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Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence i(A30021 works by) (a.k.a. Catherine H. Spence; Catherine Ellen [sic] Spence; Catherine H. [sic] Spense; Cathrine Helen [sic] Spence; John B. Spence; C. H. Spence; J. B Spence)
Also writes as: A Colonist of 1839 ; Aunt Kate ; D. G. ; Meridionale ; One Who Loves Them ; C. H. S.
Born: Established: 31 Oct 1825 Melrose,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Apr 1910 Norwood, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1839
Heritage: Scottish
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1 From : Clara Morison Catherine Helen Spence , 2009 extract novel (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 114-117)
1 5 y separately published work icon Ever Yours, C. H. Spence : Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910) Catherine Helen Spence , Susan Magarey (editor), Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2005 Z1225511 2005 selected work autobiography diary correspondence
1 It's Never Too Hot to Dance (from Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever) Catherine Helen Spence , 1997 extract (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays 1997; (p. 26-32)
1 1 y separately published work icon Tenacious of the Past : The Recollections of Helen Brodie Catherine Helen Spence , Adelaide : Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English Libraries Board of South Australia , 1994 Z866189 1994 single work biography
1 The Eightieth Milestone and the End Catherine Helen Spence , 1994 extract autobiography (Autobiography)
— Appears in: Hope and Fear : An Anthology of South Australian Women's Writing, 1894-1994 1994; (p. 62-65)
1 [Untitled] (from Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever) Catherine Helen Spence , 1993 extract (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature 1993; (p. 226-236)
1 Signs of Colonial Prosperity! (from Clara Morison) Catherine Helen Spence , 1990 extract humour (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 36-39)
1 A Glimpse of a Situation : From Clara Morison; a Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever Catherine Helen Spence , 1988 extract humour (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction 1988; (p. 2-14)
1 8 y separately published work icon Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1987 Z418924 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
1 Excerpt from Spence's First Sermon Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 extract prose
— Appears in: Catherine Helen Spence 1987; (p. 571-575)
1 Heredity and Environment Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 single work prose
— Appears in: Catherine Helen Spence 1987; (p. 510-524)
1 Untitled Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 extract autobiography (Autobiography)
— Appears in: Catherine Helen Spence 1987; (p. 409-479)
1 A Week in the Future : Thursday - Marriage and the Relations of the Sexes (from A Week in the Future) Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 extract
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 14 November 1987; (p. 100-105) Her Selection : Writings by Nineteenth-Century Australian Women 1988; (p. 78-85)
1 Like All First Chapters - Introductory Catherine Helen Spence , 1983 extract novel (Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever)
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories 1983; (p. 1-8)
1 Manuscripts: (I) Sarah Docker's Diary (II) Annie M. Riddell's Journal (III) Anne Gration's Diary (IV) Catherine Helen Spence to C. H. Pearson (V) Fanny H. Barbour, 'Jottings' Catherine Helen Spence , Sarah Docker , Annie M. Riddell , Anne Gratton , Fanny H. Barbour , 1975 extract correspondence diary
— Appears in: La Trobe Library Journal , April vol. 4 no. 15 1975; (p. 62-71) Docker and Gratton write of their voyages from England to Australia; Spence clarifies her position on land tax; and Barbour gives a youthful account of Melbourne social life.
1 The Adelaide Hills One Who Loves Them , 1913 single work
— Appears in: The Chronicle , 30 August 1913; (p. 52)
2 5 y separately published work icon Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence , Adelaide : W. K. Thomas , 1910 Z823254 1910 single work autobiography
1 To the Boys i "Ere you leave your room at morning", One Who Loves Them , 1906 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Christian Commonwealth , 12 October 1906; (p. 4)
1 y separately published work icon Australian Spring i "All Nature in Australia thrills", Catherine Helen Spence , Adelaide : Register , 1905 Z866321 1905 single work poetry
2 Each in his Own Tongue : Two Sermons Delivered in the Unitarian Church, Adelaide, July 17 and 24, 1904 Catherine Helen Spence , Adelaide : Vardon and Pritchard , 1904 Z825586 1904 selected work prose
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 407-416)
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