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Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804

Rum Rebellion 1808-09

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Rebellion

Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804

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Uprising by Irish prisoners at Castle Hill, north-west of Sydney, that was put down by the New South Wales Corps with 12 rebels killed and 9 later executed.

Rum Rebellion 1808-09

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Armed takeover of government in New South Wales, in which Governor William Bligh was deposed by officers of the New South Wales Corps, led by George Johnson, and supported by John Macarthur. Military rule in the colony continued until the arrival of Lachlan Macquarie as the new governor in January 1810.