John McKinlay was a Scottish-born Australian explorer and cattle grazier, and leader of the South Australian Burke Relief Expedition - one of the search parties for the Burke and Wills expedition. McKinlay was also a member of Charles Sturt's Central Exploring Expedition from 1844-1845. The town of McKinlay in northwestern Queensland is named after him.
The McKinlay Monument, erected in memory of John McKinlay in 1875, is located in Gawler, South Australia.
McKinlay is an outback town and locality in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of McKinlay had a population of 178 people.
The Landsborough Highway through McKinlay in 1962
McKinlay State School, circa 1994
Public library, smallest in Queensland, McKinlay, 2004