The NT Indigenous Music Awards 2006 was the 3rd annual

National Indigenous Music Awards The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA), also known as the NT Indigenous Music Awards from 2004 to 2008, are music awards presented to recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians in ...

, established by

MusicNT MusicNT is a non-profit organisation devoted to developing, representing and servicing original music in the Northern Territory of Australia. The organisation, formed in 1996, serves a support network for musicians in the Northern Territory who ar ...

. The awards ceremony was held on 25 August 2006. More than 2,000 people filed into Darwin's Amphitheatre to witness the event.

Performers

Hall of Fame Inductee

Warumpi Band Warumpi Band () were an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in the outback settlement of Papunya, Northern Territory, in 1980. The original line-up was George Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo, Gordon Butcher Tjapanang ...

and Soft Sands

Outstanding Contribution to Music Awards

* Sammy Butcher and Keith Lapalung

Awards

Act of the Year Best Male Musician Best Female Musician Best Emerging Artist of the Year Best Music Release Song of the Year Award Best Cover Art Best DVD Release Traditional Music Award

References

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