Your 2011 Deadlys Nominees

Back in June, we put the call out for you to tell us who’s deadly in 2011, and we received thousands of nominations from all over the nation. Follow the links below to read all about your Deadlys’ finalists.

The Deadlys class of 2011 is an amazingly talented and inspirational bunch – high achievers in music, sport, health, education, broadcasting and the arts. But alas, there can only be one winner on the night, and so now it’s back to you, the community, to decide who’ll walk away with a Deadly come September 27.

Happy voting you mob – and congratulations to all of this year’s truly deserving nominees.

(Click links below for info on each nominee)

MUSIC

Most Promising New Talent in Music

Benny Walker – VIC

Corey Webster aka Yung Nooky – NSW

Karnage & Darknis – SA

Knowledge Bones – WA

Iwantja Band – NT

Album of the Year

Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala – NT

Leah Flanagan – Nirvana Nights – NT

Buddy Knox – Buddy’s Blues – NSW

Stiff Gins – Wind & Water – NSW

Busby Marou – Busby Marou – QLD

Single of the Year

Street Warriors – Summertime – NSW

Knowledge Bones – Yeah Dard – WA

Last Kinection – Happy People – NSW & QLD

Yung Warriors – Just a Thought – VIC

Briggs – The Wrong Brother – VIC

Band of the Year

Dale Huddleston and Riverbank Band – ACT

Last Kinection – NSW & QLD

Black Image – QLD

Dubmarine – QLD

The Medics – QLD

Male Artist of the Year

Dan Sultan – VIC

Buddy Knox – NSW

Gurrumul Yunupingu – NT

Troy Cassar-Daley – NSW

John Bennett – WA

Female Artist of the Year

Jessica Mauboy – NT

Naomi Pigram – WA

Deborah Cheetham – NSW

Casey Donovan – NSW

Shellie Morris – NT

SPORT

Most Promising New Talent in Sport

Tahj Minniecon – Soccer – QLD

Fred Mundraby – Boxing – QLD

Shane Parker – Wrestling – NSW

Thomas Boyle – Muay Thai – SA

Tanisha Stanton – Netball – NSW

Outstanding Achievement in AFL

Andrew Walker – Carlton

Chris Yarran – Carlton

Liam Jurrah – Melbourne

Leroy Jetta – Essendon

Stephen Hill – Fremantle

Female Sportsperson of the Year

Kirby Bentley – AFL – WA

Kyah Simon – Soccer – NSW

Rohanee Cox – Basketball – WA

Ashleigh Barty – Tennis – QLD

Meghan Rutledge – Motocross – NSW

Male Sportsperson of the Year

Benn Harradine – Discus – NSW

Daniel Geale – Boxing – TAS

Patrick Mills – Basketball – ACT

Kurtley Beale – Rugby Union – NSW

Des Abbott – Hockey – NT

Outstanding Achievement in NRL

Ben Barba – Bulldogs

Jharal Yow Yeh – Brisbane Broncos

Jamal Idris – Bulldogs

Chris Sandow – Rabbitohs

Johnathan Thurston – Cowboys

THE ARTS

Female Actor of the Year

Rarriwuy Hick – Wrong Skin (play) – NSW

Deborah Mailman – Offspring – QLD & NSW

Marcia Langton – Here I Am – VIC

Pauline Whyman – Here I Am – VIC

Shai Pittman – Here I Am – NSW

Male Actor of the Year

Aaron Fa’Aoso – East West 101 – QLD

Jack Charles – Jack Charles v The Crown – VIC

Aaron Pedersen – City Homicide – VIC & NT

Dean Daley-Jones – Mad Bastards – WA

Richard Green – Snowtown – NSW

Dancer of the Year

Albert David – QLD

Kathy Marika – NT

Darren Compton – NSW

Medika Thorpe – NSW

Deborah Brown – QLD

Visual Artist of the Year

De Greer-Yindimincarlie – QLD

Michael Cook – QLD

Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty – QLD

Jandamarra Cadd – QLD

Lisa Michl – QLD

Outstanding Achievement in Literature

Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance – WA

Gayle Kennedy – Yarning Strong Series – NSW

Brenton E McKenna – Ubby’s Underdogs – WA

Anita Heiss – Paris Dreaming – NSW

Sally Morgan – Charlie Burr and the Three Stolen Dollars – WA

Film of the Year

Shifting Shelter 4

Here I Am

Mad Bastards

Jandamarra’s War

Toomelah

TV Show of the Year

On the Edge – NITV

Living Black – SBS

Marngrook Footy Show – NITV & ABC

The Barefoot Rugby League Show – NITV

Yamba’s Playtime – Imparja Television

COMMUNITY

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker of the Year

Craig Bloxsome, Therapeutic Residential Care Program, Anglicare Tasmania

Muriel Jaragba, Aboriginal Mental Health Worker, Groote Eylandt, NT

Alice Taylay, Wujal Wujal Primary Health Care Clinic via Cooktown, QLD

Sharyn Medway, Aboriginal Didgeridoo/Art Project, Goulburn, NSW

Colin O’Donnell, Health Worker, Maari Ma Primary Health Care Service, Broken Hill NSW

Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Western Desert Kidney Health Project – Kalgoorlie WA

NPY Women’s Council (Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation) – “No Safe Amount – The Effects of Alcohol in Pregnancy” – Alice Springs NT

Yamba Roadshow, Imparja Roadshow – Alice Springs NT

Aboriginal Research Health Promotion Strategy – Groote Eylandt NT

Maari Ma Health Worker Trainee Program – Western NSW

Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

Barbara Tapsell – Aboriginal & Islander Education Worker, Darwin High School NT

Abergowrie College – QLD

Daniel Fusi – Menindee Central School – Western NSW

Deadly Ute Project – through Wimmera Hub, Horsham VIC

Charline Emzin-Boyd, Aboriginal Education Coordinator, NSW Teachers Federation, NSW

Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment

Brian Dowd – Black on Track – NSW

Charles Williams – Crown Ltd – NSW