Gladys Elphick

[1] Her maternal great-grandmother was Kudnarto,[2] who was known for having been the wife of a white man, Tom Adams, in the first approved mixed-race marriage in South Australia.

The families were close and Copley refers to "Aunty Glad" (actually his older cousin) many times throughout his memoir, The Wonder of Little Things.

[3] While still an infant of eight months, Gladys was taken to live with relations at Point Pearce Aboriginal mission on the Yorke Peninsula.

She then worked at the Islington Railway Workshops in Adelaide's northern suburbs during World War II creating shells and other munitions.

[5] Maude Tongerie was a co-founder, and some of the other "Colebrook girls", including Lowitja O'Donoghue and Faith Coulthard, and Ruby Hammond from the Coorong, were actively involved with the Council.

It is community-controlled and governed by an all-Indigenous board, employing more than 100 staff, and delivers a range of health care and community support services as well as being a registered training organisation.

Elphick was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971 in recognition of service to the Aboriginal community.

[9] A plaque honouring Elphick and her work for the community is part of the Jubilee 150 Walkway, a series of 150 bronze plaques set into the footpath of North Terrace, Adelaide commemorating "a selection of people who had made a significant contribution to the community or gained national and international recognition for their work".

[13] The first Gladys Elphick Memorial Oration was scheduled to be given in July 2021 by journalist Stan Grant as a keynote address of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, in collaboration with the History Trust of South Australia and Reconciliation SA.

Timothy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4 December 1939 and fought in the Second World War, and afterwards (1953) he leased a soldier settler block of 979 acres (396 ha) at Conmurra and was highly regarded in the community.