The Australian Rebellion: Rum Rebellion

Australia is a young nation, but its history is rich with stories of adventure, courage and endurance. This interesting series shares some of Australia’s great stories, revealing that truth is often more exciting than fiction. Each book covers the story comprehensively, using timelines, detailed accounts, fact boxes, variety of primary source materials and text types and informative photographs and illustrations.

Suitable for middle to upper primary.

This is the true story of an uprising against the authorities in the early days of the colony in New South Wales. Read how problems arose, the conflicts between people escalated into a rebellion. This book is packed with information about the events, including reproductions of actual letters and portraits of some of the participants. It tells about the historical figures involved with interesting data concerning the society of the times. With rum, riches and rebellion by redcoats in a colourful period of early Australian colonisation, this book provides material to ignite a passion for our history.