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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life