What is John Macarthur (wool pioneer)?
[[Image:John Macarthur.jpg|right|thumb|Portrait of John Macarthur by an unknown artist]] '''John Macarthur''' (1766 – 11 April 1834<ref>[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020133b.htm Macarthur, John (1767 - 1834)] Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>) 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. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macarthur, John}} [[Category:1766 births]] [[Category:1834 deaths]]