McKinlay, Queensland McKinlay, Queensland McKinlay is a town and locality in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, McKinlay and the surrounding pastoral area had a population of 417. McKinlay is in the remote north west of Queensland and on the Landsborough Highway north west of the state capital Brisbane and south east of the regional centre of Mount Isa. 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
Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland of Queensland, and caters only for women. Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland The Synod of Queensland or Queensland Synod is the entity of the Uniting Church in Australia covering most of the state of Queensland in Australia. It is one of six geographically-based Synods of the church. The leader of the Synod is the "moderator" elected to the position for a period of three years. The moderator has been Rev David Baker since 2014, and his term was extended in 2016 to run until 2020. The Uniting Church has a series of inter-related councils, which do not strictly