What the records say
- When
- 26 Jan 1808 – 1 Jan 1810
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 33.87° S, 151.21° E
- Description
- rebellion in British penal colony of New South Wales (1808)
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Rum Rebellion
1808 coup in Britain's New South Wales Colony
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose Governor William Bligh. Australia's first and only military coup to date, its name derives from the illicit rum trade of early Sydney, over which the 'Rum Corps', as it became known, maintained a monopoly.
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