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In describing the ten years Catherine Martin spent in Mount Gambier, SA, and the influence this had on her writings, Margaret Allen particularly notes the strength of the Scottish and the German communities in the area, and relationships between settlers and Aboriginal people.
In the persona of Stella Cartland in An Australian Girl, Martin argues for controlled euthanasia, following thought current in Europe but not yet common in Australia.