Life Summary - Jimmy Little - Indigenous Australia

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Life Summary

Name	Jimmy Little
Alternative Names	James Oswald Little
Born	1 March, 1937 Cummeragunja, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 April, 2012 (aged 75) Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Yuin Yorta Yorta Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Little, Marjorie Rose (wife) Little, Frances (mother) Little, James Kunkus (father) Peters, Henry (father-in-law) Little, Betty (sister) Little, Monica (sister) Little, Frederick (brother) Little, Colin (brother) Peters, Doug (brother-in-law) Thorne, Neville (friend) Williams, Claude (friend) Green, Cyril (friend) Stanley, Noel (colleague) Fisher, Bettie (colleague) Hardy, Colin (colleague) Merritt, Robert James (colleague) Hippai, Peter (related entry)
Occupation or Descriptor *	guitarist (1953-2012) New South Wales, Australia singer (1953-2012) New South Wales, Australia actor (film) (1960-1999) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1960-2012) New South Wales, Australia television entertainer (1961-1965) New South Wales, Australia country music singer (1965-2012) New South Wales, Australia carer (1995-2011) New South Wales, Australia benefactor (general) (2004-2012) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	National Living Treasure (Australia) (member) John Campbell Fellowship (Mo Awards) (recipient, 1997) ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album (recipient, 1999) ARIA Hall of Fame (inductee, 1999) Deadly Award for Best Male Artist (recipient, 1999) Deadly Award for Best Single Release (recipient, 1999) Mo (entertainment) awards (recipient, 2003) Red Ochre Award [Lifetime Achievement] (Australia Council for the Arts) (recipient, 2003) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2004) Ted Albert Award (APRA) (recipient, 2010) Golden Guitar for Lifetime Achievement (Australian Country Music Awards) (recipient, 2011)
Legacies *	Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music (Deadly Award) (eponym) Jimmy Little Foundation (eponym)
Mission/Reserve *	Cummeragunja Reserve (NSW) (resident, 1937-1950)
Key Organisations *	Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs (president) All Coloured Show (member, 1962-1972) Jimmy Little Trio (member, 1964-1968) Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs (member, 1970) Koori United rugby team (Sydney) (president, 1970) National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Dance College (board member, 1987)

* Dates are approximate