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Top 20 Catherine Helen Spence Quotes (2025 Update)

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.”

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

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “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.”

2. “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

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and – above all – nothing seems impossible.”

3. “Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and – above all – nothing seems impossible.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “I look back to a happy childhood.”

4. “I look back to a happy childhood.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.”

5. “South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.”

6. “The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.”

— Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “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 adoption.”

7. “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 adoption.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “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 half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.”

8. “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 half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.”

— Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “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.”

9. “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

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.”

10. “My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.”

11. “I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.”

12. “I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia – of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.”

13. “I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia – of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.”

— Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “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.”

14. “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

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life.”

15. “There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.”

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

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.”

17. “After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.”

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Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.”

18. “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

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.”

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

— Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence Quote: “Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.”

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

— Catherine Helen Spence

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