Category: Rum Rebellion, New South Wales

Categories: Australia, History | Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

On 26th January 1808, twenty years to the day after the First Fleet of convicts founded Sydney as the first European settlement on Australian shores, the New South Wales (NSW) Corps detachments spread throughout the mainland penal settlements under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with former army officer, John Macarthur, treasonously deposed the Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Captain William Bligh RN. Afterwards, Macarthur ruled the colony, with the senior military officer stationed in Sydney (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Foveaux July 1808-January 1809 and Colonel William Paterson January-December 1809) acting as the lieutenant-governor of NSW until the arrival from England on 1st January 1810 of Major General Lachlan Macquarie as the new officially-appointed governor. The military coup, and the events leading up to it are known as The Rum Rebellion and remains the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. Source: Wikipedia: Rum Rebellion

Australia's Military Coup

Edward Abbott 09 Nov 1766 Montreal, Canada - 31 Jul 1832

William Bligh 09 Sep 1754 Plymouth, Devon, England - 07 Dec 1817

Richard (Bowyer) Atkins 22 Mar 1745 Denham, Buckinghamshire, England - 21 Nov 1820

Joseph Flood 1763 Dublin, Ireland - 12 Sep 1808

Joseph Foveaux abt 10 Apr 1766 Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England - 20 Mar 1846

John Harris abt 1754 Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland - 27 Apr 1838

Thomas Jamison abt 1753 Co. Down, Ireland - 27 Jan 1811

Benjamin Johns bef 13 Mar 1764 Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 05 Sep 1828

George Johnston 19 Mar 1764 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - 05 Jan 1823

John (Mc Arthur) Macarthur bef 03 Sep 1767 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - 11 Apr 1834

William Paterson 17 Aug 1755 Scotland - 21 Jun 1810

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