Elizabeth Macarthur

Description:

In 1788 a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel that would be the end of the story, but for the real-life woman who became an Australian farming entrepreneur, it was just the beginning.

subjects: Farmers' spouses,  Australia, biography,  New south wales, history,  Frontier and pioneer life,  Sheep ranches,  History,  Businesspeople,  Biography,  Wool industry,  Farmers,  Women farmers