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The Bounty bastard

Rum, Rebels & Ratbags by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jun 22, 20150:28:29Society & Culture

William Bligh was an incredible navigator, breadfruit fancier, coconut hoarder, reforming governor and utter bastard. The mutiny prone swear-bear was brought down in Australia’s only military coup by John Macarthur and t...

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The Bounty bastard is an episode from Rum, Rebels & Ratbags by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. William Bligh was an incredible navigator, breadfruit fancier, coconut hoarder, reforming governor and utter bastard. The mutiny prone swear...

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Published Jun 22, 2015, 0:28:29 long, audio available.

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