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

Personal

Her grandson Shaun Burgoyne is a feted AFL footballer[5] and another grandson, Peter Burgoyne, is a former AFL player.

Notes
  1. "Iris Burgoyne". Magabala Books. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "Author record, Iris Burgoyne". AustLit. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. "AHCSA News" (PDF). Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Inc. November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. "Health Service Celebrates 20 Years". Port Lincoln Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. 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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