‘From 1788 there had been continuous disputation between the civil power represented by the autocratic uniformed naval governors and the military’. John McMahon, Not a Rum Rebellion But A Military Insurrection, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol. 92, 2006 ********** ‘A knowledge of the position of the military and their immediate friends occupied … Continue reading MACHIAVELLIAN MACARTHUR POST GOVERNOR PHILLIP