National Dreamtime Awards 2017

The 2017 National Dreamtime Awards was the inaugural National Dreamtime Awards event, held on 17 November 2017 at The Star, Sydney and were hosted by Luke Carroll and Shari Lee Niliwil Sebbo. The Awards program was broadcast nationally on NITV on 20 November 2017.^[1]

2017 Dreamtime Award recipients

The following individuals and organisations were awarded prizes in their various categories:^[1]^[2]

Dreamtime Person of the Year – Clinton Pryor
Dreamtime Lifetime Achievement – Rachel Perkins
Dreamtime Elder – Uncle Bill Yidumduma Harney
Male Music Artist – Gawurra
Female Music Artist – Jessica Mauboy
Male Actor – Rob Collins
Female Actor – Shari Sebbens
Media Person of the Year – Stan Grant
Male Sportsperson – Eddie Betts
Female Sportsperson – Ashleigh Barty
International Sportsperson – Patty Mills
Best New Sports Talent – Josh Addo-Carr
Community Person – Jeffery Amatto
Business of the Year – Something Wild
Community Organisation – Miromaa
Teacher of the Year – Nathan Towney
Institute of the Year – ACU Yalbalinga Indigenous Higher Education Unit
Student of the Year – Jessa Rogers

References

^ ^a ^b Morelli, Laura (20 November 2017). "Dreamtime Awards celebrate Australia's most influential Indigenous people". NITV. Australia: Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Introducing the winners of the 2017 Dreamtime Awards". Welcome to country. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.