John Macarthur, of Camden, New South Wales, introduced the merino sheep into Australia and founded the Australian wool trade.
496p. : ill., facsims ; 23cm. (Prev ownership name.) #0821 First published, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1914.
“This volume … was almost finished by my Mother [Elizabeth Macarthur Onslow] before she died”
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