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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 […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Male Sportsperson of the Year
Benn Harradine Benn began to make a name for himself in the field event of discus throwing after fighting his way through to the final at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Then, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Benn became the first Indigenous field athlete to represent Australia at the Olympics, having already broken the Australian […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Female Sportsperson of the Year
Kirby Bentley A former State and National rep player in netball, after switching to Australian Rules football in 2009, Kirby has twice played at the national titles, and in June 2011, was awarded the Debbie Lee Medal as the Best and Fairest player in Australian women’s football, following the AFL Women’s National Championships in Adelaide. […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Most Promising New Talent in Sport
Tahj Minniecon One of the bright young stars of Australian soccer, and a former member of the Young Socceroos, Tahj began his A-League career with the Brisbane Roar in 2007 after a stint at the AIS. In the 2009/10 season Tahj’s last-minute goal in the National Youth League Grand Final secured a famous 2-1 victory, […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Dancer of the Year
Albert David A former Bangarra Dance Theatre dancer and choreographer, Albert has since performed choreographic works by Stephen Page, Kim Walker, Bill Pengelly, Raymond Blanco, Virginia Ferris, Jason Pitt, Vivienne Rogis and Elizabeth Dalman, performing in a number of works with her Mirramu Dance Company. In 2002 Albert performed in his own work ‘Giz’, and […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Male Actor of the Year
Aaron Fa’Aoso – East West 101 Aaron Fa’Aoso plays the tough islander cop Sonny Koa in the award-winning TV series East West 101, but he is also a talented director and producer who has his own new series in the pipeline – The Straits. Aaron began his acting television career in 2006 playing Eddie Gaibui […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Female Actor of the Year
Rarriwuy Hick – Wrong Skin (play) Rarriwuy Hick, one of the performers of ‘The Chooky Dancers’ is a natural born dancer and actor. Rarriwuy recently performed in a play directed by Nigel Jamieson, Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu (Wrong Skin), a mixture of hip-hop dance, traditional Aboriginal dance and West Side Story-type choreography, which tells the story of two […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Film of the Year
Shifting Shelter 4 Acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Sen follows the lives of four young Aboriginal people in rural northwest NSW. This is the fourth instalment in the lives of Cindy, Danielle, Ben and Willie. Shifting Shelter 4 is a powerfully poignant insight into the lives of these four characters, who all have children now and are […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: TV Show of the Year
On the Edge – NITV The reality series ‘On the Edge’ is about life growing up as an Indigenous teen in Sydney’s western suburbs. It is a tell-all 13-part series filmed among the fringes of public housing where a group of teens and their families open up to allow Australian audiences into their homes. Under […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Outstanding Achievement in Literature
Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance The highly acclaimed 2011 winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, That Deadman Dance is inspired by the history of early contact between Kim Scott’s people, the Noongar in his hometown of Albany in Western Australia, and white colonialists. In writing the novel, Kim drew on the literary traditions […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Band of the Year
Dale Huddleston and the Riverbank Band Dale Robert Huddleston and The Riverbank Band have been performing their original pop and rock songs and supporting many other Aboriginal Artists for the past 20 years. Based in Canberra, they have released the independent, original albums Simple Things (1999) and Home is Where the Heart is (2005), as […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Visual Artist of the Year
De Greer-Yindimincarlie Wiradjuri woman De Greer-Yindimincarlie is an award-winning Aboriginal artist, now living on the Sunshine Coast of QLD. With an impressive body of work spanning 20 years and being sold worldwide in places like the UK, US, Zimbabwe, Japan and Canada, it’s little wonder De won the South East QLD NAIDOC award 2008 for […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Male Artist of the Year
Dan Sultan This young front man knows how to get a crowd rocking. Dan’s first album Homemade Biscuits contained the track Your Love is Like a Song, which won Single of The Year at the 2007 Deadly Awards. Since then, Dan has played with artists like Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody and Missy Higgins and appeared […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Health Worker of the Year
Craig Bloxsome, Therapeutic Residential Care Program, Anglicare Tasmania Craig Bloxsome has a long history of supporting his community and promoting health and wellbeing among Aboriginal people, particularly helping to steer young people away from potential bad influences and towards positive activities. Craig worked for many years at Nowra, NSW, where he ran a surf-lifesaving program […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Female Artist of the Year
2> Jessica Mauboy Jessica first graced Australian television as a shy 16-year-old on Australian Idol in 2006. She signed to Sony Music Australia before the show had wrapped, and released her debut album Been Waiting in 2008. The album earned double platinum sales and produced her first number one single Burn as well as the […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Outstanding Achievement in Heatlh
The Western Desert Kidney Health Project – WA Launched in October 2010 in Kalgoorlie, the Western Desert Kidney Health Project is an exciting and unique health and arts project, designed and implemented by the Aboriginal people of the Goldfields and Western Desert in WA with Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Corporation, the Rural Clinical School of WA, […]
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