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.

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

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

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

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.

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

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.