| National Indigenous Music Awards 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 August 2016 |
| Venue | The Amphitheatre Botanical Gardens, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Most awards | Gawurra (4) |
| Most nominations | Gawurra & Gurrumul (5) |
| Website | nima |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | National Indigenous Television |
The National Indigenous Music Awards 2016 were the 13th annual National Indigenous Music Awards.
The nominations were announced on 31 July 2016 and the awards ceremony was held on 6 August 2016.[1]
The theme for this year's award was Protest Songs. The year, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 and 25 years since the release of Yothu Yindi's Tribal Voice.[2]
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