Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Tuesday 27 March 1934, page 2


MACARTHUR CENTENARY

CANBERRA, Tuesday.

To mark tho centenary of John Macarthur, founder of Australia's wool industry, the council of the Royal Society of Australia will hold a symposium at the Institute of Ana-tomy, Canberra, on April 18.',

Commemorative addresses will be ! given' by the president of tho New

South Wales Graziers' Association (Mr. James Walker), who will deal with the history of the wool industry in Australia, and by Dr. Roland Wil-son, tho-economist attached to thc Statistician's office, on thc importance of tho wool industry to Australia.

. John Macarthur died at' Camden, New South Wales, on April 10, 18P.Í. So far as is known, thc occasion will bo ' commemorated in no other city

in Australia.