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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 250 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACKAY , a seaport of See also:

Carlisle See also:county, See also:Queensland, See also:Australia, on the See also:Pioneer See also:river, 625 M. See also:direct N.N.W. Pop. (Igor), 4091. The See also:harbour is not See also:good. See also:Sugar, See also:tobacco and See also:coffee thrive in the See also:district. There are several important sugar See also:mills, one of which, the largest in Queensland, is capable of an See also:annual output of 8000 tons. See also:Rum is distilled, and there are a brewery and a factory for tinning See also:butter for export. Workable See also:coal is found in the district. This is the See also:port of the Mt See also:Orange and Mt Gotthart See also:copper mines, and the Mt Britten and Eungella See also:gold-See also:fields. It is a calling-station for the Queensland royal See also:mail steamers. The See also:town is named after See also:Captain See also:John Mackay, who discovered the harbour in 186o.

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