Kerrianne Cox is an Aboriginal singer from Beagle Bay in

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. She has toured widely around Australia and toured USA and South Africa and appeared in the musical

Bran Nue Dae __NOTOC__ ''Bran Nue Dae'' is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia, that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians. It was written by Jimmy Chi and his band Kuckles and friends, and was the first Aboriginal Aust ...

in 1996. Cox was nominated in the

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 a ...

for Best Emerging Artist (1998) and Best Female Artist (1999, 2000, 2001), winning in 2001. She won a WAMi in 1997 as Best Indigenous Artist of the Year and in 2002 she received another nomination. In 2000 she was NAIDOC's Female Artist of the Year.Centralian Advocate, 14 March 2003, "Songs from the heart"

Discography

*Just Wanna Move (1999) *Opening (2001) *Return to Country (2006)

References

External links

Kerrianne Cox website

Kerrianne Cox 1999 Interview
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