Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized Quotes


Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 98
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 Uncategorized 93
I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 71
The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 69
My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 61
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 Uncategorized 56
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 54
Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 51
I look back to a happy childhood. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 51
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 45
My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized 42
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 Uncategorized 40
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 Uncategorized 29

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Catherine Helen Spence Uncategorized Quotes

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