Past Recipients


2022 Winners

  • Perpetual Gladys Elphick Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Lowitja O’Donoghue

  • Quiet Achiever Award - Renee Jessica Andrew (Coulthard)

  • Shirley Peisley Award - Sasha Houthuysen/Hill

  • Regional Award - Angelina Dunnett

  • Young Sisters Rising Star Award - Jasmine Miller

  • Young Sisters Dreaming Award - Tahana Chantrelle

2019 winners

  • Perpetual Gladys Elphick Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Kerry Colbung

  • Quiet Achiever Award - Colleen Strangways

  • Shirley Peisley Award - Donna Robb and Jessica Reid

  • Regional Award - Erin Woolford

  • Young Sisters Rising Star Award - Lilla Berry

  • Young Sisters Dreaming Award - Akaysha Hill

Young Sisters Rising Star Award recipient, Lilla Berry with her fellow dancers of the Indigenous dance group, Of Desert and Sea.

2018 winners

  • Perpetual Gladys Elphick Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Tjungkaya Tapaya

  • Quiet Achieve Award - Lorraine Wilson

  • Shirley Peisley Award - Kelly Harrington

  • Regional Award - Dawn Likouresis

  • Young Sisters Rising Star Award - Iteka Sanderson-Bromley

  • Young Sisters Dreaming Award (new in 2018) - Lauren Pickering

The 2018 Award winners: Iteka Sanderson-Bromley, Kelly Harrington, Lauren Pickering, Tjunkaya Tapaya, Lorraine Wilson and Dawn Likouresis.

2017 Winners

  • Gladys Elphick Perpetual Award - Dr Alice (Alitya) Rigney

  • Shirley Peisley Award - Deanne Hanchant-Nichols

  • Regional Award - Jennifer Scott and Shireen Jackson

  • Young Sisters Rising Star Award - Kahlia Power

  • Quiet Achievers Award - Jenni Caruso

2016 Winners 

  • Gladys Elphick Perpetual Award - Edie Nyimpula King

  • Shirley Peisley Award - Jacqueline AhKit

  • Regional Award - Vera Austin and Elsie Jackson

  • Young Sisters Rising Star Award - Wanita Calyun

  • Quiet Achievers Award - Susie Betts