Duncan McIntyre (explorer)
Australian explorer (1831–1866)
Duncan McIntyre was an Australian explorer who followed in the tracks of Burke and Wills. In 1864 he laid claim to the property now called Dalgonally in North-West Queensland, and found evidence of Ludwig Leichhardt's final expedition. He subsequently led a party in search of Leichhardt, but died of fever during the search.
Early years
Duncan McIntyre was born in Scotland in 1831. He was the fifth child of James McIntyre and his wife Mary, they were a Gaelic agricultural based society. In 1839, he came to Australia with his father's eldest brother, Archibald, his Aunt Elizabeth and five of their children. A sixth child, Donald (who later settled on Dalgonally Station) stayed behind in Scotland and did not rejoin the family until 1851.
Only sketchy details are known of McIntyre's youth. He married Mary Morris in Melbourne on 5 March 1862. At the time he was superintendent of Glengower, a property near Castlemaine owned by Donald Campbell, a brother of his Aunt Elizabeth.
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