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Thanks to the efforts (and, sometimes, lack of efforts) of various ambitious convicts, the NSW Corps and Governors Hunter and King, the new colony was starting to thrive. However, some of the methods used to create the new productivity had been, let’s say, questionable. On top of that, the convict and ex-convict populace seemed to be placing an exceedingly low priority on decency and decorum. Thanks to the outraged Evangelical reverends and missionaries based in NSW, word had gotten back to Britain about these questionable methods and the unruly state of affairs. No-one was pleased.

The British Government thought they needed a man to set everything — and everyone — straight. Instead, they got someone who quickly set about putting everyone’s noses out of joint.