Catherine Helen Spence

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

“Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.”

“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 adoptio...”

“My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire.”

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

“A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.”