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Rita Cynthia Huggins Rita Cynthia Huggins i(A14508 works by) (birth name: Gylma) (a.k.a. Rita Huggins)
Born: Established: 10 Aug 1921 Carnarvon Gorge, Central West Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Aug 1996 Brisbane, Queensland,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Pitjara/Bidjara
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1 From Auntie Rita (Chapter 1 : Don't Cry, Gunduburries) Jackie Huggins , Rita Cynthia Huggins , 2008 extract biography (Auntie Rita)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature 2008; (p. 150-155) Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 694-699)
1 Excerpts from Auntie Rita Rita Cynthia Huggins , Jackie Huggins , 1998 extract biography (Auntie Rita)
— Appears in: Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998; (p. 52-74)
1 Writing Auntie Rita Rita Cynthia Huggins , Jackie Huggins , 1996 extract autobiography (Auntie Rita)
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 260-271)
1 The Old Rugged Cross Jackie Huggins , Rita Cynthia Huggins , 1996 extract autobiography (Auntie Rita)
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 156-159)
2 37 y separately published work icon Auntie Rita Rita Cynthia Huggins , Jackie Huggins , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1994 Z126649 1994 single work biography (taught in 9 units)

"Most people call me Auntie Rita, whites as well as Aboriginal people. Auntie is a term of respect of our older women folk. You don't have to be blood-related or anything. Everyone is kin. That's a beautiful thing because in this way no one is ever truly alone, they always have someone they can turn to."

Rita Huggins told her memories to her daughter Jackie, and some of their conversation is in this book. We witness their intimacy, their similarities and their differences, the '"fighting with their tongues". Two voices, two views on a shared life.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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