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

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

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