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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
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'So different now': The story behind Canberra's historic paddlesteamer

"If dad came back now, he'd be gobsmacked that his boat was so famous," exclaims Jocelyn Brown (nee Creager), while admiring the PS Enterprise on its mooring at the National Museum of Australia jetty on Lake Burley Griffin.

On a recent visit to Canberra, Jocelyn, who now lives in the Upper Murray town of Corryong, enamoured a small group of museum volunteers with her memories of growing up on the historic paddlesteamer when it was her family's houseboat near Renmark in South Australia in the 1930s and '40s.

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