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minus-squareNathAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoDidn’t Sydney/NSW colony have a whole coup and military dictatorship over rum in the 1800’s? My history is a little hazy, but I remember the Rum Rebellion being a thing from school.
minus-squareDolphinLundgrinlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYep! And I wanna say Rum was essentially currency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion
Didn’t Sydney/NSW colony have a whole coup and military dictatorship over rum in the 1800’s? My history is a little hazy, but I remember the Rum Rebellion being a thing from school.
Yep! And I wanna say Rum was essentially currency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion