It was the first play from Morgan, a New Zealander who lived in Sydney and worked as the manager of a firm.

[3][4] According to ABC Weekly, "It tells the true - life story of a Scotsman who took up residence in the Cocos Islands, at that time unclaimed by any nation; challenged Alexander Hare, the self-appointed sultan of the Islands, for control; applied to the British Government for official protection.

His son was appointed by Britain to govern the Islands, and today the fifth John Ross rules there as hereditary Governor.

Hare was a governor of Borneo, who had to give up his position when the Dutch bought the island from Britain.

Having any amount of money, he set himself up on the Cocos-Keeling group of islands, with a harem of eighty-four dancing girls, and slaves, and orchestra.