Lindy Morrison will be presented with the 2014 Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at the APRA Music Awards in Brisbane on June 23rd.
The APRA Award will be a special moment for Lindy, who was a member of The Go-Betweens from 1980-1989. The Go Betweens were one of Brisbane’s greatest indie bands. Their song ‘Cattle and Cane’ is one of APRA’s Top 30 Australian Songs of All Time.
Lindy grew up in South Brisbane and earned a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Queensland in 1972. After graduating she joined the Aboriginal Legal Service. Morrison was its second full-time employee.
Morrison was living in a house in Brisbane with Geoffrey Rush which was where she learned to play drums. In 1980 Robert Forster and Grant McLellan invited Lindy to join their band The Go-Betweens.
With Morrison in the band, The Go-Betweens scored their biggest hit ‘Streets of Your Town’, which charted in both Australia and the UK. the album ’16 Lovers Lane’ was also the most commercial and successful, according to chart figures, that the band ever got to.
Lindy Morrison entered politics in 2003 and stood as the Australian Democrats candidate for the seat of Coogee in the New South Wales state elections that year.
In 2013 she was awarded the Order of Australia medal by Queen Elizabeth II.
The APRA Music Awards will be announced June 23 in Brisbane.
TED ALBERT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO AUSTRALIAN MUSIC
1991 Allan Healy
1992 John Sturman
1993 Peter Sculthorpe
1994 Ian Meldrum
1995 Harry Vanda and George Young
1996 Ron Tudor
1997 No awards
1998 Michael Gudinski
1999 Slim Dusty
2000 Triple J
2001 Charles Fischer
2002 Barry Chapman
2003 Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott
2004 Don Burrows
2005 Michael Chugg
2006 Bill Armstrong
2007 Michael McMartin
2008 Roger Davies
2009 Denis Handlin
2010 Jimmy Little
2011 Paul Kelly
2012 Mary Lopez
2013 The Seekers
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