In 1788 a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel that would be the end of the story, but for the real-life woman who became an Australian farming entrepreneur, it was just the beginning. Michelle Scott Tucker is the author of Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World. She shines a light on an often-overlooked aspect of Australia’s history in this fascinating story of a remarkable woman as she chats with Georgina Arnott.