[4] Musician Bart Willoughby OAM, who attended CASM, credits Rankine helping to care for him and guide him during this period.
[8] Rankine was featured in the 1975 documentary film, Sister If Only You Knew, on Aboriginal women who had grown up on reserves but later moved to the city to give their children better opportunities.
[11] Another daughter, Veronica Rankine, became played tenor saxophone in the highly successful reggae rock band No Fixed Address, led by Bart Willoughby.
[15] A rehabilitation facility, the Leila Rankine House of Hope was opened in 2018 at Monarto and run by the Aboriginal Sobriety Group,[16] on whose board she had earlier served.
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