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|name = Rita Mills |background =solo_singer |image = |caption = |image_size = |birth_name = |alias = | birth_date = 1934 | death_date = 2004 |genre = Folk |occupation = |years_active = 1975{{spaced endash}}2001 |instrument = |label = |associated_acts = Mills Sisters }}Rita Mills was a singer from the Torres Strait Islands. She was part of the Mills Sisters with her sisters Cessa and Ina.[1] She was born in 1934 on Naghir Island in Torres Strait.[2] She lived on Thursday Island and during World War II was temporarily evacuated to the mainland. After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2000 she moved to Cairns,[3] retiring in 2001[4] and she died in 2004.[5] Discography
References1. ^{{cite news|agency=Australian Associated Press|work=General News|date=28 March 2003|title=Better late than never for Uncle Seaman|author=Baker, Jordan|url=|accessdate=}} {{Torres Strait}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Rita}}2. ^{{cite news|work=Sunday Herald Sun|date=11 March 2001|title=Rita calls it a day, at last|author=Stewart, Paul|url=|accessdate=}} 3. ^{{cite news|work=The Australian|date=8 September 2001|title=Northern Delights|author=Pryor, Cathy}} 4. ^{{cite news|work=Cairns Post|date=31 August 2001|url=|title=Sunnies select Cairns|accessdate= |author=}} 5. ^{{cite news|work=The Australian|date=13 December 2004|title=Trailblazer sang Torres on to map|url=|author=Connolly, Steve|accessdate=}} 8 : 1934 births|2004 deaths|Indigenous Australian musicians|Australian female singers|Torres Strait Islanders|Folk singers|20th-century Australian singers|20th-century women singers |
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