MacLeay or Macleay or McLeay may refer to:

People

Alexander Macleay Alexander Macleay (also spelt McLeay) MLC FLS FRS (24 June 1767 – 18 July 1848) was a Scottish-Australian leading member of the Linnean Society, a fellow of the Royal Society and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Life Mac ...

(1767–1848), Scottish civil servant and entomologist. *

George Macleay Sir George Macleay (180924 June 1891) was an Australian explorer and politician. Biography Macleay was born in London, the third son of Alexander Macleay and educated at Westminster School. He came to Australia in 1826. In November 1829, h ...

(1809–1891), Australian explorer and politician. *

George McLeay George McLeay (6 August 1892 – 14 September 1955) was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Menzies Liberal government. Early life McLeay was born in Port Clinton, South Australia and educated at Port Clinton Public School u ...

(1892–1955), Australian politician *

Glenn McLeay Glenn McLeay (born 14 August 1968) is a cyclist from New Zealand. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland he won a gold medal in the 4000m team pursuit, and came 9th in the 10 mile track pursuit. At the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona he ...

(born 1968), New Zealand cyclist * John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000), Australian politician *

John McLeay Sr. Sir John McLeay, (19 November 1893 – 22 June 1982) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1966, representing the Division of Boothby in South Australia. He wa ...

(1893–1982), Australian politician *

Ken MacLeay Kenneth Hervey MacLeay (born 2 April 1959) is a former English-born Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1983 and 1987. MacLeay played in the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England ta ...

(born 1959), English-born Australian cricketer. *

Leo McLeay Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from June 1979 to October 2004. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989–93. During 1992 h ...

(born 1945), Australian politician. *

Paul McLeay Paul Edward McLeay (born 23 August 1972), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Heathcote for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2011. In 2010, McLeay resigned h ...

(born 1972), Australian politician *

William John Macleay Sir William John Macleay (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish-Australian politician, naturalist, zoologist, and herpetologist. Early life Macleay was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and h ...

(1820–1891), Australian politician and naturalist. * William Sharp Macleay (1792–1865), British entomologist.

Places

* Electoral district of Macleay, New South Wales, Australia. *

Macleay Island Macleay Island is an island in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia. The island constitutes a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality within the Redland City, City of Redland. In the , Macleay Isla ...

, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. * Macleay Museum of science, University of Sydney, Australia. *

Macleay River The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Gara River, Salisbury Waters and Bakers Creek, the Macleay River ...

, New South Wales, Australia. * Macleay Shire, a former LGA in New South Wales, Australia.

Animals

Macleay's dorcopsis Macleay's dorcopsis (''Dorcopsulus macleayi''), also known as the Papuan dorcopsis or the Papuan forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or ...

, ''Dorcopsulus macleayi'', a marsupial. *

Macleay's honeyeater Macleay's honeyeater (''Xanthotis macleayanus'') is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habi ...

, ''Xanthotis macleayanus'', a bird. * Macleay's mustached bat, ''Pteronotus macleayii''. *

Macleay's swallowtail ''Graphium macleayanus'', the Macleay's swallowtail, is a butterfly belonging to the family (biology), family Papilionidae. The species was named after Alexander Macleay. Taxonomy Macleay's swallowtail was first described by William Elford Lea ...

, ''Graphium macleayanus'', a butterfly. *

Macleay's spectre ''Extatosoma tiaratum'', commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of List of stick insects and mantids of Australia, Australian stick insect. ...

, ''Extatosoma tiaratum'', a stick insect. {{disambig