Deadly Awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community.

Music

*Male Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley *Female Artist of the Year:

Christine Anu Christine Anu (born 15 March 1970) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song " My Island Home". Anu has been nominated for 17 ARIA Awards. Early life Anu was bo ...

*Most Promising New Talent in Music:

South West Syndicate South West Syndicate are an Australian hip-hop collective from Sydney. They started performing in 1992. They are made up of Aboriginal, Lebanese-Australian, Pacific Islander, Croatian, German and Anglo hip hop artists. Core members include Munki ...

*Band of the Year: NoKTuRNL *Country Artist of the Year:

Todd Williams Todd Michael Williams (born February 13, 1971) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He attended East Syracuse-Minoa High School graduating in 1989. He then attended Onondaga Community College before signing a professional ...

*Single of the Year: Down River - The Wilcannia Mob *Album of the Year: Shakaya - Shakaya *Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music: Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

Sport

*Male Sportsperson of the Year: Anthony Mundine *Female Sportsperson of the Year: Cathy Freeman *Most Promising New Talent in Sport: Daniel Motlop *Outstanding Achievement in Football: Rhys Wesser *Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport:

Kyle Vander-Kuyp Kyle Bernard Vander-Kuyp (born 30 May 1971 in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney), is an Indigenous Australian athlete of the Worimi and Yuin tribe of North and South Coast New South Wales. At 5 weeks of age, he was adopted by Pat and Ben Vander-Kuy ...

The arts

*Male Actor of the Year:

Aaron Pedersen Aaron Pedersen is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actor. He is known for many film and television roles, in particular as Detective Jay Swan in the film ''Mystery Road'', its sequel '' Goldstone'', and spin-off television series. H ...

*Female Actor of the Year:

Deborah Mailman Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series '' The Secret Life of Us'' and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian ...

*Male Dancer of the Year: Albert David *Female Dancer of the Year:

Frances Rings Frances Rings is an Aboriginal Australian dancer, choreographer and former television presenter. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and is a Kokatha woman. She is the associate artistic director for the Bangarra Dance Theatre and will ...

Community

*Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education: Tranby Aboriginal College *Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health:

Redfern AMS Redfern may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Redfern (surname), a list of people with the surname * Redfern Froggatt (1924–2003), British footballer Places * Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia ** Redfern railway station * Elector ...

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Broadcaster of the Year: Lola Forrester – SBS

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