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John Macarthur

British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer in Australia (1767-1834)

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Lived 1767–1834, aged 67Australia
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    1767–1834
    Aged 67
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Updated 2026-07-04

John Macarthur was a British Army officer, landowner, and politician, best remembered as a key organiser of the 1808 Rum Rebellion and a pioneer of the Australian Merino wool industry. Born in England, Macarthur joined the nascent New South Wales Corps in 1789; he quickly established himself as a particularly unscrupulous, volatile, and entrepreneurial member of the so-called 'Rum Corps'.

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