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Ruby Langford Ginibi

The life story of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi represents a triumph against the odds.
Series : Australian Biography Series 5 | Year : 1996 | Total Duration : 27.5 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
MS tracking shot following black swans flying over body of water with voice-over of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi introducing herself and revealing her Aboriginal name Ginibi meaning black swan.
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Access No. 139695 | 31 secs | 1970s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi recalling the way in which she was given her tribal name of 'Ginibi'.
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Access No. 139696 | 41 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi standing at microphone wearing a large hat, 1993.
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Access No. 139697 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about being born in 1934 on Australia Day which she refers to as Shame Day.
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Access No. 139698 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W group photograph of Aboriginal adults, children and babies on Box Ridge Aboriginal Mission in Coraki, northern NSW (Bundjalung country).
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Access No. 139699 | 9 secs | 1990s | Coraki, NSW, Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the other families born on the Box Ridge Aboriginal Mission, Coraki.
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Access No. 139700 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU hand-coloured photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's parents.
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Access No. 139701 | 7 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | Colour |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about being abandoned by her mother as a child and zoom in as she describes life with her father and family from then on.
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Access No. 139702 | 1 min 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W group photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's relatives on her father's side, the Hinnett family, at the Bonalbo Show.
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Access No. 139703 | 5 secs | 1940s | Bonalbo, NSW, Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about living with her uncle and aunt known as Father Sam and Mother Nell when she was a child with her family.
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Access No. 139704 | 38 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi's uncle known as Father Sam standing on street in suit and tie.
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Access No. 139705 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about living in the town of Bonalbo and her love of school.
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Access No. 139706 | 55 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi as a teenager with Jan Richards, Chiefy-pie's daughter, in their backyard at Bonalbo, 1948.
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Access No. 139707 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her education at Casino High School.
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Access No. 139708 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS tilt up B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's mother Evelyn with children Margaret and Dorothy on city street in the mid 1950s.
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Access No. 139709 | 8 secs | 1950s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about first coming to Sydney with her father.
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Access No. 139710 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's father with his new wife known as Mum Joyce.
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Access No. 139711 | 8 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about an awkward first meeting with her estranged mother in Sydney as a child and later visits.
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Access No. 139712 | 42 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W CU photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's mother Evelyn in a white hat.
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Access No. 139713 | 4 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her relationship with her mother after being left by her as a child. Zoom in to Langford Ginibi's face as she describes her later at times violent relationship with her mother and her own relationships with men and early motherhood.
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Access No. 139714 | 2 mins 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi at 18 years of age in formal dress at the Policeman's Ball in 1952.
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Access No. 139715 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about having the first three of her nine children, Bill, Pearl and Diane to her then partner Sam.
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Access No. 139717 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's first three children Bill, Pearl and Diane as teenagers in 1966.
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Access No. 139718 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her relationships with men after the end of her one with Sam Griffin. Langford Ginibi speaks of her only marriage which was to Peter Langford and of the death of her father.
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Access No. 139719 | 1 min 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU and zoom into B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's father.
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Access No. 139720 | 10 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about narrowly escaping having to put her children into State care after her father died by marrying Peter Langford. Zoom into Langford Ginibi's face as she talks about her distress at the thought of giving her children up. She also talks about the end of the marriage to Langford.
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Access No. 139721 | 2 mins 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W group photograph of eight of Ruby Langford Ginibi's nine young children at Katoomba, 1964.
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Access No. 139722 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi and zoom into her face as she talks about the extreme hardship she and her children suffered after being left by her husband.
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Access No. 139723 | 33 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi as a young woman.
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Access No. 139724 | 4 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about starting a relationship with Lance Jeffrey.
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Access No. 139725 | 23 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi with Lance Jeffrey.
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Access No. 139726 | 4 secs | 1960s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her relationship with Lance Jeffrey and the son from that relationship, Lance Jeffrey known as Jeffrey.
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Access No. 139727 | 2 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
CU photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's youngest child as a small boy, Lance Jeffrey known as Jeffrey, from her relationship with Lance Jeffrey.
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Access No. 139728 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi posing in a floral dress with her partner Lance Jeffrey.
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Access No. 139729 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the end of her relationship with Lance Jeffrey and the death of her daughter Pearl.
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Access No. 139730 | 56 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi's daughter Pearl making history by being the first Aboriginal to dance with an Australian Prime Minister. MS of Pearl dancing with John Gorton at the Aboriginal Debutante's Ball, Sydney. High angle view over dance floor.
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Access No. 139731 | 20 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the death of her daughter Pearl in a car accident in 1969.
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Access No. 139732 | 40 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to oval sepia portrait photograph of Ruby Langford Ginibi's oldest son Bill.
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Access No. 139733 | 11 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the death of her eldest son Bill after having an epileptic seizure near water in 1970.
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Access No. 139734 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU photograph of writer Ruby Langford Ginibi's son Dave in the early 1980s.
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Access No. 139735 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Ruby Langford Ginibi | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the drug overdose death of her son Dave in 1984 at the same time as she started writing her first book "Don't Take Your Love to Town".
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Access No. 139736 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi sitting near a window in her home, 1994.
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Access No. 139738 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her struggle with alcohol after the death of two of her children.
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Access No. 139739 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi wearing hat with her eyes closed, 1994.
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Access No. 139740 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her struggle with alcohol after the death of two of her children, the wider problem of drug abuse in Aboriginal communities, and the role her family played in making her decide to stop drinking.
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Access No. 139741 | 1 min 35 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi sitting cross-legged against brick wall at Allawah Aboriginal Hostel, 1987.
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Access No. 139742 | 10 secs | 1980s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her reasons for writing her book "Don't Take Your Love to Town".
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Access No. 139743 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi smiling to camera, 1993.
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Access No. 139744 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the enormous cathartic experience as well as stress she experienced whilst writing her book "Don't Take Your Love to Town". Zoom in to front cover of Ruby's book.
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Access No. 139745 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi at 27 stone in weight before having major weight reduction surgery, sitting in chair, 1995.
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Access No. 139746 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her second book "Real Deadly" featuring short stories and poems. CU front cover of the book. CU copy of her next book "My Bundjalung People". CU Langford Ginibi talking about connecting up with her family and writing from their perspective.
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Access No. 139747 | 28 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS colour photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi sitting in the door of iron roofed timber building at Main Camp homestead, 1991.
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Access No. 139748 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Pam Johnston | Colour |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the travel she undertook in writing her book "My Bundjalung People".
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Access No. 139749 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS colour photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi sitting in the doorway of an old Mission timber building holding the hand of a man (Johnny French?) sitting next to her, 1991.
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Access No. 139750 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Pam Johnston | Colour |
CU interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her sadness at the state Aboriginals were living in.
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Access No. 139751 | 15 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS colour photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi with her son Nobby, 1994.
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Access No. 139752 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © The Age | Colour |
CU and zoom out from interview with writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her son Nobby's arrest at the age of seventeen and subsequent treatment by the justice system. Zoom into Langford Ginibi's face as she speaks about Aboriginal incarceration.
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Access No. 139753 | 1 min 53 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi in hat with her eyes closed and smiling.
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Access No. 139754 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © John Fairfax Publications Ltd | B&W |
Zoom to CU of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about experiencing racism and seeing things from both a black and white perspective.
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Access No. 139755 | 20 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS colour photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi in hat standing with female relatives (Auntie Eileen Morgan at right) at Box Ridge, 1990.
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Access No. 139756 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | Colour |
MS interview with Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the stigma of being an unmarried mother.
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Access No. 139757 | 23 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi sitting in her garden holding a flower and wearing a hat looking at camera.
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Access No. 139758 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Paperbark Press | B&W |
CU interview with Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her pride in her children.
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Access No. 139759 | 47 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS tilt up B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi holding her award as winner of the 1988 Human Rights Award standing with her grandson Steve.
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Access No. 139760 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
CU interview with Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about her wariness of honours.
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Access No. 139761 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi standing with Hazel Hawke and Dulcie Flower at The Lodge, 1988.
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Access No. 139762 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
CU interview with Aboriginal writer Ruby Langford Ginibi talking about the sadness in her life which has taught her not to be sure of anything in life.
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Access No. 139763 | 1 min 51 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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