Pemberontakan Rum

Sebuah kartun propaganda yang dibuat beberapa jam setelah penangkapan William Bligh, menggambarkan dia sebagai seorang pengecut^[1]

Tanggal	26 Januari 1808 – 1 Januari 1810 (1 tahun, 11 bulan dan 6 hari)
Lokasi	Sydney, Koloni New South Wales
Hasil	Deposisi dan penangkapan Gubernur NSW William Bligh. Pengenaan hukum militer. Penarikan dan pembubaran Korps NSW secara memalukan. Penunjukan Lachlan Macquarie sebagai gubernur.

Pihak yang terlibat

Koloni New South Wales

Korps New South Wales

Pemimpin atau tokoh terkemuka

William Bligh

Mayor George Johnston
John Macarthur

Kekuatan

~ 400

Pemberontakan Rum tahun 1808 adalah satu-satunya pengalihan pemerintah bersenjata yang sukses dalam sejarah Australia. Pada abad ke-19, peristiwa tersebut banyak disebut sebagai Pemberontakan Besar.

Daftar pustaka

Dando-Collins, Stephen, Captain Bligh's Other Mutiny: The True Story of the Military Coup that Turned Australia into a Two-Year Rebel Republic, Sydney, Random House, 2007.
Duffy, Michael, Man of Honour: John Macarthur, Sydney, Macmillan Australia, 2003.
Evatt, H.V., Rum Rebellion: A Study Of The Overthrow Of Governor Bligh By John Macarthur And The New South Wales, 1943.
Tom Frame (23 Januari 2008). "Who'll Watch Guardians When Ex-officers Rule Us?"". The Australian. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 12 Juni 2008.{{cite news}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
Fitzgerald, Ross and Hearn, Mark, Bligh, Macarthur and the Rum Rebellion, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1988.
Ritchie, John, The Wentworths: Father and Son, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1997.
Spigelman, James (23 Januari 2008). "Coup that paved the way for our attention to rule of law". Opinion. Sydney Morning Herald. Diakses tanggal 2008-01-23.{{cite web}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link) (Spigelman is the Chief Justice of New South Wales.)

Referensi

↑ "First Australian political cartoon fuels Rum Rebellion folklore" (PDF). Media Releases. State Library of New South Wales. 2008. Diarsipkan dari asli (PDF) tanggal 29 Februari 2008. Diakses tanggal 2008-02-04. When an unknown artist created Australia's first political cartoon, little did he know his drawing would seep into the country's folklore and shape the perceptions on Governor Bligh's dramatic arrest and overthrow, 200 years ago on Australia Day. This cartoon [was] created within hours of the mutiny and ridicul[es] Bligh. ... The coloured work depicts the hunted Governor being dragged from underneath a bed by the red-coated members of the NSW Corps, later referred to as the Rum Corps. 'It was very unlikely that Bligh would have hidden under the bed, the image was political propaganda, intending to portray Bligh as a coward.' The slur on Bligh's character created by the cartoon was extremely powerful. The work was first illuminated by candles and displayed prominently in the window of Sergeant Major Whittle's house. Throughout the years the image continued to blur the reality about the true events of the rebellion.{{cite web}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)