Main Characters

Emma Berry - wife & mother, herbalist

Daniel Berry - Emma’s husband, Captain of the PS Mary B

Darcy Berry - their 7-year-old son

Janey Wirra - Emma’s maid of all work,

Abe Miller - Janey’s man, and Emma’s man of all work,

Old Mr. Pickles - head of the Pickles family

Janet Naughton (nee Pickles) - his granddaughter, Emma’s friend & part-owner of the Primrose Tearoom with

Henrietta Pickles - her mother

Alex Naughton - Janet’s husband, livery stable owner

Nathaniel Pickles - Henrietta’s estranged husband, senior clerk at Echuca wharf

Charity Pickles - Nathaniel’s sister, manages Pickles boarding house where her father and brother live

Grace Hewitt (nee Pickles) - Charity & Nathaniel’s sister, a widow, visiting the family

Miriam Hewitt - her daughter,

Jonathan Inglis - Miriam’s fiancé, a young lawyer,

Henry Collins - a businessman

Dr. MacArthur - coroner

Sergeant Donovan - policeman

Mr. Samuel Rasmussen - of Kentish, Rasmussen & Foyle, solicitors

Mrs. Gloria Rasmussen - his wife, member of the Ladies Benevolent Society

Delia Rasmussen - their daughter