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ruby at the 2009 tamworth country music festival hunter -lrb- left -rrb- with partner archie roach 17 february 2010 ngarrindjeri lands , south australia , australia 200px solo_singer 31 october 1955 vocals , guitar folk , blues , roots ruby hunter and archie roach1.jpg ruby hunter
 ruby hunter
ruby hunter

ruby charlotte margaret hunter -lrb- 31 october 195517 february 2010 -rrb- was an australian singer , songwriter and guitarist .
she was a member of the ngarrindjeri aboriginal nationality , and often performed with her partner , archie roach , -lrb- am -rrb- , whom she met at the age of 16 , while both were homeless teenagers .
born on the banks of the murray river in south australia , hunter was forcibly taken from her family at the age of eight as part of the stolen generation .
hunter first performed in public in 1988 during a festival at sydney 's bondi pavilion in sydney , where she performed `` proud , proud woman , '' the first song she had written .
in 2010 , she wrote the autobiographical `` down city streets '' , which was performed by her partner archie roach on his debut solo album charcoal lane .
in 1994 , hunter became the first indigenous australian woman to record a solo album , releasing her debut album `` thoughts within '' .
