Elizabeth Macarthur

she died in 1850 she was 84 years old

In June she and her husband joined the New South Wales corps and Elizabeth accompanied John when he sailed to take up his position in the colony.

She got married to John Macarthur in October in 1788

She has one son named Edward born in a bath in 1789, James(1793-1794)John(1794-1831),James(1798-1867)William(1800-1882)
Daughters Elizabeth(1792-1813)Mary(1795) and Emmeline(b.808)

she used a special spinning loom she was only 35 when she started the wool indrusty

Elizabeth used marino sheep in her indrusty

Her industry was located in Gibraltar

It took only 12 months for her industry to become popular and for people to know about it