Mackay, Angus

Personal

Mackay, Angus
Birth Date: 15 August 1834 (Wick, Caithness)
Death Date: 8 February 1910 (Portobello)
Parents: John Mackay and Anne (nee Gordon)
Family: Marjory Ross in London, 1 son, 6 daughters
Education: Helmsdale, Scotland
Religion: Presbyterian

Career

Bridge worker London; Compositor New York Tribune; Overseer cotton plantation, Georgia; Journalist, Queensland; editor, 'Queenslander'; Lecturer, Sydney Technical College 1880; Editor, 'Town and Country Journal'; Worked NSW Dept Agriculture; Journalist 'Celtic Herald', Scotland

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly NONE South Brisbane 22 Nov 1878 24 Mar 1880

Additional Information

Notes: Commissioner, Philadelphia Exhibition 1874; Fellow: Chemical Society, Rechabite Order
Sources: Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 57806; Ferguson, John A., Bibliography of Australia, v. VI, Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1977; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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