The NAIDOC Awards are annual Australian awards conferred on

Australian Aboriginal Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

and

Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait Islanders () are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped ...

individuals during the national celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples known as

NAIDOC Week NAIDOC Week ( ) is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which was originally National Aborigines Day ...

. (The name is derived from National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee.)

The committee

The awards are named after the committee that was originally responsible for organising the national activities to mark NAIDOC Week, the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Each year, a different city hosts the National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony. The host city, National NAIDOC Poster Competition and the NAIDOC Awards recipients are selected by the National NAIDOC Committee. The awards are presented at the annual NAIDOC Awards Ceremony and Ball.

Poster

The first NAIDOC poster was created in 1972 to promote "Aborigines Day", which had been established as part of a campaign for better rights for Aboriginal people. The posters continued to reflect the spirit of protest until 1977, with titles like "Self Determination" and "Chains or Chance". The 1978 poster was different, reflecting the move from a single day of demonstration to a celebration lasting a week each July, after the new committee was established. The 1988 poster, "Recognise and Share the Survival of the Oldest Culture in the World" reflected the name change to NAIDOC, which formally included Torres Strait Islander people in the event. In the 1990s a competition to design the poster was introduced.

Winners 2021–2030

2022 winners

The awards ceremony was held in Naarm (Melbourne) on 2 July 2022. The winners are: * Person of the Year —

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* Lifetime Achievement Award – Stan Grant Snr * Female Elder Award – Lois Peeler * Male Elder Award – Uncle

Jack Charles Jack Charles (5 September 1943 – 13 September 2022), also known as Uncle Jack Charles, was an Australian stage and screen actor and activist, known for his advocacy for Aboriginal people. He was involved in establishing the first Indigenous t ...

* Sportsperson Award – Buddy Franklin * Youth Award – Elijah Manis * Creative Talent Award – Lowell Hunter * Caring for Country and Culture Award – Walter Jackson * Education Award – Bronwyn Fredericks * Innovation Award – ''

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'' team and volunteers, for their "coordination and leadership" of relief efforts after the record-breaking March 2022 floods in Lismore

2021 winners

The 2021 National NAIDOC Awards ceremony in Alice Springs (

Mparntwe Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Mills (surveyor), William Whitfield Mills after Alice ...

) was cancelled. An alternative NAIDOC Awards event was planned for 3 July 2021 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 ...

, but was postponed. As Sydney went into a COVID-19

lockdown A lockdown is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks (such as COVID-19) that could possibly harm the people if they move and interact freely. The term is used for a prison ...

on 23 June, rules for travellers returning to the

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meant that most people could not attend the Sydney event without a 14-day quarantine. The award-winners were announced on 1 December 2021. The winners are: * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Pat O'Shane Patricia June O'Shane (born 19 June 1941) is a retired Australian teacher, barrister, public servant, jurist, and Aboriginal activist. She was Australia's first Aboriginal magistrate, serving the Local Court in Sydney, New South Wales, Austral ...

* Person of the Year – Keri Tamwoy * Female Elder of the Year – Christobel Swan * Male Elder of the Year – Ernest Hoolihan * Caring for Country – Gadrian Hoosan on behalf of the

Borroloola Borroloola ( local Aboriginal languages: ''Burrulula'') is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about 50 km upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Location Borroloola lies on the traditional c ...

Community * Youth of the Year – Samara Fernandez-Brown * Artist of the Year – Bobbi Lockyer * Scholar of the Year – Sasha Purcell * Apprentice of the Year – Jarron Andy * Sportsperson of the Year – Clarence "CJ" McCarthy-Grogan

Winners 2011–2020

2020 winners

* Due to the impact and uncertainty of the

COVID-19 pandemic in Australia The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 Januar ...

the National NAIDOC Committee cancelled the 2020 National NAIDOC Awards. The National Indigenous Australians Agency announced the 2020 awards would be presented in July 2021 with the 2021 awards.

2019 winners

* Sportsperson of the Year - Shantelle Thompson * Female Elder of the Year - Thelma Weston * Male Elder of the Year - Greg Little * Person of the Year - Dean Duncan * Artist of the Year -

Elma Gada Kris Elma Gada Kris is an Australian dancer, choreographer and NAIDOC award winner. She is a Torres Strait Islander woman of the Wagadagam, Kaurareg, Sipingur, Gebbara and Kai Dangal Buai peoples, and a member of the Bangarra Dance Theatre. Early lif ...

* Youth of the Year - Mi-kaisha Masella * Lifetime achievement award - David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu * Caring for Country - Littlewell Working Group * Scholar of the Year - Professor Michael McDaniel * Apprentice of the Year - Ganur Maynard

2018 winners

* Sportsperson of the Year - Jack Peris * Female Elder of the Year - Lynette Nixon * Male Elder of the Year - Russell Charles Taylor AM * Person of the Year - Dr June Oscar AO * Artist of the Year - Adam Briggs "Briggs" * Youth of the Year - Tamina Pitt * Lifetime achievement award - Patricia Anderson AO * Caring for Country - Mungalla Aboriginal Business Corporation in North Queensland * Scholar of the Year - Professor Michelle Trudgett * Apprentice of the Year - Folau Talbot

2017 winners

* Sportsperson of the Year -

Amanda Reid Amanda Reid (born 12 November 1996) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time ...

* Female Elder of the Year - Faye Carr * Male Elder of the Year - Alex "Ollie" George * Person of the Year - Patrick "Patty" Mills * Artist of the Year - Elverina Johnson * Youth of the Year - Latia Schefe * Lifetime achievement award - Dianne Ryder * Caring for Country - Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council Aboriginal Corporation (QLD) * Scholar of the Year - Dr James Charles * Apprentice of the Year - Sharee Yamashita

2016 winners

* Sportsperson of the Year –

Jade North Jade Bronson North (born 7 January 1982) is an Aboriginal Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre back or right back. He was a member of the Australian national team, and is co-chair of Football Australia's inaugural ...

* Female Elder of the Year –

MaryAnn Bin-Sallik MaryAnn Bin-Sallik (born 1940) is Djaru Elder and Australian academic, specialising in Indigenous studies and culture. She was the first Indigenous Australian to gain a doctorate from Harvard University. Early life and nursing Bin-Sallik was ...

* Male Elder of the Year – Robert Francis Isaacs * Person of the Year – Goreng Goreng man Professor

Chris Sarra Chris Sarra is an Australian educationalist, and the founder & Chairman of the Stronger Smarter Institute. Sarra grew up in Bundaberg, Queensland as the youngest of ten children to parents of Italian and Aboriginal heritage, and he experienced m ...

* Artist of the Year –

Geoffrey 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 ...

* Youth of the Year – Elijah Douglas * Lifetime achievement award –

Stephen Page Stephen George Page (born 1965) is an Australian choreographer, film director and former dancer. He is the current artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Indigenous Australian dance company. Page is descended from the Nunukul peopl ...

* Caring for Country – Manymak Energy Efficiency Project (NT) * Scholar of the Year – Layneisha Sgro * Apprentice of the Year – Montana Ah-Won

2015 winners

* Youth of the Year – Chris Tamwoy * Apprentice of the Year – Ashley Farrall * Artist of the Year – Daren Dunn * Poster competition winner – Elaine Chambers * Caring for Country – Warddeken Caring for Country Project * Female Elder of the Year – Veronica Perrule Dobson * Male Elder of the Year – Graham Taylor * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Tauto Sansbury Tauto Sansbury (c. 1949 – 23 September 2019) was a Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. He was the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 NAIDOC Week celebrations. Sansbury was born and raised on an ...

* Person of the Year –

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Rosalie Lynette Kunoth-Monks (4 January 193726 January 2022), also known as Ngarla Kunoth, was an Australian film actress, Aboriginal activist and politician. Early life Rosalie Lynette Kunoth was born on 4 January 1937 in Utopia, Northern ...

* Scholar of the Year – Michelle Deshong * Sportsperson of the Year – Ryan Morich

2014 winners

* Youth of the Year –

Chern’ee Sutton Chern'ee Sutton (born 1996) is a contemporary Australian artist known for her colourful 3D painting style. Background Chern'ee comes from the Kalkadoon people of the Mount Isa area in Queensland, Australia. She takes her inspiration from the ...

* Youth of the Year – Amelia Telford * Apprentice of the Year – Patricia Doolan * Artist of the Year –

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 ...

* Poster competition winner – Harry Alfred Pitt * Caring for Country – The Uunguu Healthy Country Project * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Linda Burney Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician and is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australi ...

* Person of the Year – Gracelyn Smallwood * Female Elder of the Year – Patricia O'Connor * Male Elder of the Year – Richard Archibald * Scholar of the Year – Donisha Duff * Sportsperson of the Year – Jesse Williams

2013 winners

* Youth of the Year – Kate Malpass * Apprentice of the Year – Danny Bromot * Artist of the Year – Tony Briggs * Poster competition winner – Gail Naden * Caring for Country – Jimmy Edgar * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Galarrwuy Yunupingu Galarrwuy Yunupingu (born 30 June 1948), also known as James Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Dr Yunupingu, is a leader in the Aboriginal Australian community, and has been involved in the fight for Indigenous land rights in Australia throughout his c ...

* Person of the Year – Darryl Kickett * Female Elder of the Year – Rose Richards * Male Elder of the Year – John Hayden * Scholar of the Year – Dr Mark McMillan * Sportsperson of the Year –

Jonathan Thurston Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All ...

2012 winners

* Youth of the Year – Benson Saulo * Apprentice of the Year – Michael Clinch * Artist of the Year –

* Poster competition winner – Juundaal Strang-Yettica * Caring for Country – Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Bunna Lawrie Coloured Stone is an Aboriginal Australian band whose members originate from the Koonibba Mission, west of Ceduna, South Australia. The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments – didjeridu, bundawuthada (gong sto ...

* Person of the Year –

David Wirrpanda David Selwyn Burralung Merringwuy Galarrwuy Wyal Wirrpanda ( ; born 3 August 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Melbourne, Wirrpand ...

* Female Elder of the Year – Margaret Lawton * Female Elder of the Year – Maureen Kelly * Male Elder of the Year – Hezekiel Jingoonya * Scholar of the Year – Sarah Bourke * Sportsperson of the Year – Vanessa Wilson * Sportsperson of the Year – Joshua Robinson * Torres Strait Artist of the Year –

Alick Tipoti Alick Tipoti (born 1975), whose traditional name is Zugub, is a Torres Strait Islander artist, linguist, and activist of the Kala Lagaw Ya people, from Badu Island, in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). His work includes painting, installations, ...

2011 winners

* Youth of the Year – Kiel Williams-Weigel * Apprentice of the Year – Joshua Toomey * Artist of the Year – Robyn Djunginy * Poster competition winner – Matthew Humphries * Lifetime Achievement Award – Ned Cheedy * Caring for Country – Warru Recovery Team * Person of the Year –

Terri Janke Terri Janke is an Indigenous Australian lawyer of Wuthathi/ Meriam heritage. She is considered a leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP), and is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke and Company. ...

* Female Elder of the Year –

Carolyn Briggs N’arweet Carolyn Briggs is a Yaluk-ut Weelam and Boon Wurrung elder, and the Boon Wurrung representative in the City of Port Phillip. She is the founder and chair of the Boon Wurrung Foundation. She was awarded the National Aboriginal Elder ...

* Male Elder of the Year – Eldridge Mosby * Scholar of the Year – Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney * Sportsperson of the Year –

Preston Campbell Preston Campbell, (born 7 June 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales Country and Indigenous Dreamtime team representative or , h ...

Winners 2001–2010

2010 winners

* Youth of the Year – Jessica Smith * Apprentice of the Year – Lucas Kickett * Artist of the Year – Lewis Langton * Poster competition winner – Sheree Blackley * Caring for Country – Crazy Ant Management Program * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Vince Coulthard Vince is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name Vincent, as well as a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Vince Agnew (born 1987), American football player * Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician ...

* Person of the Year – Dennis Eggington * Female Elder of the Year – Ali Golding * Male Elder of the Year – Ali Drummond * Male Elder of the Year – Lester Bostock * Scholar of the Year –

Megan Davis Megan Jane Davis is an Aboriginal Australian activist and international human rights lawyer. She was the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a United Nations body, and was Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Davis is Pro vice ...

* Sportsperson of the Year –

Rohanee Cox Rohanee "Roey" Cox (born 23 April 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sydney Uni Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She was one of the first Aboriginal Australians to represent ...

2009 winners

* Youth of the Year – Gemma Benn * Apprentice of the Year – Danny Sebasio * Artist of the Year –

Wayne Quilliam Wayne Quilliam (born 1963) is an Aboriginal Australian photographic artist, curator, and cultural adviser based in Melbourne. He specializes in portraits and landscapes. Early life Quilliam was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and raised in the s ...

* Poster competition winner – Luke Mallie * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Lowitja O'Donoghue Lowitja Lois O'Donoghue Smart, (born 1932) is an Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator. In 1990-1996 she was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (dismantled in 2004). She is pa ...

* Person of the Year –

Larissa Behrendt Larissa Yasmin Behrendt (born 1969) is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. she is a professor of law and director of research and academic programs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education ...

* Male Elder of the Year – Reg Knox * Male Elder of the Year – Frank Lampard * Female Elder of the Year – Elsie Heiss * Female Elder of the Year – Doris Eaton * Scholar of the Year – Dr Chelsea Bond * Sportsperson of the Year –

Andrew McLeod Andrew Luke McLeod (born 4 August 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games. ...

2009 winners

* Torres Strait Senior Cultural Award –

2008 winners

* Youth of the Year – Krista Moir * Youth of the Year – Angeline Blackburn * Apprentice of the Year – Amy McQuire * Artist of the Year – Les Elvin * Poster competition winner – Duwun (Tony) Lee and Laniyuk (Ian) Lee * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Archie Roach Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalu ...

* Lifetime Achievement Award – Joseph Elu * Lifetime Achievement Award –

Chicka Dixon Charles "Chicka" Dixon (5 May 1928 – 10 March 2010) was an Australian Aboriginal activist and leader. He was active in campaigns around the 1967 referendum and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, dedicating his life to the fight for basic human rig ...

* Person of the Year – Colleen Hayward * Male Elder of the Year – Bob Muir * Female Elder of the Year – Carol Petterson * Scholar of the Year – Dr Karen Martin * Sportsperson of the Year – Stacey Porter

2007 winners

* Youth of the Year – Simone Liddy * Apprentice of the Year – Hamid Bin Saad * Artist of the Year –

Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...

* Poster competition winner – Tyeli Hannah * Lifetime Achievement Award – John (Jak) Ah Kit * Person of the Year –

Mark Bin Bakar Mark Bin Bakar is an Indigenous Australian musician, comedian and radio announcer, writer, director/producer as well as an indigenous rights campaigner based in Broome, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is best known for his r ...

* Female Elder of the Year – Dr

Ruby Langford Ginibi Ruby Langford Ginibi (26 January 1934 – 1 October 2011) was an acclaimed Bundjalung author, historian and lecturer on Aboriginal history, culture and politics. Names According to Langford's memoir, ''Don't Take Your Love to Town'', her paren ...

* Male Elder of the Year – Boyd Scully * Male Elder of the Year – Jim Hagan (Snr) * Scholar of the Year – Dr Yin Carl Paradies * Sportsperson of the Year –

Robert Crowther Robert Crowther (born 2 August 1987 in Cloncurry) is an Australian long jumper. His personal best is 8.12 metres, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League in 2011 in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban area ...

2006 winners

* Youth of the Year – Jo-Anne D'Cress * Artist of the Year –

Warren H. Williams Warren Hedley Williams (born 27 December 1963) is an Aboriginal Australian singer, musician and songwriter from Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg in Central Australia. As of 2013 he worked as a Radio personality, broadcaster on Cent ...

* Poster competition winner – Charmaine Green * Lifetime Achievement Award – Elizabeth Morgan Hoffman * Person of the Year – Stephen Hagan (Jnr) * Female Elder of the Year – Judy Tatow * Male Elder of the Year – Vince Ross * Scholar of the Year – Dr Chris Sara * Sportsperson of the Year –

Patrick Mills Patrick Sammy Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mills was born and raised in Canberra, and is of Torres Strait Islander and Aborigina ...

2005 winners

* Youth of the Year – Joleen Ryan * Artist of the Year – Kerrianne Cox * Poster competition winner – Benjamin Hodges * Lifetime Achievement Award – Arthur Murray * Person of the Year –

Cheryl Buchanan Cheryl is a female given name common in English speaking countries. There are several prevailing theories about its etymology. The most common is that it has Italo-Celtic roots and is an Anglicised version of either the French name Cherie (from L ...

* Person of the Year – Rodney Dillon * Female Elder of the Year – Mary Jane Ware * Male Elder of the Year – Albert Holt * Scholar of the Year – Simon Forrest * Sportsperson of the Year – Pam Pedersen

2004 winners

* Youth of the Year – Michael Hayden * Artist of the Year – Jirra Lulla Harvey * Poster competition winner – Jirra Lulla Harvey * Person of the Year –

Aden Ridgeway Aden Derek Ridgeway (born 18 September 1962) is an Australian former politician.''The Age'' (2006)Present politics Retrieved 6 July 2006. He was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australia ...

* Elder of the Year – Merlene Mead * Male Elder of the Year – Steve Mam * Scholar of the Year – Kaye Price * Sportsperson of the Year –

Adam Goodes Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...

2003 winners

* Youth of the Year – Stacey Kelly-Greenup * Artist of the Year – Belynda Waugh * Poster competition winner – Belynda Waugh * Person of the Year –

Deborah Mailman Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series ''The Secret Life of Us'' and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian c ...

* Female Elder of the Year – Violet French * Male Elder of the Year – William Kennedy * Scholar of the Year – Frederick Penny * Sportsperson of the Year – David Peachey

2002 winners

* Youth of the Year – Bruce 'Borro' Johnson * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Michelle Tyhuis * Poster competition winner – Juundaal Strang-Yettica * Person of the Year – Steve Gordon * Male Elder of the Year – Lyal Munro Snr and Peter Coppin (Joint winners) * Female Elder of the Year –

Ida West Ida Amelia West (30 September 1919 – 8 September 2003) was an Australian Aboriginal elder who was better known as Aunty Ida. She was the author of ''Pride Against Prejudice.'' Biography Ida West was born on Aboriginal reserve on Cape Barren I ...

* Scholar of the Year – Tracey Westerman * Sportsperson of the Year – Bo Delacruz * Special Achievement Award – Dr Shane Fernando

2001 winners

* Youth of the Year – Vanessa Elliot * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Todd Phillips * Poster competition winner – Marika Baumgart * Person of the Year –

Kutcha Edwards Kutcha Edwards is an indigenous Australian singer and songwriter. He was born in Balranald, New South Wales, in 1965. A survivor of the Stolen Generations, he was removed from his parents at the age of 18 months. He is a Mutti Mutti man. He was n ...

* Female Elder of the Year – Alice 'Mummy' Clark * Male Elder of the Year – Cec Fisher * Scholar of the Year – Dr Cheryl Kickett-Tucker * Sportsperson of the Year – Warren Lawton

Winners 1991–2000

2000 winners

* Youth of the Year – Marie Dennis * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Alison Gear * Artist of the Year – Jimmy Wavehill * Poster competition winner – Cecily Wellington * Person of the Year –

Anthony Mundine Anthony Mundine Jr. (born 21 May 1975) is an Australian former professional boxer and rugby league footballer. In boxing he competed from 2000 to 2021, and held the WBA super-middleweight title twice between 2003 and 2008. He also held the I ...

* Female Elder of the Year – Yvonne Agius * Male Elder of the Year – James Rice * Scholar of the Year – Marlina Whop * Sportsperson of the Year – Troy Murphy

1999 winners

* Youth of the Year – Samantha Cook and

Jeremy Geia Murrumu Walubara Yidindji (born 1974), also known by his former western name Jeremy Geia, is a Yidinji people, Yidindji man, former journalist, and Aboriginal Australians, Australian Aboriginal activist. He is the foreign affairs minister of the S ...

(Joint winners) * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Gary Bonney * Artist of the Year –

Wenten Rubuntja Wenten Rubuntja (c. 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist, Aboriginal rights activist, and historian. Wenten was born at Bart's Creek, about 56 km north of Alice Springs. A meeting of representatives of Central Australian Aboriginal co ...

* Poster Competition Winner – Warick Keen * Person of the Year – Bob Randall * Male Elder of the Year – Geoff Shaw * Female Elder of the Year – Zona Martin * Scholar of the Year – Tracey Brand * Sportsperson of the Year –

Nicky Winmar Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar (born 25 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career for and the in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as in the West Australian Football League. Growing up in Pin ...

* Torres Strait Senior Cultural Award –

1998 winners

* Youth of the Year – Nicole Casser and Delson Stokes Jnr (Joint winners) * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – June Djaigween * Artist of the Year – Raymond Blanco * Poster Competition Winner – Ray Thomas * Person of the Year –

Pat Dodson Patrick Lionel Djargun Dodson (born 29 January 1948) is an Australian politician representing Western Australia in the Australian Senate. He is a Yawuru elder from Broome, Western Australia. He has been chairman of the Council for Aboriginal R ...

and

Mick Dodson Michael James Dodson (born 10 April 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian barrister, academic, and member of the Yawuru people in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia. His brother is Pat Dodson, also a noted Abor ...

(Joint winners) * Male Elder of the Year – George Mye * Female Elder of the Year –

Queenie McKenzie Queenie McKenzie (Nakarra) (formerly Oakes, or Mingmarriya) (c. 1915 – 16 November 1998) was an Aboriginal Australian artist. She was born on Old Texas Station, on the western bank of the Ord River in the East Kimberley. Early life M ...

* Scholar of the Year – Raymond (Jack) Gibson * Sportsperson of the Year – Ali Drummond

1997 winners

* Youth of the Year – Kyle Morrison * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year –

Kasey Wehrman Kasey Wehrman (born 16 August 1977) is an Australian footballer. Wehrman has Indigenous Australian ancestry. Club career Born in Cloncurry, having impressed as a youth player with the Queensland Academy of Sport, Wehrman signed with National ...

* Artist of the Year – Ron Corbett * Poster Competition Winner – Eleanor Binge * Person of the Year – Ray Robinson * Male Elder of the Year – Eric Walker * Female Elder of the Year – Una Walker * Scholar of the Year – John Williams Mozeley * Sportsperson of the Year –

* Miss NAIDOC – Vicky Hextall

1996 winners

* Youth of the Year – Yvonne Marika * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Jade Johnson * Artist of the Year – Jonathon Brown * Poster Competition Winner – * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander of the Year – Tauto Sansbury * Elder of the Year – Freda Winmar * Scholar of the Year – Jill Abdulla * Aboriginal Sportsperson of the Year – Derek Kickett * Miss National NAIDOC – Nevanka McKeon

1995 winners

* Youth of the Year – Timothy Lilley * Apprentice of the Year – Robert Hudson * Poster competition winner – Ian Wallan Hill * Aboriginal of the Year – Reg Blow * Artist of the Year – Richard Mullet * Scholar of the Year – Graham Atkinson * Sportsperson of the Year – Rohan Best

1994 winners

* Youth of the Year – Vanessa Fitzgerald * Apprentice/Trainee of the Year – Darren Braydon * Artist of the Year – Rex Murray * Poster Competition Winner – Dale Huddleston and Scott Towney * Person of the Year –

Ernie Dingo Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to: People * Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive * Ernie Adams (disambiguation) * Ernie Afaganis (born ...

* Scholar of the Year – Rosie Smith * Sportsperson of the Year –

Kyle Vander Kuyp Kyle Bernard Vander-Kuyp (born 30 May 1971 in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney), is an Indigenous Australian athlete of the Worimi and Yuin tribe of North and South Coast New South Wales. At 5 weeks of age, he was adopted by Pat and Ben Vander-Kuyp ...

1993 winners

* Aboriginal of the Year – Charles Perkins * Scholar of the Year – Glenda Kickett

1992 winners

* Youth of the Year – Shane Simpson * Apprentice of the Year – David Pidek * Artist of the Year – Danny Eastwood and John Harding (joint winners) * Poster Competition Winner – Heather Shearer * Aboriginal of the Year – Mrs Geraldine Briggs * Scholar of the Year – Natalie Barney * Sportsperson of the Year – Robert Peden

1991 winners

* Aboriginal of the Year – David Wowaljarlai * Junior Award – Les Ritchie-Corlett * Poster Competition Winner – Ron Hurley

Winners 1985–1990

1990 winners

* Aboriginal of the Year – Shirley Smith (Mum Shirl)

1989 winners

* Aboriginal 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 ...

1988 winners

* Youth of the Year – Cain Muir * Apprentice of the Year – Shaun Thompson * Artist of the Year – Ramingining Artists Community * Poster Competition Winner – * Aboriginal of the Year – Alice Kelly * Scholar of the Year – Ron James * Sportsperson of the Year – Tony Currie

1987 winners

* Youth of the Year – Ron Ingram * Apprentice of the Year – Alanna Speedy * Artist of the Year – Jack Wunuwun * Poster Competition Winner – Lawrie Nilsen * Aboriginal of the Year – Sister

Joan Winch Marie Joan Winch (commonly known as Joan Winch, born 9 June 1935) is an Indigenous Australian nurse and educator. Birth and early life Winch was born on 9 June 1935 in Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of t ...

* Aboriginal Scholar of the Year – Norma Joshua * Aboriginal Sportsperson of the Year – Catherine Hillard

1986 winners

* Apprentice of the Year – Thomas Wear * Artist of the Year – James Agius * Poster Competition Winner – * Aboriginal of the Year –

Kathy Mills Kathleen Mary Mills (née McGinness; 6 April 1936 – 24 April 2022), also known as Mooradoop and Aunty Kathy, was an Australian community leader, singer, Aboriginal elder and activist. She had a large family, all musical, with several of her d ...

* Scholar of the Year –

Eve Fesl Eve Mumewa Doreen Fesl is an academic in sociolinguistic policy and implementation and the first Indigenous Australian to receive a PhD from an Australian university in 1989. She is a member of both the Gubbi Gubbi people, Gubbi Gubbi (through h ...

* Sportswoman of the Year – Phynea Clarke * Sportsman of the Year – Warren Lawton

1985 winners

* Apprentice of the Year – Lester Rigney * Artist of the Year – Justine Saunders * Poster Competition Winner – * Aboriginal of the Year –

Kath Walker Oodgeroo Noonuccal ( ; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, later Kath Walker (3 November 192016 September 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. Noonuccal was best known for ...

* Scholar of the Year – Rhonda Dadleh * Sportsperson of the Year –

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