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 seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.
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.
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.