http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/23/1079939647250.html

Saw this very interesting article in the SMH today, that the sword that Francis De Groot used to prematurely open the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been ‘found’ in Ireland. I always found this incident to be one of those very quirky pieces of Australian history, although I never quite realised the wider social significance that was drawn out in this article. This, like running gun battles between drunk parliamentarians or snide remarks to journalists (see about half-way down that page) are the some of the best (i.e. funniest) things about Australian history.