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'''Rita Huggins''' (1921-1996) was an [[Indigenous Australians|Australian Indigenous]] woman and activist.
== Early life ==
Rita Cynthia Holt (later Huggins) was born in August 10, 1921 at [[Carnarvon Gorge]], Queensland, the daughter of Albert and Rose Holt<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 4, expected 1)</ref>. They were of the [[Bidjara]]-Pitjara lands which encompasses part of the [[Carnarvon National Park]]. At an early age she and her siblings were separated from their extended family due to the [[Stolen Generations|official government policy]] at the time. Rita, her parents and some of her siblings went to live at [[Cherbourg, Queensland|Cherbourg]] Aboriginal Reserve, in [[Shire of Nanango|Barambah]] if they had light complexions, while others were sent to [[Woorabinda, Queensland|Wooribinda]] if they had darker complexions<ref></ref>. She lived with her parents and attended school at Cherbourg from age 8-13, and then was removed to the girls dormitory<ref></ref>. In 1934, Rita was sent into domestic service by the government, working on a property outside [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]]<ref name=":0" />. She worked for the Semple family, who had been in charge at Cherbourg when they moved to Brisbane from 1941. She fell pregnant with her first child in 1942 and her daughter Marion or Mutoo returned to live with her parents at Cherbourg, while she continued in service<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. In 1947, Rita fell pregnant with her second child, Gloria and after the government granted her an exemption to move, she relocated to [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] where she lived with friends Lear Barber and Ted [[Ram Chandra (snake showman)|Ram Chandra]] and worked for a doctor’s family<ref name=":0" />. Homesick for her family, she returned to Cherbourg in 1950.
== Marriage to Jack Huggins ==
Rita met soldier John “Jack” Huggins during [[World War II]]<ref></ref> when she was 18 and working in [[Brisbane]]. They married in 1951 and lived in [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], where he worked in the post office. They had three children together - Ngaire, [[Jackie Huggins|Jackie]] and John. Jack died suddenly in 1958. Huggins moved her family to Brisbane where she took up employment again in addition to some support from Jack Huggins’ superannuation fund and war pension<ref name=":0" />. She found a place to stay in [[Inala, Queensland|Inala]], but alcoholism<ref name=":1"></ref> and financial hardship forced the family into temporary accommodation from 1969-1972. Friends offered her their farm in [[The Gap, Queensland|The Gap]] in which to live and they moved there between 1972-1987. Huggins took up research work for the [[University of Queensland]] in 1973 looking into Aboriginal education in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Upon her return to Brisbane she found that the younger children, who had been left in the care of their elder sister, Gloria, had all been in a car accident. Gloria was killed in the accident and many of the children seriously injured. Huggins took in Gloria’s children in 1976<ref name=":0" />.
== Work with the One People of Australia League ==
After Huggins relocated to Brisbane in 1960, she became involved with the [[One People of Australia League]] (OPAL) a non political organisation, which had formed in Brisbane in 1961, to help raise the living and educational standards of Indigenous Australians living outside of the missions and reserves. It was run by both white and Indigenous Australians. OPAL ran a hostel in [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]], which Huggins and her family lived in before their move to a house in Inala. She became involved in the administration of OPAL, in particular the holiday camps, balls and dances as well as the fund raising and public speaking efforts<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. She was involved with the lobbying that OPAL took for the 1967 referendum. Much of the administration of OPAL was run from Huggins home, and she became director of OPAL for over 20 years, as they sought funding to establish the OPAL [[Joyce Wilding]] home, the Murri School at Acacia Ridge and the wider Indigenous community.
Huggins died in August 27, 1996 in Brisbane and was celebrated at a funeral of over 1000 people. She was survived by her children and grandchildren<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The story of her life was written with her daughter [[Jackie Huggins]], and Lillian Holt and published in 1994 – ''Auntie Rita''<ref name=":0" />. The book won the [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|Stanner Award]]<ref> AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C57865|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.austlit.edu.au|language=en}}</ref>.
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'''Rita Huggins''' (1921-1996) was an [[Indigenous Australians|Australian Indigenous]] woman and activist.
== Early life ==
Rita Cynthia Holt (later Huggins) was born in August 10, 1921 at [[Carnarvon Gorge]], Queensland, the daughter of Albert and Rose Holt<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 4, expected 1)</ref>. They were of the [[Bidjara]]-Pitjara lands which encompasses part of the [[Carnarvon National Park]]. At an early age she and her siblings were separated from their extended family due to the [[Stolen Generations|official government policy]] at the time. Rita, her parents and some of her siblings went to live at [[Cherbourg, Queensland|Cherbourg]] Aboriginal Reserve, in [[Shire of Nanango|Barambah]] if they had light complexions, while others were sent to [[Woorabinda, Queensland|Wooribinda]] if they had darker complexions<ref></ref>. She lived with her parents and attended school at Cherbourg from age 8-13, and then was removed to the girls dormitory<ref></ref>. In 1934, Rita was sent into domestic service by the government, working on a property outside [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]]<ref name=":0" />. She worked for the Semple family, who had been in charge at Cherbourg when they moved to Brisbane from 1941. She fell pregnant with her first child in 1942 and her daughter Marion or Mutoo returned to live with her parents at Cherbourg, while she continued in service<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. In 1947, Rita fell pregnant with her second child, Gloria and after the government granted her an exemption to move, she relocated to [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] where she lived with friends Lear Barber and Ted [[Ram Chandra (snake showman)|Ram Chandra]] and worked for a doctor’s family<ref name=":0" />. Homesick for her family, she returned to Cherbourg in 1950.
== Marriage to Jack Huggins ==
Rita met soldier John “Jack” Huggins during [[World War II]]<ref></ref> when she was 18 and working in [[Brisbane]]. They married in 1951 and lived in [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], where he worked in the post office. They had three children together - Ngaire, [[Jackie Huggins|Jackie]] and John. Jack died suddenly in 1958. Huggins moved her family to Brisbane where she took up employment again in addition to some support from Jack Huggins’ superannuation fund and war pension<ref name=":0" />. She found a place to stay in [[Inala, Queensland|Inala]], but alcoholism<ref name=":1"></ref> and financial hardship forced the family into temporary accommodation from 1969-1972. Friends offered her their farm in [[The Gap, Queensland|The Gap]] in which to live and they moved there between 1972-1987. Huggins took up research work for the [[University of Queensland]] in 1973 looking into Aboriginal education in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Upon her return to Brisbane she found that the younger children, who had been left in the care of their elder sister, Gloria, had all been in a car accident. Gloria was killed in the accident and many of the children seriously injured. Huggins took in Gloria’s children in 1976<ref name=":0" />.
== Work with the One People of Australia League ==
After Huggins relocated to Brisbane in 1960, she became involved with the [[One People of Australia League]] (OPAL) a non political organisation, which had formed in Brisbane in 1961, to help raise the living and educational standards of Indigenous Australians living outside of the missions and reserves. It was run by both white and Indigenous Australians. OPAL ran a hostel in [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]], which Huggins and her family lived in before their move to a house in Inala. She became involved in the administration of OPAL, in particular the holiday camps, balls and dances as well as the fund raising and public speaking efforts<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. She was involved with the lobbying that OPAL took for the 1967 referendum. Much of the administration of OPAL was run from Huggins home, and she became director of OPAL for over 20 years, as they sought funding to establish the OPAL [[Joyce Wilding]] home, the Murri School at Acacia Ridge and the wider Indigenous community.
Huggins died in August 27, 1996 in Brisbane and was celebrated at a funeral of over 1000 people. She was survived by her children and grandchildren<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The story of her life was written with her daughter [[Jackie Huggins]], and Lillian Holt and published in 1994 – ''Auntie Rita''<ref name=":0" />. The book won the [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|Stanner Award]]<ref> AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C57865|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.austlit.edu.au|language=en}}</ref>.
== References ==
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