Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods. - 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 climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded. - Catherine Helen Spence

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. - Catherine Helen Spence

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

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. - Catherine Helen Spence

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

My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society. - Catherine Helen Spence

My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire. - Catherine Helen Spence

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county. - 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. - Catherine Helen Spence

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