Sunday, 15 March 2026

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The Catalpa Memorial on the Palm Beach foreshore.

The Catalpa incident was an 1876 international incident involving the escape / rescue of 6 Irish Fenian prisoners funded by Irish-Americans from the British colony in Western Australia where they had been sent as convicts. More details below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa_rescue

The folk song The Catalpa was popular in the 1970’s in Australia.

https://youtu.be/C9j12ebCMS0?si=aUcb_DrKMvYtVpeq