Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and – above all – nothing seems impossible. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
Probably my mother’s life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be – its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Catherine Helen Spence Read Quote