Catherine Helen Spence ✓

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[Wikipedia] Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian writer, preacher, and social reformer. Spence began her career as a writer of fiction, and later used her journalism and public speaking to become an influential public figure in the colony of South Australia. By the time of her death, she was wi

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• 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… Adoption
• After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. Break
• Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. Among
• I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both. Both
• My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society. Inspirational
• Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible. All
• 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… All
• South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Australia
• My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. Best
• There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life Australia
• The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate,… Account
• Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner. Australia
• I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in. Adelaide
• I look back to a happy childhood. Childhood
• I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family. Brought
• The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods. Clerkship
• 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… Admirable
• I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of… Australia
• 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
• A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Cost
• My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire. Fire

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