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

I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.

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.

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

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.

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

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