 A depiction in watercolour of the Cooking Pot Uprising (by an unknown artist). | |
| Date | 1 July 1846 |
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| 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.