Australia Rum Rebellion 1808

<body> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Australian Rum Rebellion 1808</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">William Bligh (1754-1817), governor of New South Wales, Australia, prohibited offering spirits in payment for commodities. Though many colonists supported his attempts to normalize trade, others resented his interference. A series of charges and countercharges culminated in a military rebellion in January 1808. A group of New South Wales Corps officers, led by Major George Johnston, a regular, arrested Bligh as unfit for office and held him prisoner...</font></p> <p><a href="australia1808.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Australia Rum Rebellion 1808</b></font></a></p> </body>