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The Ballad of 'The Catalpa' single work poetry "A noble whale-ship and commander"

Alternative title: The Escape of the Fenians

Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 The Ballad of 'The Catalpa'

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Substantially revised version of the ballad '[Catalpa]'

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'Air: 'Farewell to Old England Forever' - in Ward, Three Street Ballads, p.13

Appears in:

y Three Street Ballads Russel Ward , Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1957 Z12392 1957 single work criticism Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1957
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1957
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pg. 13-14
Note: '...collected by Mr. Victor Courtney, for many years editor of the Perth Sunday Times. As a young cadet reporter he heard it being sung in a Fremantle waterside hotel.' - (Three Street Ballads, p.13)
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y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
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pg. 20-21
Note: With musical score. Title: The Catalpa.
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y The Overlander Songbook Ronald George Edwards (editor), Ronald George Edwards (illustrator), Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1956 Z856165 1956 anthology poetry prose Adelaide : Rigby Publishers , 1971
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1971
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pg. 16-17
Note: With title: The Catalpa. First line: 'She was a Yankee whaleship,'. Includes annotations by editor.
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y Complete Book of Australian Folk Lore Bill Scott , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 Z206758 1976 anthology poetry short story prose Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976
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1976
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pg. 126-127
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y Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times Douglas Stewart (editor), Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z389570 1957 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976
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1976
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pg. 26
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y Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images Bruce Bennett (editor), William Grono (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1979 Z37247 1979 anthology correspondence poetry drama short story Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1979
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1979
)
pg. 61
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y Margins : A West Coast Selection of Poetry 1829-1988 William Grono (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1988 Z141535 1988 anthology poetry Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1988
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1988
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pg. 53-54
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] Elizabeth Webby (editor), Philip Butterss (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z136407 1993 anthology poetry humour satire Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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1993
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pg. 66-67
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y The Age 25 July 1998 Z593647 1998 newspaper issue 1998
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1998
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pg. 10 Section: Saturday Extra
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y The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001
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2001
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pg. 57
Note: Editor's note: Tune - The Men of the West

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Farewell to Australia (from Australasia and After: Michael Davitt's Last Decade 1895-1906) Noel McLachlan , 1998 extract
— Appears in: The Age , 25 July 1998; (p. 10)

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Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,

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