CYPRUS BRIG

There is no mention of August in the lyrics of this song, but the notes in the DT say:

The seizure of convict ships by convicts happened a number of times.
This particular event occured in August 1829, and a manuscript in the
Mitchell Library has a poem of 48 lines that commemorates the seizure.
Titled 'Seizure of the Cyprus Brig in Recherche Bay' it is printed in
Geoffrey Ingleton's True Patriots All and attributed to Frank MacNamara
(Frank the Poet).

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Wikipedia Cyprus mutiny    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_mutiny
Australian Folk Songs: Lyrics & Recording of Cyprus Brig    http://folkstream.com/027.html