Gladys Elphick
Gladys Elphick MBE | |
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| Born | Gladys Walters 27 August 1904 |
| Died | 19 January 1988 (aged 83) |
| Monuments | Plaque on Jubilee 150 Walkway Gladys Elphick Park |
| Other names | Gladys Hughes Gladys Adams |
| Spouse(s) | Walter Hughes (1922–37) Frederick Elphick (1940–69) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Kudnarto (great-great-great grandmother); Vince Copley (cousin) |
| Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1971), South Australian Aborigine of the Year (1984) |
| Website | www |
Gladys Elphick MBE (née Walters; 27 August 1904 – 19 January 1988), also known as Gladys Hughes and Auntie Glad, was an Australian Aboriginal woman of Kaurna and Ngadjuri descent, best known as the founding president of the Council of Aboriginal Women of South Australia, which became the Aboriginal Council of South Australia in 1973.