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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.

Catherine Helen Spence

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Catherine Helen Spence
Age: 84 †
Born: 1825
Born: October 31
Died: 1910
Died: April 3
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