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Catherine Helen Spence [B 6759] • Photograph

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Summary

Catherine Helen Spence, Scottish born author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragist. She was Australia's first female political candidate. Together with C Emily Clark she founded an organisation aimed at removing destitute children from the asylum into approved families and to eventually remove all children from institutions except the delinquent. She preached sermons at the Unitarian Christian Church in Wakefield Street. She remained unmarried.

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Physical description

Photograph; 24.2 cm x 16.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1902

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Spence, Catherine Helen, 1825-1910

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Digitisation information

Date

24/07/2003

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image/tiff

Resolution

2,109 x 3,000 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.35 MB

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