Rum Rebellion

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The Rum Rebellion was the 1808 military coup in New South Wales in which the colony’s New South Wales Corps deposed Governor William Bligh, marking the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military coup ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Overthrow of Governor Bligh ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion

Rum Rebellion of 1808 ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion
chronology occurred during reign of King George III ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country New South Wales ⓘ
deposed William Bligh ⓘ
describedBySource Australian colonial histories ⓘ
biographies of William Bligh ⓘ
histories of New South Wales Corps ⓘ
endDate 1808-01-26 ⓘ
followedBy appointment of Governor Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ
period of military rule in New South Wales ⓘ
hasCause attempts to curb monopolies and corruption in the colony ⓘ
conflict over regulation of trade in spirits ⓘ
tensions between Governor William Bligh and New South Wales Corps officers ⓘ
hasEffect disbandment and recall of the New South Wales Corps ⓘ
increased imperial control over New South Wales ⓘ
reform of colonial administration in New South Wales ⓘ
hasMotivation protection of officers’ economic interests in rum trade ⓘ
resistance to Bligh’s attempts to regulate commerce ⓘ
leader Major George Johnston ⓘ
legalStatus considered a mutiny by British authorities ⓘ
location Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
mainSubject colonial governance in New South Wales ⓘ
history of Australia ⓘ
military involvement in civil government ⓘ
notableFor being the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history ⓘ
involvement of the New South Wales Corps in civil governance ⓘ
opponent Governor William Bligh ⓘ
linked to: William Bligh
participant Governor William Bligh ⓘ
linked to: William Bligh

John Macarthur ⓘ
Major George Johnston ⓘ
New South Wales Corps ⓘ
partOf early 19th-century Australian history ⓘ
history of the Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
result deposition of Governor William Bligh ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion

military control of New South Wales government ⓘ
only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history ⓘ
significantPerson George Johnston ⓘ
John Macarthur ⓘ
William Bligh ⓘ
significantYear 1808 ⓘ
startDate 1808-01-26 ⓘ

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H. V. Evatt → notableWork → Rum Rebellion ⓘ
William Paterson → tookPartIn → Rum Rebellion (New South Wales Corps involvement) ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain William Paterson
linked to: Rum Rebellion
Rum Rebellion → result → deposition of Governor William Bligh ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion
Rum Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Rum Rebellion of 1808 ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion
Rum Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Overthrow of Governor Bligh ⓘ
linked to: Rum Rebellion