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Under Macquarie the colony became more respectable and less drunken as well.He was sent in following the removal of Governor Bligh in 1809 and he governed till 1821 First significant change during Macquarie's time was removal of NSW Corps.Many Exclusives had connections in London and hence after the Bigge Report and the end of Macquarie's governorship they were able to change the pattern of land grants that was occurring under Macquarie.However they were outweighed by the backlash from the Exclusives at these land grants being given to convicts as they wanted them to develop sheep stations.The Hawkesbury farmers were naturally supportive of Macquarie and his land policies as they benefited from them.They had to be 'pacified' by various formal expeditions by governors and bloody guerrilla conflict fought by the settlers.The events leading up to the massacre, in which at least 14 Aboriginal men, women and children were killed by soldiers acting on the direct orders of Macquarie, are relatively well known. However the expansion here was at the expense of the local Durag band of Aboriginals who frequently came into conflicts with the settlers military operations ordered by Macquarie against Aboriginal people was the massacre at Appin, near the Nepean River, in 1816.

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Action by free settlers and NSW Corps removing Bligh from office in 1808 indicated to the people in London that the corps were out of control and needed reigning in and they took action accordingly.

NSW Corps controlled economic life of colony as there was no money and no other desirable goods to trade.

Officers could write IOUs to merchant captains which could be drawn in London against regimental pay.

Furthermore, the NSW Corps took control of import of alcohol using their wages in London as credit.

They had more farm labourers and convicts than freed convicts after their time due to the position of power of NSW Corps.

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Affairs of the colony were badly awry as the Governors had full power over colony but could only exercise this w/ support of officers and during period of no governor between Governor Phillip and Hunter the NSW Corps assumed huge powers within colony which they kept till 1809.

The NSW Corps were an army regiment formed in 1789 to replace the first marines from the First Fleet were the major military force until disbanded in 1809 following their mutiny against Governor Bligh in 1808.

Phillip realised that making former convicts landowners was necessary so they could start farming and subsisting of their own land rather than off government supplies which were limited.

Relocation to better farmland he settled the colony 16 miles from Sydney Cove at Rose Hill where the land was more fertile.

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As they were too low for manual labour, the hours of convict labour were cut. There were no riots over rations as they were equal. There was just enough to tide everyone over with until the 2nd fleet arrival. Phillip's control of food stores his decision that food would be equally rationed was despised by marines but vital to survival of the colony.Removal of people from Sydney cove ensured the survival of remaining people. There was a better chance of survival there however the island was largely associated with extreme hardship and was evacuated in 1807. Establishing a second colony at Norfolk Island Phillip decided in 1790 to send some convicts, children and marines to Norfolk Island which was the site of potential flax making and ship building as well as being the habitat of the 'mutton bird'.Preparations for the journey Phillip's prep for the First Fleet's journey was painstaking and thorough which was evident as a result of the high rate of survival and the survival of the colony until the Second Fleet.Survival of the British in first 2 years after departure of ships was down to 4 reasons.

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