More than 100 students from 23 remote communities including the Torres Strait, NPA and Cape York, call NRL Cowboys House in Townsville their ‘home away from home’. 

On September 2, along with some family and friends at Cowboys House, they celebrated and recognised the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at their second annual NAIDOC Day.

The day is an extension of NAIDOC Week which is usually held in July but was held off because most of the students had returned to their communities for holidays. 

The event gave students, staff, families and supporters of the boarding facility the opportunity to celebrate Indigenous culture together, with a jam-packed schedule of activities running through the day…