Post by Hairynosedwombat on Dec 12, 2019 16:23:34 GMT
It isn't well known that William Bligh suffered two mutinies.
The first has been covered by several films of the Mutiny on the Bounty.
In 1804 Bligh was appointed Governor of the penal colony of New South Wales, with a brief to end the takeover of the colonys economy by officers of the New South Wales Corps which guarded the several thousand convicts transported from Britain.
My great great great grandfather was a Sargeant in the NSW Corps and was in charge of the detail which arrested Bligh and sent him back to England, allowing the officers and several businessmen to continue to maximise their profits, at least until a new Governor was appointed who disbanded the NSW Corps.
The first has been covered by several films of the Mutiny on the Bounty.
In 1804 Bligh was appointed Governor of the penal colony of New South Wales, with a brief to end the takeover of the colonys economy by officers of the New South Wales Corps which guarded the several thousand convicts transported from Britain.
My great great great grandfather was a Sargeant in the NSW Corps and was in charge of the detail which arrested Bligh and sent him back to England, allowing the officers and several businessmen to continue to maximise their profits, at least until a new Governor was appointed who disbanded the NSW Corps.