Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia – of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
