Paddle Steamers of Australia by Beth Conner with Captain Peter Garfield

There is an old saying: Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn. Many accounts of Australian history tell ‘a good yarn’.
The stories evolve around an object and value is placed on the importance and integrity of that particular thing.
This story of an object, the P.S. “Canberra”, the families who kept her, the people who worked on her and the places she influenced.
This is the story of why the P.S. “Canberra” was built and it begins with a throwaway line. Someone in the small shop said: “There’s money to be made on the river”.
The story is not an uncommon one and will enlighten you about these times.