As the good ship Zephyr plied the Swan River, ferrying visitors to Rottnest and dropping picnicking passengers at islands off Fremantle, the deckhand was busy with a dozen jobs under the leadership of the captain, his father.
For young Ralph Drexel, who had only just come to live in Perth, this mobile employment was a fine way to take in the city’s riverbanks and skyline.
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