John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur (1766 – 11 April 1834[1]) was a soldier, business man, politician and the man who started the Australian wool industry. His farmhouse, called Elizabeth Farm after his wife, is still standing in Parramatta, New South Wales, where it is open to the public as a historic house.
John Macarthur (wool Pioneer) Media
The Neptune of the Second Fleet
Painting of Elizabeth Farm by Joseph Lycett (c.1825)
An Australian stamp commemorating Macarthur and the wool industry
Propaganda cartoon of Governor Bligh's arrest during the Rum Rebellion
Macarthur's manor-house at Camden Park
John Macarthur was depicted on the 2 Australian dollar banknote
Elizabeth Farm, Harris Park, Sydney
References
- ↑ Macarthur, John (1767 - 1834) Australian Dictionary of Biography