“None of the seven is really good, for the excellent reason that Australian children never are.” — Ethel Turner Copy Share Image
“But in Australia a model child is - I sasy it not without thankfulness - an unknown quantity. It may be that the miasmas of naughtiness develop best in the sunny brilliancy of our atmosphere. It may be that the land and the people are so young-hearted together, and the children's spirits are not crushed and saddened by the shadow… — Ethel Turner Copy Share
“None of the seven is really good, for the excellent reason that Australian children never are.” — Ethel Turner Copy Share Image
