Clayton, Iris (1945 - )

Iris Clayton was taken to the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls in the 1950s, and from there sent to work as a servant in Canberra. At the age of 18 she was allowed to return home where she married. She returned to Canberra in 1977 to work at AIATSIS, first as a library assistant and later on the switchboard, where she stayed for a number of years. She was awarded a grant to research the Wiradjuri births, deaths and marriages, and her findings have been deposited at AIATSIS. Since 1991 she has been a health worker at the Winnanga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service in Canberra. She continues to be involved in community issues and is currently a council member of the ACT Cultural Council.

Related Corporate Bodies

• Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (1911 - 1986)

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Books

• Clayton, Iris and Barlow, Alex, Wiradjuri of the rivers and plains, Heinemann Library Australia, Port Melbourne , Vic., 1997, 81 pp. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Clayton, Iris, 'Wiradjuri Identity', Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 1, 1988, pp. 53-55. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

• Clayton, Iris, 'Problems with Aboriginal Genealogical Research', Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 2, 1989, p. 72. [ Details... ]

See also

• Horton, David (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, 2 v. (xxxiii, 1340 p.) pp. [ Details... ]