Acknowledgements

The fictional Wirra family would have belonged to the Latji Latji people, who lived in the region of the Murray River (near Mildura) where I have situated the Wirramilla pastoral station. I have used words from their language as recorded by E.M. Curr.

Curr, Edward Micklethwaite, The Australian race, Melbourne: J. Ferres, 1886.

Jupp, James (ed), The Australian People, Cambridge Uni Press, 2001.

Isaacs, Jennifer. Bush Food: Aboriginal Food and Herbal Medicine, Chatswood, New Holland Press, 1987.

National Library of Australia, newspaper archives online.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

Echuca Historical Society

https://echucahistoricalsociety.org.au/

Also acknowledging all those who have written about the Murray River paddle steamers.