2019 $1 Mutiny and Rebellion The Rum Rebellion Uncirculated Coin

On 26 January 1808, the New South Wales Corps marched from their barracks to Government House to overthrow the Governor, William Bligh; the only time a military coup has ever deposed an Australian Government. Irascible, autocratic Bligh had infuriated the ambitious and elite military by attempting to break the economic stranglehold they held over the fledgling colony. The Rum Rebellion, named for the rum trade that had made the Corps powerful, led to the rule of law in Australia, and eventually to its transition from penal colony to free settlement