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{{short description|Australian Aboriginal singer-songwriter (1955–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = Ruby Hunter
| image             = Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach1.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Ruby Hunter (left) with partner [[Archie Roach]] at the 2009 [[Tamworth Country Music Festival]]
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = 
| alias             = Aunty Ruby
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1955|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Renmark, South Australia]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2010|02|17|1955|10|31|df=y}}
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar
| genre             = Folk, blues, roots
}}

'''Ruby Charlotte Margaret Hunter''' (31 October 1955{{spaced ndash}}17 February 2010), also known as '''Aunty Ruby''', was an [[Aboriginal Australian]] singer, songwriter and guitarist, and the life and musical partner of [[Archie Roach]].

==Early life==
Ruby Hunter was born on 31 October 1955<ref name=austlit>{{cite web | title=Ruby Hunter | website=[[AustLit]] | date=12 October 2015 | url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A4967 | access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> near Renmark in [[South Australia]]. She was a [[Ngarrindjeri]], [[Kokatha]] and [[Pitjantjatjara]] woman.<ref name=npg>{{cite web | title=Ruby Hunter, b. 1955 | website=[[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)]] people | date=2018 | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/ruby-hunter-1955/ | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> Close to the time of her birth, her parents were living on the banks of a billabong near Renmark, having come to the [[Riverland]] to find work after the [[Swan Reach, South Australia|Swan Reach]] mission had closed in 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/SE01327b.htm| website=Find&Connect| title=Swan Reach Mission (1926 - 1946) | access-date= 19 March 2022 }}</ref><ref name=goat>{{cite web | last=Bradbrook | first=Sam | title=Push to rename Murray River island after iconic Aboriginal musician Ruby Hunter | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=18 March 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-18/ruby-hunter-island/100920168 | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> 

As a child Hunter lived with her brothers, Wally, Jeffrey and Robert, and sister Iris, with their grandmother and grandfather at the [[Aboriginal reserve]] at [[Point McLeay]] (later called Raukkan) on [[Lake Alexandrina (South Australia)|Lake Alexandrina]] in the [[Coorong]] region of South Australia.<ref name=tellmewhy/> One day, when Ruby was eight years old,<ref name =smhobit>{{cite news|first =Bernard|last =Zuel| work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |title =Nurturing force of nature sang of Australia's sorry past: Ruby Hunter, 1955-2010|date=22 February 2010 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/nurturing-force-of-nature-sang-of-australias-sorry-past-20100221-onuf.html}}</ref> Wally was taken off the street by government officials, and then the men took the rest of the children from their home, under the pretext that they were being taken to the circus. Thereafter Ruby lived in institutions and foster care, as one of the [[Stolen Generations]].<ref name=tellmewhy>{{cite book|first =Archie|last=Roach|title =Tell me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music |date=2019|publisher =Simon & Schuster |isbn =9781760850166|pages=125–126, 234–235}}</ref> Hunter was placed in [[Seaforth Children's Home]]<ref name=npg/> in the Adelaide seaside suburb of [[Somerton Park, South Australia|Somerton Park]],<ref name=facconv>{{cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/sa/SE00080| website=Find&Connect| title=Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)| access-date= 20 March 2022 }}</ref> and later with a [[foster family]].<ref name=npg/> After having an argument with her foster brother, she was placed at [[Enfield, South Australia#History|Vaughan House]], which was a 'home for wayward girls' in the northern [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Enfield, South Australia|Enfield]].<ref name=theads>{{cite web| url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2235744.htm |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| series= Talking heads, with Peter Thomson| date= 12 May 2008|title= Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116005854/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2235744.htm| archive-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

Hunter met her partner for life, [[Archie Roach]], at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers,<ref name=theads/> at the [[Pirie Street, Adelaide#History and notable buildings|Salvation Army People's Palace]], on [[Pirie Street, Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Archie Roach tells his story right and true in memoir Tell Me Why|first=Walter|last=Marsh | website=[[The Adelaide Review]] | date=3 November 2019 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/latest/2019/11/04/archie-roach-memoir-tell-me-why/ | access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> It was Roach who inspired Hunter to learn to play the [[guitar]] and write her own music.<ref name=austlit/>

==Performing career==
Hunter first performed in public in 1988 during a festival at [[Bondi Pavilion]] in [[Sydney]], where she performed "Proud, Proud Woman," the first song she had written.<ref name="Lusk">{{cite news|last=Lusk|first=Jon|title=Ruby Hunter: Pioneering Aboriginal singer and songwriter| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ruby-hunter-pioneering-aboriginal-singer-and-songwriter-1920141.html|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=12 March 2010}}</ref> In 1990, she wrote the autobiographical "[[Down City Streets]]", which was performed by Roach on his debut solo album ''[[Charcoal Lane]]''.<ref name="Lusk"/> In 1994, Hunter became the first [[Indigenous Australian]] woman to record a solo rock album, and the first Aboriginal woman signed to a major [[record label]], when she released her debut album ''Thoughts Within''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ruby Hunter|url=http://www.vibe.com.au/news/ruby-hunter|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=Deadly Vibe|date=March 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908081805/http://www.vibe.com.au/news/ruby-hunter|archive-date=8 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first =Archie|last=Roach|title =Tell me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music |date=2019|publisher =Simon & Schuster |isbn =9781760850166|page=252}}</ref> The album launched her career as a performer and songwriter.<ref name=austlit/>

Thereafter, she toured with Roach, both within Australian and overseas, releasing her second album ''Feeling Good'' in May 2000. Also in that year, Hunter appeared in a [[feature film|feature]]-length [[documentary film]], ''Land of the Little Kings'', which told the stories of Indigenous children affected by [[stolen generation|being forcibly removed from their families]].<ref name=austlit/> The name of the film derives from a song by [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], which is sung by Roach in the film. In the film, Hunter returns to her childhood home for the first time, and relates the story of her childhood. The film won a [[Human Rights Awards (Australia)|Human Rights Award]] in the television category in 2000.<ref name=littlekings>{{cite web | title=Land of the Little Kings | website=[[Ronin Films]] | url=https://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/616/land-of-little-kings.html | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>

In 2001 Hunter made her acting debut in the award-winning feature fiction film ''[[One Night the Moon]]'', directed by [[Rachel Perkins]] and starring Paul Kelly.<ref name=npg/><ref>{{IMDb title|290794|One Night the Moon}}</ref>

With Roach, [[Paul Grabowsky]] and his [[Australian Art Orchestra]] (AAO), she wrote and performed the concert ''[[Ruby's Story]]'', which tells her life story through song and spoken word.<ref name=smhrev2004>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/rubys-story-20040607-gdj2mx.html|title=Ruby's Story |publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=7 June 2004 |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> The production debuted at the [[Message Sticks Festival]] at the [[Sydney Opera House]] in June 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadlyvibe.com.au/2007/11/archie-roach-ruby-hunter/|title=Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter |publisher=Deadly Vibe|date= November 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412221819/https://www.deadlyvibe.com.au/2007/11/archie-roach-ruby-hunter/| archive-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> to good reviews.<ref name=smhrev2004/> In 2004, the soundtrack won the [[Deadly Awards 2004|Deadly Award for Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score]], and the show went on to tour nationally and internationally until 2009.<ref name=aao>{{cite web|url=http://www.aao.com.au/rubysstory/|title=Ruby's Story |website=Australian Art Story| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226214753/http://www.aao.com.au/rubysstory| archive-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> The soundtrack was released as an album on [[Compact Disc|CD]] and as a [[Music download|digital download]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/ruby/125463622|title=Ruby (DD)|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

In October 2004 a new concert, once again a collaboration with Roach, Grabowsky and the AAO, entitled ''Kura Tungar – Songs from the River'', premiered at the [[Melbourne International Arts Festival]],<ref name=wash>{{cite web | title=About the film | website=Wash My Soul Film| url=https://washmysoulfilm.com/about-the-film/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> which was directed by [[Robyn Archer]] that year.<ref>{{cite web | title=Melbourne Festival: 08-25 October. | website=Melbourne Festival | url=http://2015.festival.melbourne/about/festival-history/past-festivals/2004-festival/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> The concert, which was directed by Patrick Nolan, told stories from the two performers' lives, and featured songs about the Murray River and Ngarrindjeri Country, Ruby's home. The music used Roach and Hunter's lyrics and chords combined with Grabowsky and the AAO's [[jazz fusion|contemporary jazz]] orchestration. It played to [[full house (audience)| full houses]] which gave [[standing ovation]]s and was later performed at the [[Sydney Opera House]] and [[Adelaide Festival Centre]]. In 2005 ''Kura Tungar'' won the [[Helpmann Award]] for the Best Contemporary Australian Concert at the [[5th Helpmann Awards]].<ref name=wash/>

In 2005, Hunter was invited by [[Deborah Conway]] to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, where they performed their own and each other's songs.<ref name="Elliott">{{Cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/ladys-night-at-the-beckoning-microphone/2008/08/18/1218911561072.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 | title = Lady's Night at the Beckoning Microphone | last = Elliott | first = Tim | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | publisher = Fairfax Media | date = 19 August 2008 | access-date = 5 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name=npg/> With Hunter and Conway were [[Sara Storer]], [[Katie Noonan]] and [[Clare Bowditch]].<ref name="Broad2005">{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadfestival.com/broad_2005.html | title = Broad 2005 | publisher = Broad Festival | access-date = 5 June 2011 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708094805/http://www.broadfestival.com/broad_2005.html | archive-date = 8 July 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=npg/>

==Personal life ==
Hunter and Roach had a close and lifelong bond from the moment of their meeting, sharing a deep love that nourished both of them. They had two sons and officially fostered three children.<ref name=tellmewhy/> They also mentored teenagers in the family home; unofficially, Roach estimated around 15 to 20 further children over the years.<ref name=dow2022/>

Hunter said that her proudest achievement was keeping her family together as a stable unit.<ref name=npg/>

==Death and legacy==
Hunter died of a [[heart attack]] on 17 February 2010, aged 54.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/national/singer-ruby-hunter-dies-20100218-oelz.html "Singer Ruby Hunter dies"], The Age, 18 February 2010</ref> Her partner [[Archie Roach]] established Ruby's Foundation to help continue her legacy. The foundation is dedicated to creating opportunities for Aboriginal people through the promotion, celebration and support of [[Australian Aboriginal culture|Aboriginal arts and culture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rubysfoundation.com.au/Rubys_Foundation/About.html |title=About |website= Ruby's Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210004847/http://rubysfoundation.com.au/Rubys_Foundation/About.html |archive-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=fb>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheRubyHunterFoundation/|title= Ruby Hunter Foundation |website=[[Facebook]] | access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>

At the 2020 [[National Indigenous Music Awards]], Hunter was inducted into its Hall of Fame.<ref name="NIMA2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-08/baker-boy-wins-three-gongs-at-national-indigenous-music-awards/ |title=Baker Boy wins top prize at National Indigenous Music Awards, Ruby Hunter inducted into Hall of Fame |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=8 August 2020 |access-date=9 August 2020 |author=Gooley, Cameron}}</ref>

''[[Wash My Soul in the River's Flow]]'' (2021), written and directed by Philippa Bateman and produced by Bateman, Kate Hodges and Archie Roach, is a feature-length documentary based on the 2004 concert ''Kura Tungar-Songs from the River'', featuring Roach, Hunter, Paul Grabowsky and the Australian Art Orchestra,<ref name=wash/> in which Hunter and Roach sing about the Murray River and Ngarrindjeri lands.<ref name=screenaus>{{cite web | title=Wash My Soul in the River's Flow (2022) - The Screen Guide | website=Screen Australia | url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/wash-my-soul-in-the-rivers-flow-2022/39609/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{imdb title|14985732|Wash My Soul in the River's Flow}}</ref> The film also tells of the love story between Hunter and Roach, and is interspersed with vision of [[The Coorong]]. Hunter is featured wearing [[Australian pelican|pelican]] feathers, with Roach explaining that she was a pelican in the [[Dreamtime]] and that her spirit has returned to being a pelican.<ref name=dow2022>{{cite web | last=Dow | first=Steve | title=Archie Roach on meeting, loving and losing Ruby Hunter: 'She had this glint in her eye' | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=15 February 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/16/archie-roach-on-meeting-loving-and-losing-ruby-hunter-she-had-this-glint-in-her-eye | access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> The film had its [[world premiere]] at the [[Brisbane International Film Festival]] in October 2021<ref>{{cite web | title=Wash My Soul in the River's Flow | website=Brisbane International Film Festival | date=30 September 2021 | url=https://biff.com.au/film/wash-my-soul-in-the-rivers-flow/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> and was an official selection for the [[Sydney Film Festival]] and the [[Melbourne International Film Festival]] in December 2021.<ref name=washhome>{{cite web | title=Home| website=Wash My Soul Film| url=https://washmysoulfilm.com/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Wash My Soul in the River's Flow (2021) - 6 & 7 Dec Music on Film | website=[[Australian Centre for the Moving Image]] | date=11 November 2021 | url=http://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/music-on-film-in-cinemas/wash-my-soul-in-the-rivers-flow/ | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> 

In 2022, two side-by-side pillar-shaped monuments were erected on the shores of [[Lake Bonney Riverland|Lake Bonney]] at [[Barmera]], in homage to Hunter and Roach. Glass [[mosaic]] artwork on the front side of each monument, designed by Hunter's sister-in-law, Rosslyn Richards, depict Hunter's Ngarrindjeri totem, the pelican ({{lang|mis|nori}}) and Roach's totem, the [[eagle]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Landau | first=Sophie | title=Monuments honouring Aunty Ruby Hunter and Uncle Archie Roach inspires next generation | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=3 May 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/ruby-hunter-archie-roach-monuments-inspire-next-generation/101032362 | access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> In 2024, a statue of Hunter and Roach was erected at [[Atherton Gardens]] in [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu |first=Andi |date=2024-11-30 |title=Statues of music legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter unveiled at a Melbourne park |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/archie-roach-ruby-hunter-statues-unveiled-fitzroy/104668158 |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 2023, the Roach and Hunter authored book ''Songs from the Kitchen Table'' was released, including lyrics, stories, photographs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neighbourhoodbooks.com/p/songs-from-the-kitchen-table|title=Songs from the Kitchen Table: Lyrics and Stories|website=Neighbourhood Books|date=2023|access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>

Hunter continues to be known affectionately as Aunty Ruby.<ref name=goat/><ref name=fb/>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;;"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Thoughts Within''
|
* Released: 1994
* Format: CD
* Label: [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]] <small>(MUSH32309.2)</small>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Feeling Good''
|
* Released: May 2000<ref name="austlit" />
* Format: CD
* Label: Mushroom <small>(MUSH332672)</small>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ruby (Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Paul Grabowsky and Australian Art Orchestra album)|Ruby]]'' <br />(with Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra & [[Paul Grabowsky]])
|
* Released: 2005
* Format: CD, Digital download
* Label: Australian Art Orchestra <small>(AAO16)</small>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs from the Kitchen Table'' <br />(with Archie Roach)
|
* Released: 31 May 2024
* Format: digital download
* Label: Archie Roach Foundation
|}

==Filmography==
*''[[Evil Angels (film)|Evil Angels]]'' (1988) as Judy Roberts<ref name="imdb" />
*''[[Correlli]]'' (TV miniseries, 1995)<ref name="imdb">{{imdb name|0403024}}</ref>
* ''The Land of Little Kings'' (2000)<ref name="austlit" />
*''[[One Night the Moon]]'' (2001) as Albert's wife<ref name="austlit" />
* ''Wash My Soul in the River's Flow'' (2021)<ref name="wash" />

==Publications==
* "A Change is Gonna Come", poem (1995), published in the journal ''[[Republica (journal)|Republica]]''<ref name="austlit" />
* Co-author (illustrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Took the Children Away (2020) |url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/took-the-children-away-archie-roach/book/9781760857219.html |website=[[Booktopia]]}}</ref>), with Roach, ''Took the Children Away'' (2010), a children's book created from the song; 30th anniversary edition shortlisted in 2021 [[Australian Book Industry Awards]], Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children<ref name="austlit" /><ref>{{cite web |date=11 April 2021 |title=ABIA 2021 Shortlist |url=https://abiawards.com.au/abia-2021-shortlist/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=ABIA}}</ref>

* Co-author, with Roach, ''Butcher paper, texta, black board and chalk'' (2012), a children's song-book which features Aboriginal songs about land, health and life. Many of the songs were written through songwriting and music workshops held by Hunter and Roach with children across [[Cape York Peninsula|Cape York]] in [[Queensland]].<ref name="austlit" />

==Awards and nominations==
===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]].<ref>{{cite web |website =ARIA |url =https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?text=Ruby%20hunter |title=History: Search results for "Ruby hunter"|access-date =1 February 2020}}</ref>

{{awards table}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]]
| ''Thoughts Within''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release|Best Indigenous Release]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2000|2000]]
| ''Feeling Good''
| Best Blues & Roots Album
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

===The Deadly Awards===
[[The Deadly Awards]], commonly known simply as The Deadlys, was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The ran from 1995 to 2013.

{{awards table}}
|-
| [[Deadly Awards 2000|2000]]
| Hunter
| Female Artist of the Year<ref name=npg/>
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Deadly Awards 2003|2003]]
| Hunter and Roach
| Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music<ref name=npg/>
| {{yes2|awarded}}
|-
| [[Deadly Awards 2004|2004]]
| ''[[Ruby's Story]]'' {{small|(with Roach and [[Paul Grabowsky]] )}}
| Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score<ref name=npg/>
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}

===Helpmann Awards===
The [[Helpmann Awards]] is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' (LPA) since 2001.<ref name=lpa>{{cite web | title=Events & Programs| website=Live Performance Australia | url=https://liveperformance.com.au/events-programs/ | access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> 

{{awards table}}
|-
| [[5th Helpmann Awards|2005]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/2005-helpmann-awards-winners-list/2005/08/08/1123353256847.html|title=2005 Helpmann Awards winners list - Entertainment|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2016-07-12}}</ref> || ''Kura Tungar: Songs from the River'' (with Archie Roach) || Best Australian Contemporary Concert || {{won}}
|-
{{end}}

===National Indigenous Music Awards===
The [[National Indigenous Music Awards]] recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia. They commenced in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnt.com.au/national-indigenous-music-awards/about-the-awards/2014-winners/|title=2014 Winners - National Indigenous Music Awards|work=Musicnt.com.au|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-26/national-indigenous-music-awards-2015/6648458|title=National Indigenous Music Awards 2015: Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan named joint artists of the year|date=5 October 2015|work=ABC News | access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="NIMA2020"/>

{{awards table}}
|-
| [[National Indigenous Music Awards 2020|2020]]
| herself
| Hall of Fame
| {{yes2|inductee}}
|-
{{end}}

===Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards===
The [[Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards]] commenced in 1984 and recognise outstanding achievements in dance, drama, comedy, music, opera, circus and puppetry.

{{awards table}}
|-
| 2009<ref name=npg/><ref name=smh2009>{{cite web | last=Beaumont | first=Lucy | title=Rich award no hoax for Archie and Ruby | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=27 March 2009 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/rich-award-no-hoax-for-archie-and-ruby-20141112-9eay.html | access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> || Ruby Hunter (with Archie Roach) || Individual Award || {{yes2|awarded}}
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{discogs artist|Ruby Hunter}}
*{{imdb name|0403024}}

{{Aboriginal South Australians}}

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