The Rum Rum Rebellion 2025:Pemulwuy vs Macarthur
Event:6pm,26January 2025 at Cahill St Playground, Annandale The Rum Rum Rebellion 2025:Pemulwuy vs Macarthur Pimbloy(Pemulwuy): Native of New Holland in a canoe of that country. S. J. Neele. S LV Public transport and short walks (audio) The Rebellion took place in 1808 on the 20 th Anniversary of the landing of the first fleet at Farm Cove or Sydney Cove(warrang). 1 "The ‘Rum Rebellion’ – a title later conferred on the event by Governor Thomas Brisbane; referred to as the ‘Insurrection’ by contemporaries – was an overthrow of the government, a mutiny against Governor William Bligh’s imperially sanctioned authority. It was not a rebellion over rum nor a popular rebellion by the people, but a forceful removal of a governor from office by sections of the colonial elite and the military." - www.hht.net.au Permulwuy , a bidgal, lead the Resistance – not just by his own people but neighbouring groups of the Sydney Basin. “On 1 May 1801 Governor King issu...