McKinlay, Queensland
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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
Inside McKinlay library
John McKinlay
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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.