McKinlay, Queensland the town and when put up for sale in 2010 attracted worldwide interest. McKinlay has Australia's smallest public library, park and a small museum. The McKinlay Shire Regional Council operates a public library at Middleton Street. 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
Harlaxton, Queensland Harlaxton, Queensland Harlaxton is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located north of the city centre. At the 2016 Australian Census, the suburb recorded a population of 2,547. The name originates from Harlaxton House, probably named for Harlaxton in Lincolnshire, England, and built in 1869 in what is now Munro Street as the residence of Francis Thomas Gregory. Gregory was an explorer in Western Australia, before moving to Queensland in 1862, serving as Commissioner of Crown Lands and an appointed Member of the Legislative Council from 1874 until his death in 1888. The home was later used as the summer