Governor Bligh or Mr Macarthur: Who rules New South Wales?
- Date:
- Thursday 24 January
- Time:
- 5.30 pm for 6.00 PM
- Venue:
- Dixson Room, Mitchell Wing
- Cost:
- $22, $20 (seniors), $15 (Friends and students), includes light refreshments
(Bookings)
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of NSW, will introduce this lecture by Paul Brunton, Senior Curator, Mitchell Library. On 26 January 1808, Governor William Bligh was overthrown and placed under house arrest at Government House, Sydney. His vision for the colony was at odds with the colonial elite represented by John Macarthur. Both Bligh and Macarthur were confrontational, self-righteous and resolute. One would have to go.
In association with the exhibition Politics and Power: Bligh’s Sydney Rebellion 1808
Image: The arrest of Governor Bligh, 1808, watercolour, artist unknown
