Rum rebellion : a study of the overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps : including the John Murtagh Macrossan Memorial Lectures delivered at the University of Queensland, June, 1937

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Book
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Category
Australia and New Zealand  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1938 
Publisher
Pages
365 pages 
Subject
Australia 
Abstract
"In this work I have considerably expanded and developed the lectures on "The Overthrown of Bligh" which were delivered by me in 1937 at the University of Queensland, as J. M. Macrossan lecturer. As will be gathered, I am of opinion that many of the problems connected with the Rum Rebellion of 1808 are best solved by a through analysis of contemporary legal investigations..." - Preface 
Description
Contents:
Foreword
Preface
copy-book tradition
A story about sheep
The colony which Bligh had to govern
Curious corps
A case of Hearsay evidence
a governor's turnips
The affair of Dr Balmain
A case of assault
A duel that was fought
Theft of a vital dispatch
Necessity turned to gain
The fall of governor Bligh
Bligh takes over
Bligh makes progress
Trafficker's in trouble
Legal, foundations of new South Wales
The case of the promissory note
The case of Wentworth
The case of the imported stills
The case of the schooner Parramatta
The case of sedition
Was Macarthur guilty of sedition
Macarthur in danger
Macarthur's first maneuvers
Macarthur's second maneuvers
Macarthur's trial opens
Another strange tale
The night of the twenty-fifth of January
The arrest of Bligh
The charge of cowardice
"Jack Bodice's tool?"
Was the arrest preconcerted
Guilty of high treason
Rebel leader
mock trial
The case of Oliver Russell
Aftermath of this Russell case
The case of William Gore
The case of George Suttor
First rebel administration (Johnston)
Second rebel administration (Foveaux)
Rebel peculations
Third rebel administrations (Paterson)
The attitude of Macquarie
Court martial maneuvers
The court martial of Johnston
Judgement
Index 
Biblio Notes
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