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

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

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

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.

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

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.