Memorials
On 9 September 2005 a memorial was unveiled in Rockingham to commemorate the escape.
The memorial, a large statue of six wild geese, was created by Western Australian artists Charlie Smith and Joan Walsh Smith. The geese refer to the phrase "The Wild Geese", which was a name given to Irish soldiers who served in European armies after being exiled from Ireland.
The Fenians transported to Western Australia adopted the phrase for themselves during their voyage to Western Australia on board the Hougoumont, even publishing a shipboard newspaper entitled The Wild Goose.
A memorial stone was erected in New Bedford, Massachusetts, home port of Catalpa and her crew.
Read more about this topic: Catalpa Rescue
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