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National Dreamtime Awards 2019
The 2019 National Dreamtime Awards event was the 2019 iteration of the National Dreamtime Awards, held on Saturday 16 November 2019 at The Star, Sydney and hosted by Andy Saunders and Rachael Hocking. The Awards program was broadcast nationally on NITV. 2019 Dreamtime Award recipients The following individuals and organisations were awarded prizes in their various categories: * Dreamtime Person of the Year – Ashleigh Barty * Dreamtime Lifetime Achievement – Nova Peris * Dreamtime Elder – Uncle Ralph Naden * Male Music Artist – Electric Fields * Female Music Artist – Jessica Mauboy * Male Actor – Rob Collins * Female Actor – Rarriwuy Hick * Media Person of the Year – Brooke Boney * Male Sportsperson – Jack Wighton * Female Sportsperson – Ashleigh Barty * Best New Sports Talent – Brent Naden * Community Person – Thomas Cameron * Business of the Year – Walkabout Barber * Community Organisation – The Purple House * Educator of the Year – Aman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Dreamtime Awards
The National Dreamtime Awards, known simply as the Dreamtime Awards, are an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in sport, arts, academic and community. History The inaugural Dreamtime Awards were held in 2017 at The Star in the Sydney suburb of . The National Dreamtime Awards were launched to fill the void in recognising Indigenous Australians' achievements as a result of the 2013 cessation of the Deadly Awards. Description A panel of experts judges the final winners in each category, determined by nomination and voting process through online and media partners. Awards * National Dreamtime Awards 2017 * National Dreamtime Awards 2018 * National Dreamtime Awards 2019 2020–2021 Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the 2020 event took place on 11 December 2020, and the 2021 event was cancelled. Rugby league player Jack Wighton was recognised as 2020 Sportsman of the Year, and Kerrie Kennedy won the Awabakal Excellence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star, Sydney
The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Melbourne, Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star, owned by Star Entertainment Group features two gaming floors, one Bar (establishment), bars, 3 restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned apartments. It also includes the 2,000 seat Sydney Lyric theatre and 3,000-seat Event Centre. Its gaming operations are overseen and controlled by the New South Wales Casino Control Authority and is licensed to be the only legal casino in New South Wales. In late 2007, it was granted a 12-year extension of its exclusivity and licence. In December 1994, a consortium of CIMIC Group, Leighton Properties and Showboat, Inc., Showboat was announced by the NSW Casino Control Authority as the successful applicant for New South Wales' first casino licence. A temporary casin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Indigenous Television
National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'', with programming including other news and current affairs programmes, sports coverage, entertainment for children and adults, films and documentaries covering a range of topics. Its primary audience is Indigenous Australians, but many non-Indigenous people tune in to learn more about the history of and issues affecting the country's First Nations peoples. NITV was initially only carried by cable and satellite providers, along with some limited over-the-air transmissions in certain remote areas. NITV was re-launched in December 2012 by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a free-to-air channel. History Predecessors of NITV Indigenous groups and individuals lobbied the Australian Government to fund a nationwide Indigenous televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley (given name), Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom. Notable people B *Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian voice actress *Ashleigh Ball (field hockey) (born 1986), British field hockey player *Ashleigh Banfield (born 1967), Canadian-American journalist *Ashleigh Barty (born 1996), Australian tennis player *Ashleigh Baxter (born 1991), Irish rugby union footballer *Ashleigh Brazill (born 1989), Australian netball player *Ashleigh Brennan (born 1991), Australian gymnast *Ashleigh Brewer (born 1990), Australian actress *Ashleigh Brilliant (born 1933), English author *Ashleigh Buch (born 1984), American soldier *Ashleigh Buhai (born 1989), South African golfer C *Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (born 1986), American gymnast *Ashleigh Connor (1989–2011), Australian footballer *Ashleigh Cummings (born 1992), Australian actress D *Ashleigh Dallas (born 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Peris
Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's field hockey (Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal. She later switched sports to sprinting and went to the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2000 Olympic Games. She was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2013 Australian federal election, 2013 federal election, after then Prime Minister Julia Gillard named her as a "captain's pick", installing her as the preselected Labor candidate over incumbent Labor senator Trish Crossin. She retired from the Senate in 2016. Sporting career Peris was a representative in the Hockeyroos, Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1997, she switched sports and a year later she became a double gold medalist in the 1998 Commonwealth Games (Kuala Lump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Fields
Electric Fields are an Aboriginal Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture and sing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English. The duo have released an EP and several singles. Career 2011–2020: Formation and ''Inma'' In 2011, Zaachariaha Fielding auditioned for the third season of The X Factor Australia, performing Tracy Chapman's " Talkin Bout a Revolution". In 2013, Michael Ross auditioned for the fifth season performing Phil Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love". Since 2015, the duo have been performing as Electric Fields. Their repertoire moves across pop, soul and electronica, while being described as "Daft Punk meets Nina Simone in the Deep Forest". In June 2016, the duo released their debut EP ''Inma'' (which derives its name from the cultural ceremony of Aṉangu women known as inma). Daniel Browning, a presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a live album of her ''Idol'' performances and briefly being a member of the girl group Young Divas in 2007, Mauboy released her debut studio album, '' Been Waiting'', the following year. It included her first number-one single, "Burn", and became the second highest-selling Australian album of 2009, certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Her second studio album, ''Get 'Em Girls'' (2010), showcased a harder-edged R&B sound, and produced four platinum singles. Her third studio album, '' Beautiful'' (2013), a mixture of dance-oriented tracks, R&B and pop, included the top-ten hits "Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)", " Never Be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Collins (actor)
Robert Collins is an Australian actor and singer. His best known roles include Waruu West in ''Cleverman'', Jack Winters in ''The Wrong Girl'', and Charlie Irving in '' Total Control''. Early life and education Robert Collins was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory from a Tiwi Islands background. He worked with the National Indigenous Music Awards, and was the national Indigenous representative for the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) for three years. He then looked for acting opportunities, and landed the roles of Theseus and Oberon in a local production of ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'', before being cast in more national and local productions. He auditioned and won a place at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2013. Professional acting career He made his professional stage debut in 2013 as Mufasa in the Australian production of ''The Lion King''. Collins is best known for his major roles in the Australian television series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rarriwuy Hick
Rarriwuy Hick (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian award winning actress, known for her roles in the television series ''Redfern Now'', ''Cleverman'', ''Wentworth'' and '' True Colours''. Early life and education Hick was born around 1991 in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in both the suburb of Lilyfield, and in Dhalinybuy, an Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. She was raised speaking Yolŋu Matha and other Aboriginal Australian languages before learning English, and speaks seven dialects. Her mother, Janet Munyarryun, a Yolngu woman, was a founding member of Bangarra Dance Theatre. Throughout her education, Hick was inspired by her mother to pursue dance and the arts. She attended a Catholic girls high school and showed sufficient interest in dance to establish a troupe. In 2009, she commenced studies at the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College,. She was asked to audition for the Aboriginal-produced play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Boney
Brooke Boney () is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent. She is an entertainment reporter on the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today.'' Early life and education Boney was born around 1987 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales,Chrysanthos, Natassia (17 January 2019Brooke Boney on being commercial breakfast TV's first indigenous star ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 23 March 2019. the eldest of six children. The family, headed by her mother, were quite poor, but she grew up with a strong work ethic which she attributes to the influence of her grandfather. She is a Gamilaroi woman. She worked as a volunteer in community radio while at high school, and after finishing school, worked as an advertising cadet at the ''Australian Financial Review''. After entering as a mature age student, Boney graduated from University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) in 2014. Career Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Wighton
Jack Wighton (born 4 February 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and Australia at international level. He has played at representative level for the Indigenous All Stars, Country Origin, Prime Minister's XIII, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Wighton won the Dally M Medal in 2020 playing but played as a and er earlier in his career. Background Wighton was born in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He is Wiradjuri on his mother's side, his family are from Peak Hill (Bulgandramine Mission) and Wellington, New South Wales. Jack is related to Brent Naden, Willie Tonga and Rabbitohs player Latrell Mitchell (Mitchell's 3 x Great Grandmother Josephine Wighton and Jack Wighton's 3 x Great Grandfather Ernest Wighton are brother and sister). Wighton played his junior football for Orange CYMS and Bloomfield Tigers before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. He played for the Werribee Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Naden
Brent Naden (born 30 December 1995) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. Naden previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and the Penrith Panthers with whom was part of the 2021 NRL Grand Final win as 18th man. Background Naden was born in Wellington, New South Wales, and is of Indigenous Australian (Wiradjuri) and German descent. He was educated at Wellington High School. Naden played his junior rugby league for the Wellington Cowboys, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Playing career Early years From 2014 to 2015, Naden played for the Penrith Panthers' NRL Under-20s team, captaining the side to a premiership and being named on the interchange bench in the NYC Team of the Year in 2015. In 2016, Naden graduated to their Intrust Super Premiership NSW team. In 2017, Naden joined the Canberra Raiders but failed to make an NRL appearance, only appearing in their ISP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
