Where is it?

Where is it?McKinlay is a town in the remote north west of the Australian state of Queensland. The town is in the McKinlay Shire local government area and on the Landsborough Highway 1,595 kilometres (991 mi) north west of the state capital Brisbane and 228 kilometres (142 mi) south east of the regional centre of Mount Isa.

• McKinlay

McKinlay is named for the nearby McKinlay River—itself named for its European discoverer, the Scottish explorer John McKinlay who passed by the area in 1861. Gold was discovered in the area in 1872 and a letter receiving office was opened in 1883.

McKinlay today is described as "nothing more than a couple of stores, a few houses and a pub." The town is best known for the Walkabout Creek Hotel, featured in the movie Crocodile Dundee. BHP Cannington mine, Australia's largest silver and lead mine, is 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of McKinlay

McKinlay has Australia's smallest public library, park and a small museum