History

A form of government in which the supreme power is held by the people who excercise it directly or through representatives that they elect in free elections.

a. Free elections are held to elect the rulers of the country.

b. Citizens have rights - right to vote, freedom of speech.

c. Electors have a choice in representatives who offer different ideas/views.

d. A constitution and/or laws by which the country is governed . (Limits)

- New South Wales Corp a.k.a. Rum Corp

- It was formed in England in 1789 as permanent regiment to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet.

- The regiment began arriving as guards on the Second Fleet in 1799.

- Major Grose took command of the Corp in 1792

- Their main job was to guard the convicts


- Due to the unpopularity of Australia, the Corp were composed of officer on half pay, troublemakers, soldiers paroled from military prisons and those who wanted to make a life for themselves in the new colony

- Value - accepted

- Rare - unique - can’t be something that is everywhere

- Durable

- Portable

- Divisible

Governor Arthur Phillip

The convicts who worked at the Castle Hill government farm. Two hundred convicts gathered together, set fire to buildings and searched for weapons. They took swords, rifles, bayonets and pitchforks. Then they dragged the government flogger from under a bed and flogged him.