John Macarthur
Politician
1767 – 1834
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Who was John Macarthur?
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation. He is noted as the architect of Elizabeth Farm House, his own residence in Parramatta, and as the man who commissioned architect John Verge to design Camden Park Estate in Camden, New South Wales.
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- Born
- 1767
Plymouth - Spouses
- Elizabeth Macarthur
(1788/10 - )
- Elizabeth Macarthur
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Lived in
- Camden Park, New South Wales
(1805 - )
- Camden Park, New South Wales
- Died
- Apr 11, 1834
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on July 23, 2013
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