screw-boat

Updated: August 12, 2026

Sometimes a big steamer would be coming in, churning the water under her paddles and tearing up the bay like a hundred bunyips. The first screw-boat Jim and I saw we couldn't make out for the life of us what she moved by. We thought all steamers had paddles.

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields