p151

. . . “The paddle-steamer Hygeia had the honour of conveying England’s future King George from the liner to St Kilda pier to open the first Commonwealth Parliament. It was an inspiring and spectacular . . .”

p152

. . . Davo interrupted, “Lugger Jack has been made president of the local council . . .

John Boswell Clark was a Shire of Flinders and Kangerong Councilor from 1896 – 1898, then 1900 until his death in September 1901, when he was replaced by his son Edward Clark (1865 -1939). To our knowledge he was never President.

p153

. . . Coppin has established, through the Government, a public hall and library known as the Sorrento Mechanic’s Institute. . .

As with many aspects of George Coppin’s activities in Sorrento, this is partly true. The full story is on this website HERE

. . . There’s also a weekly newspaper published about twenty miles further along the bayside which you don’t seem to be aware of . . .

This is probably a reference to the weekly Mornington Standard that operated from 1889 – 1908, then becoming the Mornington & Dromana Standard (1908 -1911) and then the Mornington Standard (Frankston) from 1911 – 1939. ¹

p154

. . . Their means of transport had been sold to a dusky neighbour known as Joe, who used it for trading boiled crayfish to tourists and local customers. . . .

This is Joe Oliver who we met back in Chapter 5

p157

. . . I was fooled by those adverts in the paper which say: ‘Enjoy The Delightful Breezes of a Steamer Trip Down The Bay.’ Delightful me eye! Foul beer on the boat; fouler in the pub ashore; and the foul mouths of local limpets — excuse me, I don’t mean you fellows.” . . .

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1. From Wikipedia HERE ↩︎