Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

Australian - Author | October 31, 1825 - April 3, 1910

I look back to a happy childhood.

Catherine Helen Spence

ChildhoodHappyLookBack

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.

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PrinciplesLondonSoundFirstIssue

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

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DiscoveryAustraliaCornerCopper

The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.

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MeGivingLessonTownMeansMethods

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

Catherine Helen Spence

CommunityPoliticalAustraliaFirst

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

LifeFamilyMotherMeAustraliaHer

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.

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ChildrenGrowHandsYoungFarmers

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

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CommunityHistoryImpossibleYoung

My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

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MeSocietyLondonReturnRange

My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire.

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FireSetDidPamphlet

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.

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BestSchoolBrothersParishCounty

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

FamilyFatherMotherMindThinkUp

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