James Macartnay took up a grazing run west of St Lawrence around 1859.
John Mackay reported on his discovery of good pastoral country in the Pioneer Valley in 1860. Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography RHSQ Paper Friends of Balmoral Cemetery Mackay Regional Council
William McCormack, Union organizer and Premier of Queensland Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography T Yahoo! Voices
John MacGillivray studied the fauna and flora of Dunk Island while HMS Rattlesnake was anchored off the island for ten days and described its natural features in the Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake, published in 1852. Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake Vol 1 Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake Vol 2
Sir Thomas McIlwraith Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Queensland Parliament 150 Queensland Caesar: Sir Thomas McIlwraith PhD Thesis Sir Thomas Mcilwraith: Queensland's Visionary Premier
John McKinlay, searching for Burke & Wills, followed the Leichhardt River down to salt water and camped 5 miles from the sea.
Fitzroy McLean, son of Tom McLean, had been the Master of an ex-World War II Fairmile, Roylen Star, became the manager of Brampton Island.
Tom McLean established Roylen Cruises in 1946, operating a fleet of converted Fairmiles out of Mackay Harbour on five-day and one-day island trips.
John Moffat, Herberton mining entrepreneur Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography God Bless John Moffat Who was John Moffat of Irvinebank?
Stanley Montague, a worker on Brampton Island, developed appendicitis in 1935 and, despite being taken to the Mackay hospital, did not survive the illness. His body was brought back to the island for burial.
Hugh Mosman Australian Dictionary of Biography
Jupiter Mosman Monument Australia
James Venture Mulligan Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Trove Prospector and Explorer of the North Townsville Daily Bulletin 1954
W.J.L. Munro, chairman of Cairns Division/Shire, 1897-1912