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title: "1 Secret Ballot Quotes By Catherine Helen Spence"
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> [South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/south-australia-was-the-first-community-to-give-the-secret-ballot-for/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

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## More by Catherine Helen Spence

> [I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-had-only-two-offers-of-marriage-in-my-life-and-i-refused-both/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-think-i-was-well-brought-up-for-my-father-and-mother-were-of-one/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/as-we-grew-to-love-south-australia-we-felt-that-we-were-in-an/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-had-learned-what-wealth-was-and-a-great-deal-about-production-and/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/even-before-the-discovery-of-copper-south-australia-had-turned-the/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/after-the-break-up-of-the-municipality-and-the-loss-of-his-income-my/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/nothing-is-insignificant-in-the-history-of-a-young-community-and/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/drinking-habits-were-very-prevalent-among-men-and-were-not-in-any-way/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [I look back to a happy childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-look-back-to-a-happy-childhood/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/a-glass-of-whisky-in-scotland-in-the-thirties-cost-less-than-a-cup-of/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-had-seen-adelaide-the-dearest-and-the-cheapest-place-to-live-in/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/my-return-to-london-introduced-me-to-a-wider-range-of-society/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/the-first-issue-of-the-register-was-printed-in-london-and-gave-a/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/i-count-myself-well-educated-for-the-admirable-woman-at-the-head-of/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

> [My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-helen-spence/my-brothers-went-to-the-parish-school-one-of-the-best-in-the-county/)

[Catherine Helen Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-helen-spence/)

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