The 2011 Deadly Awards were hosted by Aaron Pedersen and Casey Donovan at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

on 27 September 2011.

Shellie Morris Shellie Morris is an Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter who plays a mix of contemporary folk music and contemporary acoustic ballads. Biography and career Shellie Morris was raised in Sydney and began singing at an early age. She often perf ...

, the Yanyuwa Singers and the Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir all performed at the ceremony. The Awards program were broadcast on nationally on SBS TV in October. The event was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community.

Lifetime Achievement

*Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Evonne Goolagong Cawley *Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Music: Col Hardy

Music

*Single Release of the Year: The Last Kinection - "Happy People" *Album Release of the Year:

Gurrumul Yunupingu Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, was an Aboriginal Australian musician of the Yolŋu peoples. A multi-instrumentalist, he played ...

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Rrakala ''Rrakala'' is the second album from Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It is performed in Yolngu. Gurrumul plays piano, drums, nylon-string acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic guitars. It reached number three on the ARIA charts. At the 2011 ARI ...

'' *Male Artist of the Year: Gurrumul Yunupingu *Female Artist of the Year: Jessica Mauboy *Band of the Year: The Last Kinection *Most Promising New Talent in Music:

Iwantja Indulkana (also known as Iwantja, from Iwantja Creek) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Ernabella/Puka ...

Sport

*Sportsman of the Year:

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, basketball *Sportswoman of the Year:

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, basketball *Outstanding Achievement in AFL: Andrew Walker *Outstanding Achievement in NRL: Johnathan Thurston *Most Promising New Talent in Sport: Tanisha Stanton, netball

The arts

*Film of the Year: '' Mad Bastards'' *TV Show of the Year: '' Living Black'', SBS *Male Actor of the Year: Aaron Pedersen, ''

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'' *Female Actor of the Year: Deborah Mailman, '' Offspring'' *Outstanding Achievement in Literature: Anita Heiss for ''Paris Dreaming'' *Dancer of the Year:

Kathy Balngayngu Marika Kathy Balngayngu Marika (born 1957) is an Aboriginal Australian dancer known for her performances with Bangarra Dance Theatre, with which she served as artist-in-residence and cultural consultant. Early life Marika is part of the Rirratjingu c ...

*Visual Artist of the Year: Michael Cook

Community

*Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health:

NPY Women's Council The Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPY Women's Council, NPYWC) is a community-based community organisation formed in 1980 delivering services to the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara women in th ...

– “No Safe Amount – The Effects of Alcohol in Pregnancy”, Alice Springs NT *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker of the Year - Muriel Jaragba, Aboriginal Mental Health Worker, Groote Eylandt NT *Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment: Brian Dowd – Black on Track, NSW *Broadcaster of the Year:

Karla Hart Karla Hart is a writer, film-maker, dancer, actress and director and has been the event co-ordinator for Wardarnji Festival 2011- 2015, is currently the Drive time presenter for Noongar Radio which broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia. E ...

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Noongar Radio Noongar Radio 100.9 FM is an Aboriginal community radio station in Perth, Western Australia. The station is the only Indigenous radio station in the Perth metropolitan region and promotes itself as a voice to the local Indigenous community, th ...

, 100.9FM Perth WA *Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education: Deadly Ute Project – Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative through Wimmera Hub, Horsham VIC

References

External links

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