won two awards from four nominations. |- | 2004 | Perfect Pearl | ARIA Award for Best World Music Album | |- | 2006 | Island Way | Best World Music Album | |- | 2009 | Sailing Home | Best World Music Album | |- | 2016 | An Old Man of the Sea | Best World Music Album | |- Australia Council for the Arts The Australia Council for the Arts is the arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. Since 1993, it has awarded a Red Ochre Award. It is presented to an outstanding Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander) artist for lifetime achievement. |- | 2005 | himself | Red Ochre Award | |- National Indigenous Music Awards The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) recognise excellence, dedication, innovation and outstanding contribution to the Northern Territory music industry. They commenced in 2004. |- | National Indigenous Music Awards 2013 | himself | Hall of Fame Inductee | |- Queensland Music Awards The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. |- |2019 | himself | Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award | |- References External links Media release - Central Queensland University, Rockhampton . Seaman Dan gains Red Ochre Award 3 January 2006 Seaman Dan AM, Q150 digital story, Living Queensland, State Library of Queensland 1929 births 2020 deaths ARIA Award winners Indigenous Australian musicians Australian people of Jamaican descent Australian people of New Caledonian descent Australian people of Niuean descent Australian songwriters Australian male singers Torres Strait Islands culture Torres Strait Islanders Members of the Order of Australia