Rum Rebellion his actions because he was the legitimate authority. However, imprisoning people and threatening to do the same to the court when they failed to yield to the will of said authority would seem to be legally problematic. Duffy states that had Johnston arrived when summoned on 25 January the Rum Rebellion probably would never have happened. Rum Rebellion The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. During the 19th century, it was widely referred to as "the Great Rebellion". On 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (lithographs, chromolithographs, albumen photographs, heliotypes, and woodburytypes) accompany the approximately 3,000 pages of densely printed text. (Almost every reproductive process available at the time can be found somewhere within the six volumes.) Publication of the "MSHWR" was preceded by publication of the ""Reports on the Extent and Nature of the Materials Available for the Preparation of a Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion"" (Surgeon General's Office; War Department, J.B. Lippincott, 1865). The "MSHWR" was reprinted (1990-1992) as "The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War" (Broadfoot Publishing Company; editor, Dr. James I. ("Bud") Robertson, Jr., Alumni Professor of