John McKinlay Death Cause and Date

John McKinlay's Death

Born (Birthday) August 26, 1819

Death Date December 31, 1872

Age of Death 53 years

Cause of Death N/A

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Remembered for his nineteenth-century exploration of Australia, this Scottish-born adventurer is particularly notable for his involvement in the search and rescue effort following the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition of the early 1860s.

A native of Sandbank, Scotland, and the child of Dugald and Catherine McKinlay, he relocated with his brother, Alexander, to New South Wales Australia, at the age of seventeen. He married Jane Pile in 1863.