WordPress install enters an infinite loop

I finally found a solution to this problem and thought I would post my solution for anyone looking for assistance.

My main website sits on /public_html on my server
I was installing new sites on a subdomain (e.g. newwebsite.com.au) in a sub-directory: /public_html/sites/newwebsite.com.au

Even though /public_html/sites/newwebsite.com.au was the root directory for the subdomain: newwebsite.com.au for some reason, the web server was still reading and using .htaccess from the parent/parent: /public_html

I had security software installed on the main website which was blocking install.php from executing.

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