Memorial to ‘Australia’s Vinegar Hill’

The Castle Hill Rebellion of 1804 (also known as ‘Australia’s Vinegar Hill’) was Australia’s first uprising. The rebellion was an attempt by a group of Irish convicts to overthrow British rule in New South Wales and return to Ireland where they could continue to fight for an Irish republic. Ending in disaster, the rebellion resulted in the death of at least 39 convicts in both ‘Australia’s Battle of Vinegar Hill’ itself and the resulting punishments.

This memorial is in Castlebrook Memorial Park, Rouse Hill, New South Wales.