# Naidoc awards honour Rhoda Roberts posthumously for promoting First Nations culture

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-15 14:01 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/16/naidoc-awards-2026-rhoda-roberts-first-nations-honour-ntwnfb

> Rhoda Roberts, a Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung nation and one of Australia’s prominent cultural ambassadors, has received the Naidoc lifetime achievement award posthumously. She was honoured for a lifetime of promoting and preserving First Nations culture through language, dance and ceremony; she died in March aged 66.