Donald Norman McLeod (10 June 1848 – 25 October 1914) was an Australian pastoralist and politician, a member of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

. McLeod was born on Borhoneyghurk station along the

Moorabool River The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria, Australia, that runs past several small towns and areas such as Meredith, Victoria, Meredith, Anakie, Victoria, Anakie, and Staughton Vale (north-west of Geelong). The river joins with the Barwon River ...

near Portland in Victoria and was the second son of John Norman McLeod who had represented the seat of Portland in the

from 1859 to 1860. McLeod grew up in Portland and finished his schooling at Scotch College in

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. At age 16 he moved to his uncle's property, near Apsley to learn about sheep farming. By 1872 McLeod, in partnership with John Hancock, shipped stock to

Nickol Bay Nickol Bay is a bay between the Burrup Peninsula and Dixon Island, on the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. Once alternatively spelled "Nicol Bay", it was named by John Septimus Roe for a sailor who was lost overboard during an expedition. ...

, near Roebourne and McLeod set up Chirritta Station. In 1879 McLeod married Charlotte Harriet Bussell McLeod sold Chirritta in 1883 and returned to Portland to set up a

dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

farm named Yannarie. He sold Yannarie in 1892 but remained in the area as the member for

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in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from July 1894 to October 1900. McLeod left the area in 1899 and took up

Minilya Station Minilya Station, most often referred to as Minilya, is a pastoral lease currently operating as a cattle station that once operated as a sheep station in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The property is situated approximately south of ...

in the

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of Western Australia. He died in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

on 25 October 1914 and was survived by his wife, six daughters and five sons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Donald 1848 births 1914 deaths Australian pastoralists Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian businesspeople