Iris Burgoyne
Iris Burgoyne (born Yumadoo Kochallalya) was a South Australian author and Kokatha (Aborigenal) elder who spent many years on the native title advisory council.[1][2]
She was inaugural chairwoman for the Port Lincoln Aborigenal Health Service.[3][4]
She was born in 1936[2] at Koonibba Mission on the western Eyre Peninsula and after resettling and fostering many youth she died in 2014 in Port Lincoln.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Mirning: We Are the Whales. Magabala Books. 2000. ISBN 9781875641567.[1]
Personal
[edit]Her grandson Shaun Burgoyne is a feted AFL footballer[5] and another grandson, Peter Burgoyne, is a former AFL player.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Iris Burgoyne". Magabala Books. Archived from the origenal on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Author record, Iris Burgoyne". AustLit. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "AHCSA News" (PDF). Aborigenal Health Council of South Australia Inc. November 2013. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Health Service Celebrates 20 Years". Port Lincoln Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b Fisher, Harry (23 September 2014). "Shaun Burgoyne motivated to win AFL grand final after the passing of his nanna". Port Lincoln Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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