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Selected digitised items
This is a selection of items in the bibliography which have been digitised as examples to show the nature of the material, and to show the range and depth of Spence’s writings.
These items are out of copyright, and a copy may be made for the purpose of research or study, but further publication requires the Library’s permission.
1845 Three cheers for Captain Grey. Poem by D.G. from The South Australian of 24 October 1845 page 3de.
1878 The recent murder case. Unsigned leader from The Register of 24 June 1878 on page 4de.
1878 The June reviews. First notice. Unsigned article from The Register of 24 August 1878 on page 5g-6a.
1878 The dangerous classes. Unsigned leader from The Register of 4 December 1878 on page 4c-e.
1879 Women as nurses and medical practitioners. Unsigned leader from The Register of 10 November 1879 on page 4c-e.
1880 Functions of government. Chapter 8 of ‘The laws we live under’ Adelaide, Government Printing Office, 1880.
1880 The literary calling. Unsigned article from The Observer of 25 September 1880 page 553a-c.
1880 Gossip about children's books. No 1. Article by One who loves them from The Observer of 4 December 1880 page 961ab.
1880 The spelling game. Article by C. H. S. from The Observer of 25 December 1880 page 1088cd.
1880 Triple acrostic. Puzzle by C. H. S. from The Observer of 25 December 1880 page 1088b.
1881 Unsociable women. Article by ‘A Colonist of 1839’ from The Observer of 8 0ctober 1881 page 41a-c.
1881 The story of the three pigs. Children’s story ‘told to the little ones’ by C H Spence from the Evening Journal of 24 December 1881 page 7b-e. This is of interest because it is Spence’s own version of the fairy story, with quite a different emphasis to the original version.
1882 Elfie under the sea, and other stories. Unsigned review of ‘Elfie under the sea and other stories’ from The Observer of 16 December 1882 page 42e.
1883 The December reviews. Second notice. Unsigned article from The Register of 1 February 1883 page 6ab.
1884 Women at work. By one of them. Unsigned article from The Observer of 28 June 1884 page 41ab.
1891 Woman's suffrage. Letter by C. H. Spence from The Register of 5 June 1891 page 7d.
1892 The silent sea. Review by C. H. S. of ‘The silent sea’ by Catherine Martin (Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1892) from Voice of 9 December 1892 page 2ab.
1893 Miss C. H. Spence on her travels. At the World's Fair. Chicago, June 16 from The Observer of 5 August 1893 page 33de, 34ab.
1896 The approaching elections. A few plain words to the women electors of South Australia by one of themselves. Pamphlet by Catherine Helen Spence. Adelaide, 1896. Reprinted from The Register of 24 March 1896 page 1.
1896 What is effective voting and how is it to be secured. Pamphlet by C. H. Spence, Eildon, St Peters, March 1896.
1897 Federal convention. Miss Spence’s candidature’. Electoral notice by Catherine Helen Spence from The Register of 13 February 1897 on page 2c.
1903 Sonnet. By Miss C. H. Spence in Notes and Queries, from The Register of 8 January 1903 on page 1a.
1904 The special moral training of girls. Article by C. H. S. from The Observer of 2 January 1904 page 34ab.
1905 Address to the Old Scholars’ Associations of Ladies’ Schools. Given on 13 April in the Banqueting Room, Town Hall, Adelaide, by Miss C. H. Spence. Vardon & Pritchard, Printers, Adelaide, 1905.
1905 Australian Spring. Poem by Catherine Helen Spence from The Register of 1 November 1905 page 1. Also issued as a single page leaflet.
1905 Kindergarten to university, no 1. Article by Catherine Helen Spence from The Register of 30 October 1905 page 6c.
1905 Kindergarten to university, no 2. Article by Catherine Helen Spence from The Register of 31 October 31 1905 page 7b.
1905 Kindergarten to university, no 3. Article by Catherine Helen Spence from The Register of 4 November 1905 page 8gh.
1909 The art of public speaking. A symposium. The woman speaker. Reminiscences and comparisons. Article by Miss C. H. Spence, ‘A Colonist of 1839’ from The Register of 11 December 1909 page 15ab.
1909 The art of public speaking. The woman speaker. Further reminiscences and comparisons. Article by Miss C. H. Spence, ‘A Colonist of 1839’ from The Register of 25 December 1909 page 8gh.
1916 My father’s flute. From The Adelaide Primer Part 2 page 51. Adelaide, Education Department of South Australia, 1916. Unsigned single page story for beginning readers.