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Title
Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868. Compiled 1972.
Creator
Gerald Fitzgerald
Call number
MLMSS 3097
Level of description
fonds
Date

1972
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
423413
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1020, frames 1 - 274
Physical Description
1 (5 cm.) box of textual material - carbon typescipt, photocopies
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

The Irish transported to Western Australia in the Hougoumont in 1867 for their opposition to the British rule in Ireland produced a newspaper called "The Wild Goose" while on board ship. Six of these convicts escaped to America on the Catalpa in 1876
Scope and Content
Includes biographical notes on the transported Fenians and extracts from 'The Wild Goose', 1867
Copying Conditions
Research & study copies allowed: Copying for research purposes is permitted
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-661 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Available for reference
Name
Hougoumont (Ship)
The Wild Goose (newspaper)
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration.
Fenians.
Ireland--Emigration and immigration.
Ship newspapers.

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