Dr Aunty Ruby Langford Ginibi, one of Australia鈥檚 foremost Aboriginal authors, passed away on October 2 in a Sydney nursing home. Through her numerous books, short stories, poetry, interviews and public appearances and her commitment to 鈥渆du-ma-cating鈥 non-Aboriginal people about Indigenous peoples鈥 circumstances and struggle, she made a distinctive and substantial contribution to Australian history and literature. Her books were studied in high schools and universities in Australia and internationally.