
- 13 September: anniversary of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (2007)
October
- 02 October: 2023 NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout
November
- 11 November: 2023 Giiyong Festival
December
- 10 December: anniversary of the Redfern Speech (1992)
- 10 December: UN International Human Rights Day