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|
Street Name |
Locality |
Named after |
Details & Reference Sources |
| Macalister Street | Mackay | Queensland Premier | Named
in Thomas Henry Fitzgerald's first town survey completed in 1863.(HCS
pp.147). Arthur Macalister was the Queensland Secretary for Lands and Public Works from 1862 to 1866 at the time Fitzgerald named the street in his honour. He later became Premier for three terms from 1 Feb 1866 to 20 July 1866, 7 Aug. 1866 to 15 Aug. 1867 and from 8 Jan. 1874 to 5 June 1876. (QPP p.497) |
| Macarthur Street | South Mackay | ||
| Macartney Street | Seaforth | ||
| MacDonald Street | South Mackay | ||
| Mackay-Bucasia Road | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Mackay-Habana Road | Richmond | ||
| MacKenzie Street | Eimeo | ||
| Mackenzie Street | West Mackay | WW2 Casualty | Ian William MacKenzie served with the R.A.A.F. He was serving with No. 2 squadron when h e was killed in action over the Celebes in Indonesia on 7 May 1943. He has no known grave and is listed on the Ambon Memorial in Indonesia (AWM 148), (HCS pp.147) |
| Macquarie Street | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Macrossan Street | East Mackay | Former Mayor | Vincent Macrossan, Mayor, 1916 (HCS pp.147) |
| Magpie Street | Slade Point | Australian Fauna | |
| Maguire Street | Andergrove | ||
| Main Street | Bakers Creek | ||
| Malabar Court | Glenella | Sugar Cane Variety | |
| Malagache Avenue | Mount Pleasant | Sugar Cane Variety | |
| Malcomson Street | North Mackay | Local Pioneer | The Malcolmson family originally setteld in the North Mackay area the the Gooseponds/Valley Street area before the 1900's. The land from that area to "Bona Vista" (100 acres) was purchased by Thomas and Mary Malcolmson who originally came from Ireland. The started a productive fruit orchard on the land. Their son John (Jack), was a Councillor in the then Pioneer Shire Council when the area was sold and subdivided in the early 1930's and the streets named. (PN 4 Dec. 1997) |
| Mallet Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Mango Avenue | Eimeo | ||
| Mangrove Road | Mackay | Dump
Creek, Mangroves (HCS pp.147) | |
| Mansfield Drive | Beaconsfield | ||
| Manuel Street | North Mackay | ||
| Manzelmann Street | Andergrove | Original Landowner | |
| Maple Drive | Andergrove | ||
| Maraju-Yakapari Road | Foulden | ||
| Marcella Street | Rural View | ||
| Margaret Street | Mackay | ||
| Margaret Street | Seaforth | ||
| Margaret Street | Walkerston | ||
| Margaret Vella Drive | Paget | ||
| Marianna Court | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Marine Parade | Bucasia | ||
| Marlborough Street | Ooralea | Race Horse | (HCS pp.147) |
| Marlin Avenue | Bucasia | Fish | |
| Marrau Court | Slade Point | ||
| Marryatt Street | West Mackay | Former Mayor? WW1 Casualty? |
Edward
James
Marryatt, Mayor, 1909 (HCS pp.148). It was more likely this street was named after EJ Marryatt's son who was killed in WW1. |
| Marsh Street | East Mackay | Former Mayor | William
Marsh, Mayor, 1878 (HCS pp.148) |
| Marshall Avenue | Andergrove | ||
| Martin Street | North Mackay | ||
| Mary Street | Walkerston | ||
| Mary Street | West Mackay | ||
| Marzan Street | Rural View | ||
| Matsen Street | Bakers Creek | ||
| Matterson Avenue | Eimeo | Brisbane Bronco Rugby League Players | Terry Matterson |
| Matthews Street | Andergrove | ||
| Maurene Court | Glenella | ||
| McAlary Drive | Eimeo | ||
| McColl Street | Walkerston | Local Pioneer | Named after M.A. (Alex) McColl (nickname "Lobby") who was a school teacher and historian. He taught at the Kanaka Mission School in High Street. He was born near the previous Albion Hotel. (SN) |
| McCormack Avenue | Rural View | Queensland Premiers | Named after William McCormack (1879-1947), Premier of Queensland from 22 Oct. 1925 to 21 May 1929. (QPP p.500.) |
| McCready Street | Rural View | ||
| McCrossin Court | Eimeo | ||
| McCulloch Street | North Mackay | ||
| McGarry Street | Bucasia | ||
| McGinn Street | West Mackay | WW2 Casualty | Keith Charles McGinn served with the R.A.A.F. He was with 103 Squadron R.A.F. when he was killed in Action over Germany on 8 March 1945. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany. (AWM 148),(HCS pp.147) |
| McGuane Street | North Mackay | ||
| McHugh Street | Eimeo | ||
| McIntyre Street | East Mackay | WW1 Casualty | son
KIA, WWI (HCS pp.147) |
| McKellar Court | Mount Pleasant | ||
| McKenney Street | South Mackay | Original Landowner | Edward William McKenney, (who owned the land) (HCS pp.147) |
| McKinley Street | North Mackay | ||
| McLaughlin Drive | Eimeo | ||
| McLean Street | East Mackay | Mayor | A.J.
McLean, Mayor, 1907 (HCS pp.147) |
| McLennan Street | Ooralea | Local Pioneer | Early
settler (HCS pp.147) |
| McMahon Street | Andergrove | ||
| Meadow Street | North Mackay | ||
| Meadowlands Road | Meadowlands | Sugar Mill | The Meadowlands mill began crushing in 1870 and ceased operations in 1914. |
| Meero Street | South Mackay | Aboriginal Name | (HCS pp.148) |
| Megan Place | Mackay Harbour | ||
| Melaleuca Street | Slade Point | Australian Flora | |
| Melanie Street | Eimeo | ||
| Melissa Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Melissa Crescent | Walkerston | ||
| Mengel Street | South Mackay | WW2 Casualty | Colin Eric Mengel served in the R.A.A.F. and was with the 12 Squadron R.A.F. when he was killed in action over Germany on 23 Sept. 1944. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany. (AWM 148), (HCS pp.148). |
| Mervyn Court | Bucasia | ||
| Meyer Street | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Michael Court | Ooralea | ||
| Michael Moohin Drive | Slade Point | Pioneer Shire Chairman | Michael Moohin was the Chairman of the Pioneer Shire from 1970 to 1973. |
| Michelle Crescent | Bucasia | ||
| Michelmore Street | Paget | Local Pioneer | John
Michelmore - founder of Michelmore Pty Ltd (HCS pp.148) |
| Michener Court | West Mackay | Author | James
Michener (HCS pp.148) |
| Miller Court | Mount Pleasant | ||
| Milne Lane | West Mackay | ||
| Milton Street | Mackay | Poet | Named
as Milton Road on Thomas Henry Fitzgerald's first survey done in 1863. John Milton (HCS pp.148) |
| Milton Street | North Mackay | ||
| Minster Street | South Mackay | Reef | (HCS pp.148) |
| Moffatt Street | North Mackay | ||
| Mogford Street | West Mackay | ||
| Monique Court | Andergrove | ||
| Moody Street | East Mackay | Former Mayor | George
Moody, Mayor, 1934-43. (HCS pp.148) |
| Mooney Court | Glenella | ||
| Moore Street | Mackay | ||
| Morley Street | South Mackay | Former
Mayor Former Town Clerk WW1 Casualty? |
Charles
Morley, Mayor, 1900; F. Morley, Town Clerk, 1903-15.(HCS
pp.148) Rupert George Morley killed at Gallipoli in 1915. |
| Morrison Street | West Mackay | WW2 Casualty | Jeff
Morrison 2nd AIF, KIA Middle East (HCS pp.148) |
| Mortensen Street | North Mackay | Local Pioneer | Martin Mortensen bought a house on 10 acres of land there in 1919, and later an adjoining five acres. The road was formed to allow sub-division. (DM 26 May 1993. p. 7.) |
| Mosta Court | Andergrove | ||
| Mountview Court | Beaconsfield | ||
| Mowlam Street | Eimeo | Local Pioneer? | possibly to honour Arthur James Wallis Mowlam, who was the licensee of the Eimeo Hotel from 1922 to 1925. |
| Mt Bassett Cemetery Road | Mackay Harbour | Mount Bassett Cemetery was opened in the 1950's. | |
| Mt Bassett Drive | Mackay Harbour | ||
| Muldoon Court | Eimeo | ||
| Mulherin Drive | Mackay Harbour | Former Harbour Board Chairman and Former Mayor | John
Martin Mulherin, Mayor, 1933-34. (HCS pp.148). He also served on the Mackay Harbour Board from 1927 to 1957 and was Chairman from 1927 to 1931 and was instrumental in the development of the Mackay Outer Harbour scheme. (MHS p. 28,29,74) |
| Murphy Street | Seaforth | ||
| Murray Close | Eimeo | ||
| Murray’s Road | Glenella |
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