Catalpa Rescue - Catalpa Escape Legacy

Catalpa Escape Legacy

• Musician and local historian Brendan Woods authored a Theater Production about the breakout titled The Catalpa Directed by Gerry Atkinson with a cast of 22. On 15 November 2006 The Catalpa play premiered at Fremantle Town Hall the play ran until 25 November. The play was based on the diaries of Denis Cashman, with the poetry of John Boyle O'Reilly set to music and dance supported by a five part Musical ensemble. The show sold out on three of its four night run.
• Irish rebel music band The Wolfe Tones recorded a song about the Catalpa incident called "The Fenians' Escape".
• The Real McKenzies, a Celtic punk band from British Columbia, Canada, included their rendition of the song "The Catalpa" on the 2005 Fat Wreck Chords album "10,000 Shots."
• Donal O'Kelly's one man play The Catalpa was an international success, winning a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 1996 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Critic's Prize at the Melbourne International Festival in 1997.
• Western Australian Folk music Band, The Settlers released an album in 1979 that included the song 'catalpa'
• Australian folk band, The Bushwackers featured the song The Catalpa on the album Beneath the Southern Cross.
• An Australian Broadcasting Corporation production, The Catalpa Rescue, was shown on ABC Television on Thursday 25 October 2007.
• Fenian Park listed in Geographic Name Approvals in Western Australia July/September 1999 and October/December 1999 Volume 15, numbers 3 and 4 ISSN 0817-265X - page 6 "'Reserve 45390 adjacent Kurrajong Circle, Glen Iris: in 1876 several Fenians ...fled to America aboard the whaling barque Catalpa: City of Bunbury 33° 20′ 50″ S 115 ° 40′ 51″ E