A challenge from Mike Lefroy

Joy and I are looking forward to telling you about The Catalpa Escape - the story about the great escape of the Fenians from Fremantle Prison on Easter Monday, 17 April 1876.

Here are a 3 questions for you to research:

1. Who were the Fenians?
2. Easter Monday this year was March 24th, nearly a month earlier than it was in 1876. Why isn’t Easter at the same time each year?
3. The story of this great escape involved a whaling ship called Catalpa, bought specifically to sail out to WA from America to rescue the Fenian prisoners. Why do you think they chose a whaling ship and not a war ship?

The first to answer all 3 questions correctly gets a special news flash on this website!

Just type your answers as a comment below.

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