Catherine Helen Spence 1825 - 1910

Bibliography & Site Information

The main Primary Sources used in compiling this site are:-

The Royal Geographical Society Of S.A. Inc Library
- Catherine Helen Spence An Autobiography
(W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers, Grenfell St. 1910)
(Facsimile Edition Adelaide 1975 Libraries Board of South Australia)

The Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- Private Record Group of C.H. Spence (PRG88)

Site Information

Catherine Helen Spence Overview (Prints 4 pages)
- Early Life
- Arrival in South Australia
- First Quota Vote
- Teaching
- First Book
- Career Highlights

Effective Voting by C.H. Spence - (Prints 2 pages)

Effective Voting Reform by C.H. Spence - (Prints 2 pages)
- Ballot Paper

Federation Convention Candidacy (Prints 1 page)

Social & Political Reforms (Prints 2 pages)
- Children's Council
- Other Reforms

Works of Catherine Helen Spence (Prints 4 pages)
- Major Works
- As A Journalist
- Lectures & Speeches
- Sermons

Quotable Quotes (Prints 2 pages)

IMAGES - Sources
- Spence's portrait (scan from An Autobiography)
(There are several photographs of C.H. Spence in The State Library of S.A. collection which can be accessed on-line)
There is another photograph of her as an older lady on the C.H. Spence Melrose, Scotland website.

$5 dollar note issued on the 1st January, 2001
Unfortunately, an image from this older photograph, based on a painting by Margaret Preston, has been reproduced on the new $5 dollar note.
Behind her is a depiction of the South Australian State Children's Department building, from which she served to promote children's welfare.

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