Lauchlan Mackinnon was a pastoralist, politician and newspaper proprietor in colonial Australia.
11 Facts About Lauchlan Mackinnon
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Lauchlan Mackinnon took up a run in the western district on the Loddon River, and subsequently removed to Mount Fyans.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon was for some years associated in business with the late James Montgomery, and in 1852 he joined Edward Wilson, and became one of the proprietors of the Argus.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon was one of the representatives for the Electoral district of Port Phillip in the Parliament of New South Wales in 1848, and vigorously supported its claims for justice from the governing authorities of New South Wales.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon was a strong and earnest supporter of the anti-convict movement, and took a prominent part in the demonstration which was held in Melbourne in 1849, when the inhabitants resolved to oppose the landing of convicts from the ship Randolph by physical force, and to undergo any extremity of suffering rather than permit the colony to become a receptacle of felons.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon energetically combated the efforts of the imperial authorities to prevent the effective administration of the enactment; and on the popular opposition proving successful he proceeded in 1853 with William Westgarth to Tasmania to assist the anti-transportation party in the colony.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon was one of the members of the original Council of the University of Melbourne, and first Chairman of its Building Committee.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon was twice married, his first wife being a daughter of Robert Montgomery, and sister of James Montgomery; and his second, Emily, daughter of Capt.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon died in Torquay, Devon, England on 21 March 1888.
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Separate to Lauchlan Mackinnon is his cousin, Lauchlan Charles Mackinnon, who was born at Corry on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 1848.
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Lauchlan Mackinnon's son was Lauchlan Mackinnon who served on the council of the Argus and Australasian.