A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.
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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.Catherine Helen Spence
Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.
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I think my brother John profited less by the great advance of South Australia than he deserved for sticking to the Bank of South Australia.
Catherine Helen Spence
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
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In all my travels and visits I saw little of the theatre or concert room, and some of the candid confessions of Mrs. Oliphant might stand for my own.
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I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.
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