Initially as surprised as everyone else, the Mexican army soon recovered and violently quelled the rebellion. |
Contemporary art, just like a lot of Joycean literature, became a rebellion, because they are saying we define art by that which is not art. |
Unless the rebellion is put down quickly, and without shedding too much blood in the process, their political position could be destroyed. |
In his place they sent Colonel Lachlan Macquarie who arrived in 1810 with a regiment to quell the rebellion. |
The goldfields rebellion did not last very long and government forces quickly overran the Eureka stockade. |
They were breaking with the status quo, upsetting the apple cart, taking part in a 60s style rebellion against the establishment. |