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Ruby Hunter

Origin: Ngarrindjeri/Kukatha/Pitjantjatjara, Murray River, South Australia
Style: Folk

Discography

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Thoughts Within

Ruby Hunter - Thoughts Within.

This is Ruby Hunter's first solo album and the first solo album release by an Aboriginal woman in Australia.

Released 1994
Tracks
  1. Kurongk Boy, Kurongk Girl
  2. So Close, So Near
  3. Sister Yappa
  4. Let My Children Be
  5. Whos To Blame
  6. Proud, Proud Woman
  7. A Change is Gonna come
  8. Aunty Sissy
  9. Woman's Business
  10. Kutjeri Lady
  11. Wet Heart, No Tears
  12. I've Been Waiting
  13. Modern Day Girl

Feeling Good

Ruby Hunter - Feeling Good.

Released January 2000
Tracks
  1. I Am A Woman
  2. It's Okay
  3. In The Right Way
  4. Ain't No Time
  5. Ngarrindjeri Woman
  6. Aurukun Moonlight
  7. Take It Easy
  8. Something Special
  9. Wise Ways
  10. True Lovers
  11. Why Won't You Believe Me
  12. Welcome To All People

Ruby (Ruby's Story)

Ruby Hunter - Ruby.

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Ruby Hunter with Archie Roach (music and lyrics), Paul Grabowsky (director, arrangement and additional music) and the Autstralian Art Orchestra.

Released 2005
Tracks
  1. A Child Was Born Tonight
  2. Ngarrindjeri Woman
  3. Nopun kurongk (Go to the River)
  4. Held Up To The Moon (In My Grandfather's Hands)
  5. Wash My Soul In The River's Flow
  6. Daisy Chains, String Games And Knuckle Bones
  7. Took The Children Away
  8. Coolamen Baby
  9. Little by Little
  10. Down City Streets
  11. Old So & So
  12. Kura Tungar

Ruby Hunter's long life partner is Archie Roach.

She also stars in Rachel Perkin's movie "One Night, The Moon".

Ruby Hunter passed away on February 17th, 2010.

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