Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
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.
I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.
Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.
My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.
Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.