Peter Wharton

In December 2024, the Sunraysia Steam Preservation Society presented Peter Wharton with a Life Membership to acknowledge his twenty-six-year involvement as an active volunteer member. The Psyche Historic Steam Pumps is the main project for the “steamies”, as SSPS is affectionately known. Peter’s connection with Psyche has been lifelong. He is a third-generation dried fruit grower who has lived close by for his entire life up until late 2024. Peter developed his horticultural knowledge and mechanical problem-solving skills from a young age. He was raised on the fruit block of his parents, Lance and Jean Wharton, in Dewry Avenue near Fourteenth Street, Irymple.