1846 penal colony riot in Norfolk Island, Australia
Cooking pot uprising
A depiction in watercolour of the Cooking Pot Uprising (by an unknown artist).
Date
1 July 1846
Location
Norfolk Island
Also known as
Cooking pot riot
Cause
Confiscation of cooking vessels
Participants
Convicts, led by William Westwood
Deaths
John Morris (convict constable); Stephen Smith (overseer); Thomas Saxton (convict constable); John Dinon (convict constable)
Convicted
13 convicts
Sentence
execution
The Cooking Pot Uprising or Cooking Pot Riot was an uprising of convicts led by William Westwood in the penal colony of Norfolk Island, Australia. It occurred on 1 July 1846 in response to the confiscation of convicts' cooking vessels under the orders of the Commandant of the penal settlement, Major Joseph Childs.[1]
^Norfolk Island, Melbourne Argus, 14 August 1846, page 2.
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The CookingPotUprising or CookingPot Riot was an uprising of convicts led by William Westwood in the penal colony of Norfolk Island, Australia. It occurred...
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to the bush a fortnight later, reportedly with some provisions, an iron pot, and a musket stolen from a marine named Abraham Hand. However, unable to...
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