Iris Burgoyne

Iris Burgoyne (born Yumadoo Kochallalya) was a South Australian author and Kokatha (Aboriginal) elder who spent many years on the native title advisory council.[1][2]

She was inaugural chairwoman for the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service.[3][4]

She was born in 1936 at Koonibba Mission on the western Eyre Peninsula and after resettling and fostering many youth she died in 2014 in Port Lincoln.[5]

Bibliography

  • The Mirning: We Are the Whales. Magabala Books. 2000. ISBN 9781875641567. [1]

Personal

Her grandsons Shaun Burgoyne and Peter Burgoyne are a feted AFL footballers.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Iris Burgoyne". Magabala Books. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Author record, Iris Burgoyne". AustLit. 2 Nov 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "AHCSA News" (PDF). Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Inc. Nov 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Health Service Celebrates 20 Years". Port Lincoln Times. 19 Sep 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 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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