Music

• Male Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley is a multi-award-winning country musician from New South Wales, Australia.He released his first EP, "Dream Out Loud", in 1994 and was nominated for his first Golden Guitar for Best Male Vocalist the same year...
  
  
• Female Artist of the Year: Christine Anu
  Christine Anu
  -Early life:Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to a Torres Strait Islander mother from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.-Career:Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993...
  
  
• Most Promising New Talent in Music: South West Syndicate
  South West Syndicate
  South West Syndicate were an Australian hip-hop collective from Sydney. They started performing in 1992. and have been made up of Aboriginal, Lebanese-Australian, Pacific Islander, Croatian, German and Anglo hip hop artists...
  
  
• Band of the Year: NoKTuRNL
  NoKTuRNL
  Nokturnl is a band formed in 1996 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Sometimes called rap metal their music is hard to categorise, but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians. Nokturnl won "Band of the Year" at The Deadlys in 1998, 2000 and 2003.They...
  
  
• Country Artist of the Year: Todd Williams
  Todd Williams (singer)
  Todd Williams is a singer and songwriter from Dubbo. Williams was the first indigenous winner of the Starmaker prize at Tamworth and won a Deadly in 2003 for Best Country Artist. His debut album Ten 'Till Midnight was recorded live and was released in 2004....
  
  
• Single of the Year: Down River - The Wilcannia Mob
  The Wilcannia Mob
  The Wilcannia Mob is a rap/hip-hop musical group of five aboriginal boys from Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia. The group members are Wally Ebsworth, Keith Dutton, Colin "Colroy" Johnson, Lendal King, and Buddy Blair...
  
  
• Album of the Year: Shakaya - Shakaya
  Shakaya
  Shakaya were a two-piece girl group from Australia, that consisted of Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, two Cairns, North Queensland based songwriters and performers. The two met at the Atsic Music College in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander music course and they had...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music: Archie Roach
  Archie Roach
  Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
  
   and Ruby Hunter
  Ruby Hunter
  Ruby Charlotte Margaret Hunter was an Australian singer and songwriter. She was a member of the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal nationality, and often performed with her partner, Archie Roach, whom she met at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers...
  
  

Sport

• Male Sportsperson of the Year: Anthony Mundine
  Anthony Mundine
  Anthony Mundine is an Australian professional boxer and former rugby league footballer.He is the current interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion boxer, former two-time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, former IBO Middleweight Champion and New South Wales State of Origin representative footballer....
  
  
• Female Sportsperson of the Year: Cathy Freeman
  Cathy Freeman
  Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
  
  
• Most Promising New Talent in Sport: Daniel Motlop
  Daniel Motlop
  Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Football: Rhys Wesser
  Rhys Wesser
  Rhys Joseph "Sugar" Wesser is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the NRL...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Kyle Vander-Kuyp

The arts

• Male Actor of the Year: Aaron Pedersen
  Aaron Pedersen
  Aaron Pedersen is an Australian television and film actor of Arrente/Arabana Australian Aboriginal descent.-Career:Prior to Aaron's acting career, Aaron plied his trade as a journalist with ABC2 at Elsternwick studios in Melbourne....
  
  
• Female Actor of the Year: Deb Mailman
• Male Dancer of the Year: Albert David
• Female Dancer of the Year: Frances Rings
  Frances Rings
  Frances Rings is an Indigenous Australian dancer, choreographer and television presenter. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia and is a descendant of the Kokatha people...
  
  

Community

• Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education: Tranby Aboriginal College
• Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: Redfern AMS
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Broadcaster of the Year: Lola Forrester – SBS
  Special Broadcasting Service
  The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
  
  

External links

• Deadlys 2003 winners at Vibe
  VIBE
  Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists, actors and other entertainers...