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

Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

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.

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

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