Angelina Noble

Angelina Noble (c.1879 – 19 October 1964) was an Australian linguist and missionary. She and her husband founded churches and missions in Australia.

Life Noble was born in Winton in the Colony of Queensland in about 1879. She was of European and Aboriginal ancestry, but her parents are unknown. She first came to light when she was dressed as a boy named Tommy. She had been abducted as a child slave by a horse dealer. The local police in Cairns took an interest and she was sent to Yarrabah mission school. She was a good student, and she showed a talent for languages. In time she could speak at least five aboriginal languages.

She married James Noble who was a widower employed by the Reverend Ernest Gribble at Bellenden Ker mission. Gribble had a small number of aboriginal Christian supporters, but James was the most important. James had lost his first wife and their child, and after that, his would be second wife had died too.

In 1914 they founded a very small mission that has really just a hut on the Forrest River. They served there for eighteen years with Ernest Gribble. Their presence has been credited with keeping Gribble alive. is a cross cultural centre for women founded by Evelyn Hibbert in 2019.