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Bet you didn't know under 20 minutes from Mackay CBD is these 45 acres with the most incredible 3 Stage waterfall. Nestled privately away in rugged bushland at the foot of The Leap the water runs cool and clear down into rock pools at the base of each stage. Your own private outdoor spa bath. Source: www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/the-leap-qld-474...

Tucked away in Eungella National Park, Finch Hatton Gorge is where Mackay locals head when the warm, balmy weather rolls in. And it’s not hard to see why. Here, you can swim underneath the shady rainforest canopy through water so pure you can focus on the bottom. Source: www.queensland.com/sg/en/places-to-see/experiences/nature...

This two-storey building has dominated the River Street location since its construction in 1883. The Mackay Post Office and Telegraph Office was designed in the 1870s, but the first stage was not constructed until 1883 with the adjoining Telegraph Office constructed in 1884. The construction is only two years after the city’s oldest building: The Australian Joint Stock Bank at 63 Victoria Street, constructed in 1881. Thus, the construction of such prominent buildings, both designed by the Colonial Architect, F.D.G. Stanley, demonstrate the growth and importance of the Mackay region in the late 19th century. The government architect, F.D.G. Stanley, was responsible for the design and construction of Queensland post offices from 1872 – 1881, and George Connolly between 1881-1883 and 1885-1891. The place has a strong association with past and present residents of the Mackay region as the primary center for communication, by mail, telegraph, or telephone since 1874 when the site was a postmaster's residence and office. The new buildings were constructed in stages: the left (east) side of the tower is the original post office opening in 1883. The tower and the telegraph office were constructed in 1884. Originally the lower level was post and telegraph services, kitchen and servants while the upper level was the post and telegraph masters residences. The building meets this criterion as a substantial masonry building with remnant classical detailing typical of Government designed buildings of the period. It is a strong feature in the River Street streetscape and is significant as a landmark building in Mackay. Source: www.mackay.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/211347/...

Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938), American financier; his wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Mackay The children are John William Mackay, Ellin Mackay, and Katherine Mackay: Ellin Mackay (1903-1988) married Irving Berlin in 1926; Clarence disapproved, and he threatened disinheritance. Ellin Berlin became a novelist: www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/obituaries/ellin-berlin-85-a-n... Her papers are at the University of Nevada Reno: knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/90-87.html John William Mackay married Josephine Gwendolyn Rose in 1929. Katherine Mackay married twice, to judge Kenneth O'Brien (divorced in 1937), and to lawyer Robert Ziemer Hawkins (1903-1979) in 1939; she lived in Reno, Nevada. Her papers are at UC Berkeley: www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;titlesAZ=k;idT=UCb112...

Thanks so much pennylrichardsca for your extensive research into this family and for providing the links for those who may want more information. Amazing stories. We'll fill in the names for this record the next time we update.

Eldest daughter Katherine and C.H. Mackay at a wedding in the summer of 1915: