Cyprus mutiny the mutiny in which the mutineers are depicted as birds. Cyprus mutiny The "Cyprus" mutiny took place in 1829 off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts seized the brig and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, "Cyprus" visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first Australian ship to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and William Watts, were hanged at Execution Dock,
William Hammatt Davis National Labor Relations Act. Later he served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New School for Social Research Davis' wife, Grace D. Davis, died in 1972. Nelson Lichtenstein, "William Hammatt Davis" in "Dictionary of American Biography", Supplement Seven (New York, 1981), pp. 171–173 Testimonial to William H. Davis Davis' speeches are preserved in the archives of the Cornell University Library. Index to Speeches of William H. Davis William Hammatt Davis William Hammatt Davis (August 29, 1879 – August 13, 1964) was the Chairman of the War Labor Board (WLB) in the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt, where