Biography
Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2011), a member of the Bundjalung people, was born on Box Ridge mission at Coraki in northern New South Wales. She grew up in Bonalbo and later Casino. Her tribal name ‘Ginibi’ (black swan) was given to her in 1990 by her aunt, Eileen Morgan, a tribal elder of Box Ridge mission. Her autobiographies Don’t Take Your Love to Town (1988) and Real Deadly (1992) describe her life in the bush and later in Sydney raising a family of nine children. She has also published My Bundjalung People (1994), Haunted by the Past (1999) and All My Mob (2007). Recognised as a spokesperson for and educator of Koori culture, she travelled and lectured in Australia and abroad, and her essays were widely published.
