Mystery elphick

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There was a Jane Elphick, who died in 1861.  She was 47, had been in the colony 22 years, originally from Scotland as a convict, and had been married to Stephen Elphick, a sawyer, for about 15 years.  The death is implied to have been at least in part due to her drinking habits.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13062052?searchTerm=elphick
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/5509528
(left hand column).

A son aged 11 is mentioned as "one of her sons", suggesting there was more than one. He may be John S Elphick born 1850. Their marriage is probably Stephen Elphick to Jane Cameron in 1848.

This doesn't quite line up with "died a few months ago", but perhaps he exaggerated the recentness of his wife's death to garner sympathy from William Edward.

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There are a number of children born to a Stephen and Mary A ELPHICK :
1857  James  (Camden)
1858  William H  (Camden)
1860 Stephen Henry  (Yass)
1862 Jane  (Yass)
1863  Mary A (Gundagai) died 1863
1865  Elizabeth (Gundagai)

If the oldest child in the trove article was around 7 in 1865, this could fit with this family - though I realise there is 1 extra child.

Stephen ELPHICK married Mary Ann THOMAS at Camden in 1856.

Though there are a few deaths for Mary ELPHICK, none in the correct time frame. 

Modified to add:
Sorry, I think I'm wrong - there are births to Stephen and Mary Ann ELPHICK after 1865 at Gundagai, so unlikely to be the family in question.