Wadeye festival brings community together as 'one family' after conflict | ABC NEWS

This year's Yidiyi Festival pulled in several hundred spectators, mostly made up of Wadeye locals and people from small Aboriginal homelands in the surrounding region. The sentiment of coming together rings true to the festival's origins. It was founded by traditional owners in 2023 partly in response to a long period of conflict in the community. Wadeye is one of the largest Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory with about 2,000 residents and began as a Catholic mission in the 1930s, then known as Port Keats. By James Elton for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-1... ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC NEWS on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC NEWS on X (Twitter):   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNEWSNT