Rita Mills
Rita Mills | |
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| Born | 25 August 1935 Naghir Island,Torres Strait Islands,Queensland,Australia |
| Died | December 2004 Cairns,Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 1975 – 2001 |
Rita Mills(25 August 1935 – 8 December 2004), also known asRita FellRita Tyrell,andRita Fell-Tyrell,was an Australian singer from theTorres Strait Islands.She was one of the band theMills Sisters.
Biography
[edit]Mills was born in 1934 onNaghir IslandinTorres Strait.[1]She lived onThursday Island,and during World War II was temporarily evacuated to the mainland.[2]
Rita was one of the Mills Sisters with her twin sisters Cessa and Ina.[3]All three sisters sang, and Rita playedguitarin their band.[4]After the twins retired in 1996, Rita continued her solo career.[5]
After she was diagnosed withAlzheimer's diseasein 2000 she moved toCairns,[2]retiring in 2001[6]and she died on 8 December 2004.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]As of 1970 she was married to Jack Fell.[9]She was later also known as Rita Tyrell[10]and Rita Fell-Tyrell.[11]
Discography
[edit]- Blue Mountain(1999)
- Mata Nice(2001)
References
[edit]- ^Stewart, Paul (11 March 2001). "Rita calls it a day, at last".Sunday Herald Sun.
- ^abPryor, Cathy (8 September 2001). "Northern Delights".The Australian.
- ^Baker, Jordan (28 March 2003). "Better late than never for Uncle Seaman".General News.Australian Associated Press.
- ^The Australian, 13 December 2004, "Trailblazer sang Torres on to map" by Steve Connolly
- ^Australian Associated Press General News, 28 March 2003, "Better late than never for Uncle Seaman" by Jordan Baker
- ^"Sunnies select Cairns".Cairns Post.31 August 2001.
- ^Connolly, Steve (13 December 2004). "Trailblazer sang Torres on to map".The Australian.
- ^"Tributes for Mills Sister".The Age.8 December 2004.Retrieved26 April2022.
- ^"Torres News (1957-2015) available online".State Library Of Queensland.3 October 2019.Retrieved30 April2022.
- ^"Rita Mills".AustLit.Retrieved30 April2022.
- ^"Message Stick - Frangipani Land Forever".ABC Commercial.9 March 2015.Retrieved30 April2022.
Further reading
[edit]- "Rita Mills".Deadly Vibe.29 November 2007.
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