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The Adventures of Captain Bligh
<p>William Bligh is famous as captain of the Bounty, the ship he lost to mutineers led by Fletcher Christian. But few people know that Bligh was the centre of a later, much larger mutiny, when he lost
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William Bligh is famous as captain of the Bounty, the ship he lost to mutineers led by Fletcher Christian. But few people know that Bligh was the centre of a later, much larger mutiny, when he lost not just a ship but the entire colony of NSW to a group of disgruntled settlers and soldiers. We look at Bligh’s seafaring journeys with James Cook, the remarkable story of survival after the mutiny on the Bounty and the later “Rum Rebellion”.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
SUGGESTED READING
- Rob Mundle, Bligh – Master Mariner, Halstead 2007
- Stephen Dando-Collins, Captain Bligh’s other Mutiny
COURSE OUTLINE
- Cook’s journeys; William Bligh on Cook’s final journey
- Bligh and the Bounty; the Mutiny and fate of the mutineers
- Bligh’s heroic journey to Batavia, and then London
- Bligh appointed the 4th Governor of New South Wales
- Bligh’s problems with the NSW Corps; the 'Rum Rebellion'
- A visit to William Bligh House, London
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Have a greater understanding of William Bligh, his challenges, his personality and reasons behind the two mutinies.
Almis Simans
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