People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Ahang, Ruby Florence

Birth

1936
Kingston, South Australia, Australia

Death

16 April, 1993 (aged ~ 57)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (not specified)

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Indigenous Australian

Education

• Blackford Primary School (SA)
• Kingston Area School (SA)
• South Australian Institute of Technology

Occupation

• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• public servant

Awards

• South Australian Woman of the Year

Key Events

• Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-91)
• International Women’s Year, 1975

Legacies

• Hammond state electoral district (SA)

Key Organisations

• Council of Aboriginal Women of South Australia
• Aboriginal Arts Board
• National Aborigines Consultative Committee
• Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA)
• National Women's Consultative Council

Key Places

• Murrabinna (Kingston, SA)