George Macleay
1809–91
Traveller and statesman. Went to Australia in 1827 and accompanied Charles Sturt in an exploring expedition down the Murray River. Member of the Legislative Council, 1851–6; Legislative Assembly, 1856–9. Travelled widely in Europe and western Asia from 1859. Knighted, 1875.
Source
ODNB s.v. Macleay, Alexander
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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