'Aunty Ida was born Ida Amelia Armstrong on 30 September 1919 on the Reserve at Cape Barren Island, which is one of the bigger islands in the Furneaux Group of Bass Strait. She passed away, with her family beside her, in the Whittle Ward of the Repatriation Hospital in Hobart on Monday 8 September 2003 following a battle with cancer. Aunty Ida was a leader whose passing breaks a link in a strong chain.' (Introduction)