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Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868...

Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868...

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Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868. Compiled 1972.

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Full title

Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868. Compiled 1972.

Author / Creator

Date

1972

Call Numbers

MLMSS 3097

Record Identifier

YoldBrG9

Reference Code

423413
Physical Description

Contents

1 (5 cm.) box of textual material - carbon typescipt, photocopies

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Research & study copies allowed : Copying for research purposes is permitted

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 1020, frames 1 - 274

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Includes biographical notes on the transported Fenians and extracts from 'The Wild Goose', 1867

Alternative Titles

Full title

Gerald Fitzgerald - Southward the wild geese the story of the Fenians transported to Australia, 1868. Compiled 1972.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Available for reference

Description source

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

Contextual Information

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

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 3097

Record Identifier

YoldBrG9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldBrG9

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Reference code

423413

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