Rebellion: 'the ever memorable 26 January 1808'

The 200th anniversary of Australia’s first and only military coup is marked by a new installation that investigates the web of circumstance, ambition and rivalry between two rigidly determined, ambitious, intelligent men - William Bligh and John Macarthur - that led to mutiny on a balmy summer’s eve in Sydney two centuries ago. Gary Warner, who produced exhibition multimedia for the 1995 inception of the Museum of Sydney, has developed this project.

Past exhibition

  • 18 November 2007 - 5 April 2010