The Supreme Commander of operations was the United States General Douglas Macarthur, with Australian General Thomas Blamey taking a direct role in planning and operations being essentially directed by staff at New Guinea Force headquarters in Port Moresby.

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

Soon after his arrival at Sydney, in August 1806, Bligh was given an address of welcome signed by Major Johnston for the military, by Richard Atkins for the civilian officers, and by John Macarthur for the free settlers.

Macarthur disobeyed the order and was arrested and bailed to appear for trial at the next sitting of the Sydney Criminal Court on 25 January 1808.

Macarthur objected to Atkins being fit to sit in judgement of him because he was his debtor and inveterate enemy.

Macarthur was then appointed as Colonial Secretary and effectively ran the business affairs of the colony.

Bligh was to be reinstated for 24 hours, then recalled to England, Johnston sent to England for court martial, and Macarthur tried in Sydney.

Macarthur was not tried but was refused permission to return to NSW until 1817, since he would not admit his wrongdoing.

It is popular belief that the autocratic Bligh was removed because he threatened the huge profits that were being made from trading in spirits by the officers of the NSW Corps and by businessmen such as John Macarthur.

The Biography of Early Australia dismisses Macarthur's complaints as ridiculous and quotes Evatt as saying that legally Macarthur was guilty of two out of the three charges brought against him including sedition.

He noted that it was tame, and that James Macarthur had kept a pair at his home in Camden.

Oxley denied that he had been a partisan of Macarthur when Bligh was deposed, but his letters show that he was on very intimate terms with the rebel leader.

In 1812 he became engaged to Elizabeth Macarthur ; this was broken off when her father discovered the extent of Oxley's debts.

Macquarie was ordered by the British government to arrest both John Macarthur and Major George Johnston, two of the leaders of the Rum Rebellion.

Patrick Francis Daniel " Pat " Farmer ( born 14 March 1962 ), an ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Macarthur in south-west Sydney, New South Wales from 2001 to 2010, as a member of the Liberal Party.

Following his ultra-marathon, Farmer was approached by Howard in 2000 and encouraged Farmer to seek endorsement for the seat Macarthur.

Farmer was elected the Member for Macarthur as a member of the Liberal Party at the 2001 Federal election.

In a Liberal Party preselection ballot for Macarthur, held on 30 October 2009, Farmer was defeated by Russell Matheson and retired from politics at the 2010 federal election.

The island lighthouse was manned by a three-man team ( Thomas Marshall, James Ducat and Donald Macarthur ), with a rotating fourth man spending time on shore.

Cattle grazing near Parliament House was a common occurrence, something which amazed General Macarthur when he visited Canberra during World War II.

The Supreme Commander of operations was the United States General Douglas Macarthur, with Australian General Thomas Blamey taking a direct role in planning and operations being essentially directed by staff at New Guinea Force headquarters in Port Moresby.

As Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808.

Verdot was included in James Busby's collection of 1832, and it was trialled by Sir William Macarthur in the 1840s.

However, not long after, he also received addresses from the free and freed settlers of Sydney and the Hawkesbury River region, with a total of 369 signatures, many made only with a cross, complaining that Macarthur did not represent them, as they blamed him for withholding sheep so as to raise the price of mutton.

On the morning of 26 January 1808 Bligh again ordered that Macarthur be arrested and also ordered the return of court papers, which were now in the hands of officers of the Corps.

Foveaux arrived in July and took over the colony, which annoyed Macarthur.

To the southwest is a second commercial area based around Macarthur railway station which includes the University of Western Sydney and Macarthur Square, a large shopping mall.

Another tenant of Campbelltown Stadium is the Macarthur Rams soccer team which plays in the New South Wales Premier League competition.

Conflicts arose between the governors and the officers of the Rum Corps, many of which were land owners such as John Macarthur.

The west of the region is referred to the Illawarra Escarpment, which leads up to the south-west fringe of metropolitan Sydney ( also known as the Macarthur region ) and Southern Highlands region.

Land was sold to Obadiah Ikin in 1796 for 10 pounds, which he then sold to Captain John Macarthur in 1799 for a gallon of rum.

In 1799, Joseph Foveaux was granted, which he expanded to over and later sold to John Macarthur in 1801.

It is also used increasingly to refer to the Macarthur region which includes the local government areas of Camden Council, Campbelltown City Council and Wollondilly Shire Council.

Prior to 1991, the line was advertised as the Macarthur Line, and it included the section from Lidcombe to Cabramatta via Regents Park, which is now part of the Inner West Line.

Instead, in April 1788, Macarthur returned to full-pay army duties, securing a commission as an ensign in the 68th Foot ( later Durham Light Infantry ), a regiment which had been stationed at Gibraltar since 1785.

Grose came to depend on Macarthur's administrative skills and appointed him as paymaster for the regiment and as superintendent of public works, which Macarthur resigned in 1796 to concentrate on his business and farming interests.

This resulted in Paterson challenging Macarthur to a duel in which Paterson was severely wounded in the shoulder.

In December 1807 Bligh had an order issued for Macarthur to appear before the courts, which Macarthur refused to obey and subsequently was arrested and bailed for a trial on 25 January 1808.

The proposed line would form a dedicated corridor between Port Botany and Macarthur, which would allow the movement of freight at any time.

The station is situated adjacent to Macarthur Square, which is the major shopping centre for the Macarthur region.

The other was John Macarthur, a Scottish officer ( and distant relative of General Douglas MacArthur ) and one of the founders of the Australian wool industry, which laid the foundations of Australia's future prosperity.

The suburb is serviced by Busways buses, which provide links to Macarthur and Campbelltown railway stations as well as occasional services to Appin and Wollongong.

Macarthur, which was being developed but not actively being built upon, was chosen and was thus called Macarthur Park.