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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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