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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.
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My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.
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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.
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I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.
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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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The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.
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My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.
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After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
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I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.
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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.
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Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
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South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.
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Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.
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