Isabel Reid

Isabel Reid (née Hampton; 1932), known in her later years as Aunty Isabel, is an Aboriginal Australian advocate for the Stolen Generations and other issues. She is a former resident of the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls.

Early life and education Isabel Reid was born Isabel Hampton in 1932 in Quambone, New South Wales, the daughter of Alfred James Hampton and Florence Margaret Hickey, who was from Brungle Mission. She is of Wiradjuri descent.

She then went to TAFE to acquire literacy skills. In February 2000, she co-founded the Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Elders Group, later becoming president (2002).

Aged 88 in 2021, she became the oldest living survivor of those forcibly removed under the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW).

In December 2020, she the mayor of Wagga Wagga held a mayoral reception in her honour, for her work in the community. Morning tea was provided for Reid along with her family and friends.

Personal life Reid married John Robert Reid, a shearer, and they moved to Wagga Wagga in 1970. They had eight children; one daughter died in 1993.

Publications Contributing author, Making Waves for a New Dreaming (2001) Contributing author, Growing up Wiradjuri (2022), ed. Anita Heiss

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