The Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion: The Diary of David Bellamy, Sydney Town, 1807-1809
David Bellamy is a timid English orphan who starts a new life in Sydney with relatives he barely knows. It is the early 19th C., and David records daily life in this harsh colony as her perceives it, as well as events such as the Rum Corps rebellion.
About the My Australian Story Series
Books in series order
- 1.A Banner Bold(2000)
- 2.Secrets and Sisterhood (A Tale of Two Families)(2000)
- 3.Plagues and Federation(2000)
- 4.Surviving Sydney Cove(2000)
- 5.The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real)(2001)
- 6.The Rum Rebellion(2001)
- 7.The Yankee Whaler(2001)
- 8.Who Am I?(2001)
- 9.Voyage to Botany Bay (On Board the Boussole)(2002)
- 10.The Bombing of Darwin(2002)
- 11.Fords and Flying Machines(2003)
- 12.Snowy(2003)
- 13.Riding with Thunderbolt(2004)
- 14.Our Don Bradman(2004)
- 15.A Marathon of Her Own(2004)
- 16.Our Enemy, My Friend(2005)
- 17.New Gold Mountain(2005)
- 18.Outback(2005)
- 19.Cyclone Tracy(2006)
- 20.Refugee(2006)
- 21.The Melting Pot(2007)
- 22.Archer's Melbourne Cup(2007)
- 23.Snatched by Pirates (Claw of the Dragon)(2008)
- 24.Atomic Testing(2009)
- 25.The Hunt for Ned Kelly(2010)
- 26.The Phar Lap Mystery(2010)
- 27.My Father's War(2011)
- 28.Sydney Harbour Bridge(2012)
- 29.Heroes of Tobruk(2012)
- 30.Escape from Cockatoo Island(2013)
- 31.Gallipoli(2013)
- 32.Fremantle Prison Break(2013)
- 33.Kokoda(2014)
- 34.Convict Girl(2014)
Reading age: 9+ years
My Australian Story is a series of historical novels written by various authors. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or significant time period in Australian history.