Deadly Tribute to the Trailblazers 10 September 2013 Embargoed Until 7.30Pm, 10.9.2013
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THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSIC, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNITY AWARDS Deadly TRIBUTE to THE TrailblaZERS 10 September 2013 Embargoed until 7.30pm, 10.9.2013 he first Aboriginal barrister and magistrate in No surprises for NRL Player of the Year in Jonathan Australia,1 Pat O’Shane was honoured at the 2013 Thurston who enjoys a strong fan base amongst his Deadly Awards, winning the Marcia Langton people, and non-Indigenous Australians. Adam Goodes Award for Lifetime Achievement in Leadership. also picked up AFL Player of the Year, a testament T to the support he has both on and off the field. She was among AFL highflyer and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes who received the Hall of Fame Ella Award for Junior Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty won her first Lifetime Achievement in Sport, and world title winning boxer Deadly for Female Sportsperson of the Year. In the music Daniel Geale who is the 2013 Male Sportsperson of the Year. awards Jess Mauboy won in two categories, Single Release of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. Archie Roach’s recent It was a night for paying tribute to the trailblazers at album Into the Bloodstream was the Album of the Year. the 19th annual Deadlys, held at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday. Iconic singer/songwriter and Human Northern Territory singer Shellie Morris who recorded Rights Awardee Archie Roach also stepped onto the her album Together We Are Strong in the Yanuwa mainstage to receive his Deadly for the Lifetime language of her people, won the award for Excellence in Contribution Award for Healing the Stolen Generations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Advancement and ethnobotanist Gerry Turpin is the inaugural But there was room on the Deadlys stage for all the winner of Scientist or Science Project of the Year. winners from the Most Promising New Talent categories of music and sport, through to the television shows and Youth suicide prevention researcher and Indigenous mental films that are gaining ground with Australian audiences. health expert, and the first Indigenous psychologist in Australia, Professor Pat Dudgeon won the Deadly for Excellence ABC’s Redfern Now won Television Show of the Year and in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, while the The Sapphires took the Deadly for Film of the Year. Silver education award went to the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Logie winner Deb Mailman took the Deadly for Female education, health and wellbeing program aimed at Aboriginal Actor of the Year and, Redfern Now actor Luke Carroll and Torres Strait Islander girls aged 10-17 years of age. is the 2013 Male Actor of the Year, endorsing Redfern Now’s credentials amongst Australian audiences. Quit smoking campaign Rewrite Your Story Campaign, developed by Puiyurti (Don’t Smoke) Tackling Tobacco Most Promising New Talent in Music went to Program won the inaugural Excellence in Health Through Queanbeyan based group Stik n Move while Most the Promotion of Healthy and Smoke Free Lifestyles. Promising New Talent in Sport was awarded to up and coming Jillaroos hockey player Mariah Williams. 1. Retrieved from the National Library of Australia website: http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/621074?c=people THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSIC, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNITY AWARDS Published Book of the Year went to the central Australian The Deadlys is produced by Vibe Australia. It’s the biggest NPY Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation’s Traditional Indigenous awards night on the Australian calendar and Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari publication – the enjoys strong support from Indigenous communities across Ngangkari are traditional healers and the book is an absorbing the country, and across non-Indigenous Australia. collection of first-hand accounts, tracing the personal histories from pre-contact time through to the present. The Deadlys® 2013 will air on SBS ONE on Sunday 14 September at 9.30pm and repeated on NITV on On a night where performing artists were honoured Wednesday 18 September at 9.30pm. You can keep as role models, Arrente man, actor and one of the up to date with all the Deadlys® news at facebook. first Aboriginal men from South Australia to enlist com/vibeaustralia and through Twitter @Deadly_Vibe in the Korean War, Steve Mullawalla Dodd was #deadlys. You can also head to www.deadlys.com.au and honoured through the Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime subscribe to Deadly Vibe Wire at www.vibe.com.au Achievement in Music and the Performing Arts. For media enquiries, contact Maryann Weston Steve has earned his stripes on film and television sets on 02 4822 8230 or [email protected] in a career that spanned 67 years. Born in 1928, Steve has performed in some of Australia’s most prominent movies including Gallipoli, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Ground Zero, and in television drama: Homicide, Division 4, Rush and the Flying Doctors. THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSIC, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNITY AWARDS MUSIC ARTS MOST PROMISING NEW DANCER OF THE YEAR* EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH TALENT IN MUSIC* Ella Havelka THROUGH THE PROMOTION Stik n Move OF HEALTHY AND SMOKE VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR* FREE LIFESTYLES* SINGLE RELEASE OF THE YEAR Brenda Croft Rewrite Your Story Campaign, developed by Jessica Mauboy “Something’s Puiyurti (Don’t Smoke) Tackling Tobacco Program Got a Hold on Me” MALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR Luke Carroll (Redfern Now) JOURNALISM STORY OF THE YEAR* ALBUM OF THE YEAR NITV News – Shayden and Junaid Archie Roach – Into the Bloodstream FEMALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR Thorne in Saudi Arabia BAND OF THE YEAR Deborah Mailman Street Warriors FILM OF THE YEAR HALL OF FamE* MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR The Sapphires THE ELLA AWARD FOR LIFETIME Troy Cassar-Daley ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORT TELEVISION SHOW OF THE YEAR Adam Goodes FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Redfern Now – ABC Jessica Mauboy THE JIMMY LITTLE AWARD FOR PUBLISHED BOOK OF THE YEAR* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR NPY Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation Steve Dodd Yung Warriors (Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari) THE MARCIA LANGTON AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT SPORT COMMUNITY IN LEADERSHIP HEALTH* Pat O’Shane MOST PROMISING NEW Professor Pat Dudgeon TALENT IN SPORT* Mariah Williams THE LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION EDUCATION* AWARD FOR HEALING THE Deadly Sista Girlz and the David STOLEN GENERATIONS AFL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Wirrpanda Foundation Archie Roach Adam Goodes HEALTH WORKER OF THE YEAR NRL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Leonie Morcome – Biripi Aboriginal Johnathan Thurston Medical Service FEMALE SPORTSPERSON EMPLOYMENT* OF THE YEAR Koori Job Ready Ashleigh Barty COMMUNITY BROADCASTER MALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR* OF THE YEAR John Harding – 3CR Daniel Geale CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT* Shellie Morris SCIENTIST OR SCIENCE *These awards are judged by PROJECT OF THE YEAR* the Deadly Executive Academy Gerry Turpin 3 I 2013 Deadlys WINNER PROFILES THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSIC, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNITY AWARDS 19TH DEADLYS WINNER PROFILES MUSIC Most Promising New Talent in Music Stik n Move Stik n Move is a new collaboration between Queanbeyan hip hop performers (and brothers-in-law) Nathan Carter and Michael Weir. Both have been performing solo for more than a decade, but after performing together at a NAIDOC event in 2012, the boys decided to join forces and Stik n Move was born. Carter goes by the stage name TooDeadly, while Weir is known as Wizz. With a confident and edgy delivery, Stik n Move is not out to make shiny pop music but rather give their listeners something to think about and, in their own words, “unite and empower”. They are currently working on their debut album, which is set to be released later in the year. Single Release of the Year Jessica Mauboy - Something’s Got a Hold on Me Pop Princess Jessica Mauboy released a cover of Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” on 27 February this year as a single. It later went on to be used as the theme song for the 2013 NRL season and peaked on the charts at number 26. In April, Jessica Mauboy was ranked at number 16 on the Herald-Sun’s list of the 100 Greatest Australian Singers of All Time, as well as making appearances on shows like The Voice, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She has been in the US working on her third studio album, which is due for release later this year. “To the End of the Earth”, the lead single from her upcoming album, was released on 17 July. She will embark on her “To the End of the Earth Tour” in November 2013 and January 2014. 4 I 2013 Deadlys WINNER PROFILES THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSIC, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNITY AWARDS MUSIC Album of the Year Archie Roach - Into the Bloodstream When making his latest album, Into the Bloodstream, Archie says that he “learned to look at pain differently”. The album is a triumphant return for Archie, who has spent the past few years recovering and healing from personal tragedy and loss. Having come through the other side of his struggles Archie has been able to write upbeat and positive songs that express the adage that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. In his own words Archie says the album talks “about getting on with life and going forward. Just keep going no matter what. Forget your troubles for awhile and get up and dance”. Thanks to its soulful, gospel and country heart, backed by big horns and organ rolls, getting up and moving to this album is not a big ask. Band of the Year Street Warriors Talented and passionate brothers Abie and Warrick Wright – aka Predator and Wok – make up the award-winning hip hop duo Street Warriors.