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In 1860, Mackay led an exploration party from Uralla to what is now known as the Pioneer River in the central coastal region of Queensland.The group consisted of six Scottish colonists (John Mackay, John McCrossin, Andrew Murray, John Mulldoon, Donald Cameron and Hamilton Robinson), one Italian (Giovanni Barbieri) and one local Anēwan man who was known to the other members as Duke.
John Mackay (Australian pioneer) (1839–1914), founder of the city of Mackay, Australia John A. Mackay (1889–1983), Scottish missionary and founder of the Anglo-Peruvian School in Lima, Peru John Calvin MacKay (1891–1986), Free Church of Scotland minister
William John MacKay: 24 March 1935 () 22 January 1948 () 12 years, 304 days [12] 10: James Frederick Scott: 18 February 1948 () 13 October 1952 () 4 years, 238 days ...
Richmond Mill, Mackay was constructed in 1881 for John McBryde and Hector McKenzie Finlayson on 10 acres they purchased from the Richmond Estate. It was the first central mill in the district. [1] The pastoral lands of the Pioneer Valley had been discovered by John Mackay and an exploration party in May 1860. Rapid settlement followed as ...
Greenmount Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Greenmount Road, Walkerston, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Sykes and built in 1915 by Arthur Carter & Co. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 September 1993.
Captain John Mackay and his party were the first Europeans to discover the river in 1860. Mackay named it Mackay River after his father, George Mackay of Uralla in New South Wales. However, when George Bowen, the Governor of Queensland, visited on HMS Pioneer in October 1862, the name was changed to Pioneer River. [3]
John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, Mackay became one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, making him one of the richest Americans in his time.
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia: Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2020 . John Mackay (born 24 November 1937) is an Australian cricketer.