Lesser-known historical figures like the Mughal emperor Babur and Australia's
Rum Rebellion leader George Johnston are drawn in living colour, while Forsyth dispels some of the myths surrounding medieval merry-making and even Jesus' position on water versus wine.
Ironically, King was replaced by a man who already had a bad record with mutineers: the infamous Captain Bligh of the Bounty would become Governor Bligh of the
Rum Rebellion. Edited with commentary by independent historian Granville Allen Mawer, "A Voyage to New Holland and Round the World" is an extraordinary and inherently fascinating account that is very highly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Maritime History & Australian History collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
The
Rum Rebellion began when a group of state constables seized wine at the home/grocery store of John Scalcucci, who lived with his brothers in Virgil Location, a mining camp.
I'm good friends with a local Irish folk punk band called The
Rum Rebellion; we're all Portland Pirate Punx.
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He describes rioting during the nineteenth century, including the
Rum Rebellion and unrest during industrial disputes, such as the Maritime Strike of 1890; military and civil mutinies from 1885 to 1970 such as the New Zealand naval mutiny of 1947; and riots and assassinations and challenges to authority, including race and industrial riots, attacks on parliament, and terrorism.
Evatt,
Rum Rebellion A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps, Australian Classics edition, London, 1978, pp.
10 June The origin of the commonly called '
Rum Rebellion'
In which country did the so-called
Rum Rebellion of 1808 take place?
Events of the
Rum Rebellion and the Eureka Rebellion are highlighted.
Evatt,
Rum Rebellion: A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps, Hawthorn, 1971 [1938].
His publications include The King and His Dominion Governors (1936) and
Rum Rebellion (1938).