Education
Dutton attended Meriden School as a boarding student from the age of seven.
Dutton attended Meriden School as a boarding student from the age of seven.
She was the first female mayor of the Municipality of Strathfield and Head, Design Branch, of Randwick College, Sydney Institute of Technical and Further Education. Foreign 25 years, Dutton taught at the Technical and Further Education School of Art and Design. She became head of the design department at Randwick Technical and Further Education in 1978 and remained in that position until her retirement in 1986. Dutton was an alderman on Strathfield Council from 1987 to 2000.
She was Mayor of Strathfield in 1991–1992 and 1995–1996 and the first female to hold that position in the 112-year history of that council.
Dutton died on 14 October 2014 in a Brisbane nursing home.
The Medal of the Order of Australia was awarded to her on 11June 2007 for service to local government, and to the community through a range of aged care, charitable, educational and service groups. The Dutton Centre was opened by the Municipality of Strathfield on 3 December 2012 and named in her honour.