Winners of
The Deadlys Awards 1999, the awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community.
Music
*Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score:
Tiddas &
Alister Jones:
My Island Home
"My Island Home" is a rock song written by Neil Murray and George Burarrwanga. It was originally performed by the Warumpi Band. The song references lead singer's ( George Burarrwanga) home up at Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land in th ...
*Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music:
Coloured Stone
*Most Promising New Talent:
Rochelle Watson
*Male Artist of the Year:
Jimmy Little
James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales.
Little started his profess ...
*Female Artist of the Year:
Leah Purcell
*Album Release of the Year:
Frank Yamma &
Piranpa
Frank Yamma is a singer and songwriter from Central Australia. He is a Pitjantjatjara man who speaks five languages and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. Yamma is the son of Issac Yamma, an early artist who pioneered singing Western styl ...
: ''
Playing with Fire''
*Band of the Year:
Yothu Yindi
*Single Release of the Year:
Jimmy Little
James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales.
Little started his profess ...
: "
The Way You Make Me Feel"
Community
*Aboriginal Broadcaster of the Year:
Rehanna Coulthard 5UMA
External links
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