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Rum / Matt Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Matt, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New South Wales--History.
- New South Wales.
- New South Wales--History--Rum Rebellion, 1808-1809.
- Rum.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Rum : a distilled history of colonial Australia
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- Australia and its formation - through the distorted view of a rum bottle. Could the Rum Rebellion have been averted if Major Johnston wasn't too hungover to meet Governor Bligh? Would the Eureka Stockade have played out differently if the rebels weren't pissed? How were prisoners to get drunk if Macquarie closed the only pub in the jail? And why should sailors under fourteen be deprived of their sixteen shots of rum per day? These are just some of the questions answered in Matt Murphy's account of this country's colonial history through the distorted lens of a rum bottle. Brimming with detailed research and irreverent character sketches, Rum looks at not just how much was drunk in colonial Australia (a lot!), but also the lengths people went to get their hands on it, the futile efforts of the early governors to control it and the often disastrous and/or absurd consequences of its consumption. They are consequences that are felt today. Murphy goes beyond foundational stories, to look at distant and recent history, Indigenous consumption, the temperance movement, lockout laws, and the nation's modern reputation. And if that's too much nation-building for your tipple, there's always the vexed issue of politicians urinating on the parliamentary carpet. So here's to Rum, for making bad decisions look like a good idea at the time.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. A Pre-1788
- The Word
- The Origins
- What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?
- Indigenous Australians and Alcohol Pre-1788
- The First Fleet at Sea
- The Real Australia Day
- pt. B 1788 to 1806
- 1. Rum vs Governor Arthur Phillip: 1788
- 1791
- The Elephant in Phillip's Room
- 2. Rum vs the First Interregnum: 1791
- 1795
- 3. Rum vs Governor John Hunter: 1795
- 1800
- Who Was Australia's First Brewer?
- 4. Rum vs Governor Philip Gidley King: 1800
- 1806
- Irish Problems
- What's with All the Duelling?
- pt. C 1806 to 1810
- 5. Rum [and almost everyone] vs Governor William Bligh: 1806
- 1808
- 6. 16 January 1808
- - The Rum Rebellion
- 7. Rum vs the Second Interregnum: 1808
- 1810
- What Happened to Bligh?
- pt. D 1810 to 1825
- Why was Rum a Currency?
- 8. Rum vs Governor Lachlan Macquarie: 1810
- 1811
- How Rum Built a Hospital
- How to Blow Your Skull Off
- Matthew Brady's Reward
- 9. Rum vs Governor Thomas Brisbane: 1821
- 1825
- pt. E 1825 onwards
- 10. Rum vs Governors Darling, Bourke and Gipps: 1825
- 1846
- We're Bound for South Australia
- Rum vs Temperance and Prohibition
- Rum vs Gold
- Rum vs Burke and Wills
- The Man on the Two-dollar Note
- Indigenous Australians and Alcohol Post-1788
- More Tales of Alcohol vs Governance
- How Did We Rate as Drinkers? How Do We Rate Now?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781460759424
- 1460759427
- OCLC:
- 1255766112
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