Elaine is a Kaurna- Nurungga woman

Elaine was taught by an Elder many years ago. Elaine feels weaving is an experience connects her to country in a tangible way.

Weaving links to country, to place, and to time. There are stories and memories woven into each piece, they each become a time piece.

Elaine can trace her family back to colonial days, her family has looked after this country for 2,500 generations of grandmothers continuous care. One of her grandmothers Kudnartu was the first SA Aboriginal woman be recognised as legally married in 1848 under British law, she was also the first Aboriginal woman to become a land owner in the Clare Valley.

In 2003 Wellington Square was renamed Wellington Square/Kudnartu to honour my grandmother.