New South Wales Corps was an infantry regiment recruited in Britain (now the United Kingdom) to keep order in New South Wales, Australia, in the 1700’s. The corps landed in Sydney in 1790 and 1791. Between 1792 and 1795, the commanders of the corps acted as lieutenant governors of the colony. The officers quickly established control over trade, especially the rum trade. They helped the colony become self-supporting through their trading and agricultural ventures. Governor William Bligh attempted to suppress the rum trade but was arrested by officers of the corps in 1808. The British government recalled the New South Wales Corps in 1810.
See also Bligh, William ; Rum Rebellion .
