| Pemberontakan Rum | |||||||
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 Sebuah kartun propaganda yang dibuat beberapa jam setelah penangkapan William Bligh, menggambarkan dia sebagai seorang pengecut[1] | |||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | |||||||
 Koloni New South Wales |
Korps New South Wales | ||||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | |||||||
| 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
sunting- 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 January 2008). "Who'll Watch Guardians When Ex-officers Rule Us?"". The Australian. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 12 June 2008.
- 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 January 2008). "Coup that paved the way for our attention to rule of law". Opinion. Sydney Morning Herald. Diakses tanggal 2008-01-23. (Spigelman is the Chief Justice of New South Wales.)
Referensi
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"First Australian political cartoon fuels Rum Rebellion folklore" (PDF). Media Releases. State Library of New South Wales. 2008. Diarsipkan dari asli (PDF) tanggal 29 February 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.
