Elizabeth Wilton lives in St. Peters, Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, where she teaches physically and educationally handi- capped children. She attended schools in Australia and Tasmania, including Adelaide Teachers' College and the University of Ade- laide. She lives in a small house set in a large garden that is home to two cats and large numbers of birds. Among Miss Wilton's many interests are music, stamp collecting, and gathering stories about the history of Australia.
Miss Wilton's interest in riverboats was piqued by the recollections of an elderly friend whose husband had traded on the Murray River from a steamer built with material from the original Mary-Ann. As one idea led her to explore another, the story of Riverboat Family emerged. "By the end of it," says Miss Wilton, "I was as much in love with the river as the people who lived on it."
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