Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life At The Edge Of The World

Author: Michelle Scott Tucker

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9781925773736
  • : Text Publishing Company
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  • : March 2019
  • : 24.99
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  • : Michelle Scott Tucker
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  • : Paperback
  • : 1904
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  • : English
  • : 384
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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.John Macarthur took credit for establishing the Australian wool industry and would feature on the two-dollar note, but it was practical Elizabeth who managed their holdings-while dealing with the results of John?s manias- duels, quarrels, court cases, a military coup, long absences overseas, grandiose construction projects and, finally, his descent into certified insanity.Michelle Scott Tucker shines a light on an often-overlooked aspect of Australia?s history in this fascinating story of a remarkable woman.