https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o Anna Sims and Millie Staines en-us 2017-02-16 01:02:13 UTC 2024-04-16 03:41:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png milliestaines https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154199769 - first fertile land he found was at rose hill (paramatta) 25km west of Sydney cove
- in 1789, convict James ruse produced the first successful wheat harvest in NSW
- repeated success in 1792 - pressing needed for food production in the colony
- ]]> 2017-02-16 01:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154199769 https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154200745 - He was the most important free settler of the period.
- He came to Australia in 1790 as a paymaster of the New South Wales Corps.
- He had a high position of authority and was able to divert convicts to work on his land. 
- Government granted him more land because of his excellent work. - The  English government was impressed and granted MacArthur 200 acres of the finest grazing land in the colony. 
- He had a very violent temper
 and left NSW to face trial for dueling with another settler. 
- His wife Elizabeth was left to manage his estate 
- She became one of the most influential women in the colony.]]> 2017-02-16 01:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154200745 milliestaines https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154200755 2017-02-16 01:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154200755 milliestaines https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154201029 2017-02-16 01:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/milliestaines/b96ki7tfh34o/wish/154201029