Alitya Rigney

Alitya (Alice Dorothy) Wallara Rigney AO , PSM, née Richards, (27 Nuwamba 1942 - 13 Mayu 2017), wanda aka fi sani da Aunty Alice, ƙwararriya ce 'yar asalin ƙasar Ostiraliya. Dattijon Kaurna ne kuma ɓangare na ƙungiyar da ta farfaɗo da harshen Kaurna.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Alitya (Alice Dorothy) Wallara Richards a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1942  a Ofishin Jakadancin Aboriginal da ke Point Pearce, Kudancin Ostiraliya.

Lokacin da ta kammala makarantar firamare, malamarta ta shirya mata ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Unley da ke Adelaide domin makarantun sakandare na yankin ba za su karɓi yaran 'yan asalin ƙasar ba. Ta koma Point Pearce bayan kammala karatunta da horonta a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya, ta yi aure ta kuma rene iyalinta a can.

Ta yi aiki a makarantar renon yara ta gida, a lokacin kuma ta zama jami'ar tallafawa makaranta a Makarantar Yankin Maitland. Daga ƙarshe an yi mata rijista a matsayin malamar makaranta, amma ta Point Pearce ce kawai. Daga nan ta tafi Adelaide kuma ita kaɗai ce ɗalibar 'yan asalin ƙasar da ke da ɗalibai 400 a makarantar. Abin da yanzu ake kira de Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies a Jami'ar South Australia (UniSA).

 Sana'a 
Da ta kammala karatunta, Rigney malamar makaranta ce a wata makarantar firamare da ke yammacin birnin Adelaide. Ta zama ma'aikaciyar 'yan asalin Aboriginal ta farko a Sashen Ilimi na Kudancin Ostiraliya. A shekarun 1980, ta yi fafutukar kafa abin da ya zama Cibiyar 'yan asalin Kura Yerlo a Largs Bay da Makarantar Kaurna Plains a Elizabeth . Ta zama shugabar 'yan asalin Aboriginal ta farko a wata makarantar firamare a Ostiraliya lokacin da ta hau mukamin shugabar makaranta a Kaurna Plains.[1] [2]

A shekara ta 2002, tare da dattijon Kaurna Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien da masanin harsuna Rob Amery,  Rigney ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi a Jami'ar Adelaide, wanda ke lura da kuma haɓaka ci gaban harshen Kaurna.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2017
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942