Lock and Key (novel)
After her drug and alcohol addicted mother abandons her, child services forces 17-year-old Ruby Cooper to move in with her sister, Cora, who had left for college when Ruby was young. Ruby is upset about this arrangement and continues to wear the key to her old home on a chain around her neck. After learning she will be transferring to a new high school, Ruby attempts to run away but is found out. Nate Cross, Jamie and Cora's next-door neighbor, covers for her. Over the span of the story, Ruby slowly becomes closer to Nate.
Ruby (Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Paul Grabowsky and Australian Art Orchestra album)
In 2004, Roach and Hunter collaborated with Paul Grabowsky and the Australian Art Orchestra to produce "Ruby", a semi-autobiographically production about Ruby Hunter; from her birth near a billabong on banks of the Murray River, through the stolen generation, search for identity and the discovery of hope through love. Ann Moir from the Art Australia Orchestra said "The thing about Ruby is, you can look at her life and say that she's done something amazing." The show debuted at the 2004 Messagesticks festival held at the Sydney Opera House. In July 2004, Hunter said "The feedback we've received has been really positive, people have been truly moved, feeling that it was their story being told too. The emotion in the room was tangible."