Norma O'Hara Murphy

Norma O'Hara Murphy is an Australian country music singer and songwriter.[2] Her album Closer Now was nominated for a 1995 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[3] In 1989 she was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame.[4] She has won five Golden Guitars.[5]

Norma O'Hara Murphy
Also known asNorma Murphy
BornMurray Valley, Victoria Australia[1]
GenresCountry
Websitenormaoharamurphy.net

Discography
  • Rodeo Queen (1982) - Country Records
  • Vanishing Horsemen (1985) - Selection Records
  • River Gums & Mallee Dust (1987) - Selection Records
  • Colours (1989) - Festival Records
  • Closer Now (1990) - Festival Records
  • Norma's Best (1991) - Festival Records
  • Winds Of Change (1993) - Festival Records
  • Sweet Rain (1995) - Larrikin Records
  • Live In Bundaberg (1999) - Gumleaf Music
  • Whiskey Gully Road (2010) - Bony Mountain Music
  • Best of Me (2011)
  • The Celtic Connection (volume one) (2011) - Bony Mountain Music
  • The Celtic Connection (volume two) (2013) - Bony Mountain Music
  • Solid Gold (2014) - Bony Mountain Music
  • Sweet Love (2017) - Bony Mountain Music

Awards

Country Music Awards of Australia

The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973.[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1986 "How the Fire Queen Crossed the Swamp" Heritage Award Won
1991 "Sarah's Memory" Female Vocalist of the Year Won
1993 "Tamworth" Female Vocalist of the Year Won
2001 "Paddy William" (performed by Slim Dusty, written by Norma O'Hara Murphy) Bush Ballad of the Year Won
2003 "Just An Old Cattle Dog" (performed by Slim Dusty, written by Norma O'Hara Murphy) Bush Ballad of the Year Won
  • Note: wins only

References
  1. "NORMA O'HARA MURPHY". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. Emery, Lee (23 June 2011), "Country queen finds voice", The NewsMail
  3. "ARIA Awards Best Country Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. Watson, Chad, "Norma O'Hara MURPHY (1989)", Australian Country Music Hands of Fame
  5. Brown, Jayden (20 January 2014), "Norma O'Hara Murphy makes Australian Bush Laureate Awards", Gladstone Observer
  6. "Past Award Winners". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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