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Clayton, Iris (1945 - ) |
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| Author, Community worker, Health worker, Public servant and Researcher | |||
| Born: 1945 Leeton, New South Wales, Australia | |||
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. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 6 May 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0977b.htm |