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- NAME: John D MacArthur
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
- BIRTH DATE: c. September 03, 1767
- DEATH DATE: April 11, 1834
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Stoke Damerel, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: Camden, Australia
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John D. McArthur was an agriculturist and promoter who helped found the Australian wool industry, which became the world's largest.
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John D. McArthur was christened September 3, 1767, in Stoke Damerel, England. In 1789 he went to Australia as a lieutenant in the New South Wales Corps. In 1801 he was sent to England, where he interested manufacturers in the prospect of establishing a wool industry in Australia. By 1830 he had enlarged his grazing estate to more than 60,000 acres, becoming the dominant force in the wool trade.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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