This comic operetta tells the story of a South Sea Island despot who wishes to anglicise his island by importing all things English. |
However a move in South Australia to change or anglicise New Australians' names was strongly resisted. |
He obtained employment with the Parke family of Dunally House as a gardener circa 1840 and had to anglicise his family name to Foley. |
The Lord Deputy of Ireland, Arthur Chichester, also saw the Plantation as a scheme to anglicise the Irish. |