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Deadly Awards 1998
The Deadly Awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Winners of the 1998 Deadlys were: __NOTOC__ Music *Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music – CAAMA *Most Promising New Talent – Native Ryme Syndicate *Male Artist of The Year – Archie Roach *Female Artist of The Year – Christine Anu *Album Release of The Year – The Pigram Brothers, ''Saltwater Country'' *Band of The Year – NoKTuRNL *Single Release of The Year – Warren H Williams, ''Raining on the Rock'' Arts *Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score – Jimmy Chi, Kuckles, The Pigram Brothers – '' Corrugation Road'' Community *Aboriginal Broadcaster of The Year – Mary Geddardyu (Mary G alter ego of Mark Bin Bakar Mark Bin Bakar is an Indigenous Australian musician, comedian and radio announcer, writer, director/producer as well as an indigenous rights campaigner based in Broome, in the Kimberle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Awards
The Deadly Awards, formally titled National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Arts and Community Awards and commonly known simply as The Deadlys, was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The event was hosted by Vibe Australia, founded by Gavin Jones in 1993, and was held from 1995 to 2013, when government funding was cut. The Dreamtime Awards are a successor in recognising Indigenous achievements. Description The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Arts and Community Awards, commonly known as The Deadlys, were an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The word " deadly" is a modern colloquialism used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to indicate "great or wonderful". History The Deadly Awards stemmed from the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-op's 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups, which include many ethnic groups: the Aboriginal Australians of the mainland and many islands, including Aboriginal Tasmanians, Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islanders of the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea, located in Melanesia. 812,728 people Aboriginality, self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these Indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal, 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander, and 4.4% identified with both groups. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAAMA
The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia. It started with 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in the country. Based in Alice Springs, the organisation is particularly focused on the involvement of the local Indigenous community in its production. CAAMA is involved in radio, television and recorded music. History Origins and Imparja In 1980, CAAMA originally established itself as a public radio station by two Aboriginal people and one " whitefella": Freda Glynn, Phillip Batty, and John Macumba. 8KIN-FM was the first Aboriginal radio station. The success of the station quickly grew, leading its content to extend into music (country music and Aboriginal rock), call-ins, discussion, and news and current affairs. Broadcasts were made in six different languages, alongside English, and operated about fifteen hours every day. Later expansions saw the station m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Ryme Syndicate
Native Ryme Syndicate is an Australian hip hop group formed in Brisbane, Queensland. Native Ryme Syndicate won a Deadly award in 1998 for Most Promising New Talent. They were the first Australian urban music group to the elite music festivals and have played with Spiderbait, Regurgitator and 28 Days as well as at the Big Day Out and Livid LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system. The projects included: * OMS * GATOS * mpeg2dec * ac3dec In 2002, LiViD project ... festivals.Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette, 20 November 2003, "Rapt in rap" Named as one of the best unknown rap/hip-hop music groups in the World by Grammy Award-winning US group Naughty By Nature (Tour 2004). The group are known today as Native Ryme. Native Ryme are releasing their debut full-length album in 2013 after 19 years since formation. Discography *''Native Ryme Syndicate'' (2006) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Roach
Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian (Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalung) singer-songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) and Bundjalung elder who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. His wife and musical partner was the singer Ruby Hunter (1955–2010). Roach first became known for the song "Took the Children Away", which featured on his debut solo album, ''Charcoal Lane'', in 1990. He toured around the globe, headlining and opening shows for Joan Armatrading, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega and Patti Smith. His work has been recognised by numerous nominations and awards, including a Deadly Award for a "Lifetime Contribution to Healing the Stolen Generations" in 2013. At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards on 25 November 2020, Roach was inducted into their ARIA Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Anu
Maia Christine Anu (born on 15 March 1970) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress of Torres Strait Islander origin. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song " My Island Home" in 1995. Anu has been nominated for many ARIA Awards, winning several, as well as five Deadly Awards, among others. In August 2024 she released a new album and single of the same name, '' Waku: Minaral a Minalay''. She started her career as a dancer, and has had an acting career in film, stage (including musical theatre), and television, as well as hosting the ''Weekend'' ''Evenings'' radio show on ABC Radio. Early life and education Maia Christine Anu, was born in Cairns, Queensland, on 15 March 1970. She did not know who her biological father was, and grew up with her Torres Strait Islander mother and stepfather all over Queensland. Her mother is from Saibai Island, and her stepfather was a respected songman on Saibai, originally from Mabuiag Island. He san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pigram Brothers
The Pigram Brothers are a seven-piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia, formed in 1996. They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports – forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's 1990 musical '' Bran Nue Dae'', which received international acclaim. The Pigram Brothers had a large music influence from an early age, and grew up in the rich musical culture of Broome. Alan, Steven and Phillip were members of Scrap Metal from 1983 until its separation in 1995.Radio National – live on stage The Pigram Brothers Friday 22 August 2003 In 2000 they were the subject of the one-hour documentary, ''Saltwater Country'', part of |
Warren H Williams
Warren Hedley Williams (born 27 December 1963) is an Aboriginal Australian singer, musician and songwriter from Ntaria in Central Australia. Williams has also worked in radio and as an actor and has run as an Australian Greens candidate in the 2010 and 2013 Federal elections. Early life Williams was born on 27 December 1963 in Hermannsburg, the son of country musician Gus Williams. He is an Arrernte man. He started playing guitar at the age of six with his father, and later went to school at a Lutheran college in Adelaide: Immanuel College in Novar Gardens. Music career Williams was included on a compilation CD released in 1999 to promote reconciliation in Australia. The album was titled ''Reconciliation: Stories of the Heart, Sounds of the Rock'' and included music, personal statements from celebrities, and excerpts from historical speeches and events. In 2007, he wrote the musical ''Magic Coolamon'', which debuted as the first ever Central Australian Indigenous mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Chi
James Ronald Chi (1948 – 26 June 2017) was an Australian composer, musician and playwright. His best known work is the 1990 musical ''Bran Nue Dae'', which was adapted for film in 2009. Early life and education James Ronald Chi was born in Broome, Western Australia in 1948 to a father of Chinese and Japanese descent and a mother of Scottish and Aboriginal ( Bardi and Nyulnyul) descent. Chi attended a Catholic school in Perth, and went on to university in WA. However, he was involved in a serious car accident, and, after coming out of a three-week coma, developed bipolar affective disorder. He became severely depressed, but was helped by his faith. After returning to Broome in 1970, he bought a guitar and started writing songs, initially on his own. Stephen Pigram and Michael Manolis joined him in songwriting, and in the early 1980s the three of them, along with Garry Gower and Patrick Bin Amat moved to Adelaide, South Australia, to study music at the Centre for Aborigi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuckles
Kuckles was an Aboriginal Australian band in the early 1980s. History Kuckles ( Broome kriol for '' cockles'') formed in 1981 after a group of students from Broome, Western Australia moved to Adelaide, South Australia to study at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM). Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae rock style, but also incorporated country, church music and rock. Bart Willoughby, who was also at CASM and was a founder member of the band No Fixed Address around that time, played with the band on and off. They recorded an audition tape, ''Milliya Rumarra'', which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. They returned to Broome later that year and disbanded. Kuckles contributed to Chi's musicals ''Bran Nue Dae'' and '' Corrugation Road''. Chi and Manolis later were part of a new band called Bingurr, which means "moonlight" in Bardi. Pigram played with Scrap Metal and The Pigram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrugation Road
''Corrugation Road'' is an Australian musical set in a mental hospital, about an Aboriginal schizophrenic patient. It was written by Jimmy Chi, his band Kuckles and friends, the creators of ''Bran Nue Dae''. It is based on Chi's own experiences at Perth's Graylands Hospital. Production history ''Corrugation Road'' was produced by Perth's Black Swan Theatre and had two successful theatre runs in 1996–1997 and 1998. The musical previewed at the Canberra Theatre from 10 October 1996 during the National Festival of Australian Theatre. It subsequently had its official premiere in Melbourne at the Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre from 17 October 1996 as part of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts. The tour then played Perth (Subiaco Theatre Centre) and Adelaide (Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre) through late 1996 and early 1997. The production was remounted in June 1998 at the Playhouse Theatre in Perth before undertaking an Australian national tour. Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
