Alitya Wallara Rigney | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 May 2017 Adelaide, South Australia | (aged 74)
Nationality | Narungga and Kaurna |
Other names | Alice Rigney |
Citizenship | Australian |
Alma mater | University of South Australia |
Occupation(s) | School teacher and principal |
Known for | reviving Kaurna language |
Spouse | Lester Rigney |
Children | 3 |
Alitya (Alice Dorothy) Wallara Rigney AO, PSM, née Richards, (27 November 1942 – 13 May 2017), also knowns as Aunty Alice, was an Australian Aboriginal scholar. She was a Kaurna elder and part of the team that revived the Kaurna language.