- Born
- 1945
Leeton, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Author, Community worker, Health worker, Public servant and Researcher
Summary
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.
Sources used to compile this entry: Horton, David (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Vol. 1, Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994, p. 197.
