- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0136
Elphick, Gladys
- MBE
- Born 27 August 1904, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Died 19 January 1988
- Occupation Community worker, Welfare worker
Summary
A Kaurna woman, Gladys Elphick was born in Adelaide and brought up on the Point Pearce Reserve. Elphick’s life long work against discrimination and exploitation of Aboriginal people included her formation of the Aboriginal Women’s Council and, with others, a legal aid service, medical service and the Aboriginal Community Centre in Adelaide. Also well known as ‘Aunty Glad’, Elphick was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1971 for services to the Aboriginal community. In 1984, during National Aborigines Week, Elphick was named South Australian Aboriginal of the Year.
Horton (ed) (1994), Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia; Healey (2001), S.A.’s Greats.
Archival resources
Published resources
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Edited Book
- The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, Horton, David, 1994
- A Question of choice : an Australian Aboriginal dilemma; A collection of papers Advancement of Science Congress, Adelaide, 1969., Berndt, Ronald M., 1971
- S.A.'s greats: the men and women of the North Terrace plaques, Healey, John, 2001
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Book
- Living black: blacks talk to Kevin Gilbert, Gilbert, Kevin, 1977
- Aboriginal people and their communities today, Years 5-7., 1988
- The Kaurna people : Aboriginal people of the Adelaide Plains : an Aboriginal studies course for secondary students in years 8-10., 1989
- Survival in our own land : 'Aboriginal' experiences in "South Australia' since 1836; told by Nungas and others, Mattingley, Christobel and Hampton, Ken, 1988
- Turning the tide : a personal history of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Bandler, Faith, 1989
- As we've known it : 1911 to the present, Graham, Doris May; Graham, Cecil Wallace, 1987
- Living in South Australia : a social history, Elizabeth Kwan, 1987
- Race relations in Australia : the Aborigines, Gale, Fay; Brookman, Alison, 1975
- Sketches of outstanding Aborigines; Extracts from an Australia Day address at Maughan Methodist Church P.S.A., Adelaide, on Sunday, January 29th, 1956., Rowe, Gordon, 1956
- Some Aboriginal women pathfinders : their difficulties and their achievements, Beeson, Margaret J (compiled by), [1980]
- Journal Article
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Newspaper Article
- Gladys battles for her people., 1981
- Aboriginal Honour for Glad, Hirst, C., 1984
- Everybody knows her as Auntie Glad, 1979
- Permit system keeps people on reserves : changed attitude must come from whites, Elphick, Gladys, 1969
- Nunkuwarrin Yunti celebrates 30 years. SA, Brown, Christine, 2002
- High-flyers at Wilto Yerlo / Students soar at Wilto Yerlo. Koori Mail Education, Brown, Christine, 1999
- Honours for Aborigines, 1972
- Details of pioneers in Aboriginal movement., Horner, Jack, 1972
- Conference Proceedings
- Journal
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource
- Trove: Elphick, Gladys (1904-1988), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-723092