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This year’s list of nominees reads likes a roll call of Indigenous excellence, with Olympic athletes and champion football stars jostling for position alongside internationally recognised artists, acclaimed authors and award-winning educators.

As the NRL celebrates 100 years and the AFL commemorates its 150th anniversary, some of the codes’ greatest players have garnered Deadly nominations, including Greg Inglis, Greg Bird, Shaun Burgoyne and David Wirrpanda.

The first Indigenous field athlete to represent Australia at the Olympics, discus thrower Benn Harradine, is up for Male Sportsperson of the Year, along with fellow Olympians Jade North (soccer) Patrick Mills (basketball) and NBA star Nathan Jawai.

Three female Indigenous Olympians have also earned nominations: Rohanee Cox (basketball), Stacey Porter (softball) and 16-year-old Paralympian Tahlia Rotumah.

The angelic voice of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has touched the hearts of countless Australians this year, a fact that has been made evident by his nomination in three categories - Single, Album and Artist of the Year.

Also gaining her first nomination is Tammy Clarkson who is up for Actor of the Year for her role in SBS TV's The Circuit. against East West 101 star Aaron Fa’aoso, City Homicide star Aaron Pedersen and Helpmann Award winner Leah Purcell.

And the nominees are . . . .

MUSIC
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT IN MUSIC
Don Bemrose
Adam James
Leah Flanagan Band
Impossible Odds

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Did it Again - Casey Donovan
From Little Things Big Things Grow
- the Get Up Mob
Going Home - Charlie Trindall
History (I Was Born Blind)
- Gurrumul Yunupingu

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chrissie’s Island Family - Christine Anu
Second Chance - Sharon Lane
Journey - Archie Roach
Gurrumul - Gurrumul Yunupingu

BAND OF THE YEAR
The Black Arm Band
Max Judo
Street Warriors
Tjimba and the Yung Warriors

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
William Barton
Troy Cassar-Daley
Dan Sultan
Gurrumul Yunupingu

SPORT
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT IN SPORT
Willie Kickett - Boxing
Cyril Rioli - AFL
Tahlia Rotumah - Paralympics
Chris Sandow - NRL

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AFL
Shaun Burgoyne
Lance Franklin
Adam Goodes
David Wirrpanda

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NRL
Greg Inglis
Scott Prince
Sam Thaiday

FEMALE SPORTSPERSON OF YEAR
Rohanee Cox - Basketball
Bianca Franklin - Netball
Samantha Hinton - Cricket
Stacey Porter - Softball

MALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR
Benn Harradine - Discus
Nathan Jawai - Basketball
Patrick Mills - Basketball
Jade North - Soccer

THE ARTS
DANCER OF THE YEAR
Elma Kris
Sermsah Bin Saad, aka Suri
Patrick Thaiday
Yolande Brown

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tammy Clarkson - The Circuit
Aaron Fa’aoso - East West 101
Aaron Pedersen - City Homicide
Leah Purcell - The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table

VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Michael Cook
Vernon Ah Kee
Doreen Reid Nakamarra
Judy Watson

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM, TELEVISION OR THEATRE
Wayne Blair - Ruben Guthrie,
Jesus Hopped the A Train
Wesley Enoch -The Story of the Miracles
at Cookie’s Table
Trevor Jamieson and Scott Rankin
- Ngapartji Ngapartji
Darlene Johnson - River of No Return

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE
Anita Heiss & Peter Minter - Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature
Yvette Holt - anonymous premonition
Gayle Kennedy - Me, Antman and Fleabag
Tara June Winch - 2008 recipient of the International Rolex Mentor/Protégé Arts Initiative

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ENTERTAINMENT
The Chooky Dancers
Brad Cooke and Tony Currie
-The Barefoot Rugby League Show
Grant Hansen & Gilbert McAdam
- The Marngrook Footy Show
Stephen Page - Bangarra Dance Theatre



COMMUNITY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EDUCATION
Brian Dowd - Black on Track Consultants
Janny Ely - South Western Sydney TAFE
Dr Karen Martin - Southern Cross University
Paul Djolpa McKenzie - Maningrida CEC School

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH
Associate Professor Colleen Hayward - Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Dr Noel Hayman - Inala Indigenous Health
Lorian Hayes - National Indigenous Australian Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Education Network
Joyce Donovan - Human rights and health campaigner

BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Ella Geia - Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association
3CR Community Radio, Melbourne - Beyond the Bars Live Prison Braoadcast
Brad Cooke, Patrick Skene & Claude Williams - The Sweet Science, Koori Radio, Sydney
“Uncle” Peter Hill - The Shout Out Show, 98.9FM Queensland

YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR
Simone Liddy - 2008 Northern Territory Young Australian of the Year, NT
Matthew Cooke - Nhulundu Wooribah Indigenous Health Organisation, QLD
Jamie Tarrant - Worimi Land Council, Port Stephens, NSW
Aaron Matthews - Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA
Source: SBS