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MACKAY & SURROUNDING AREA
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Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about 970
kilometres north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar
capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's
cane sugar.
There is controversy about the geographic location of the region, with most people
referring it as a part of North Queensland, with some, even the Bureau of Meteorology,
calling it the far north end of Central Queensland. Equally, there has always been
much contention over the pronunciation of the name Mackay. Correspondence received
by Mackay City Library in 2007, from descendants of John Mackay, confirms that the
correct pronunciation is rhyming with sky, from the Gaelic name "MacAoidh" which
is pronounced "i" not "ay".
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