MacLeay or Macleay or McLeay may refer to:

People

* Alexander Macleay (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 he ...

(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 unt ...

(1892–1955), Australian politician * Glenn McLeay (born 1968), New Zealand cyclist * John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000), Australian politician * John McLeay Sr. (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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(1820–1891), Australian politician and naturalist. *

William Sharp Macleay William Sharp Macleay or McLeay (21 July 1792 – 26 January 1865) was a British civil servant and entomologist. He was a prominent promoter of the Quinarian system of classification. After graduating, he worked for the British embassy in Par ...

(1792–1865), British entomologist.

Places

Electoral district of Macleay Macleay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established in 1880 in the Macleay River area. Between 1889 and 1894, it elected two members with voters casting two votes and the two lea ...

, 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 , the locality ...

, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. *

Macleay Museum The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney, was a natural history museum located on the University's campus, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Museum was amalgamanted into Chau Chak Wing Museum, which opened in 2020. The Macleay ...

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 r ...

, 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, ''Xanthotis macleayanus'', a bird. * Macleay's mustached bat, ''Pteronotus macleayii''. * Macleay's swallowtail, ''Graphium macleayanus'', a butterfly. * Macleay's spectre, ''Extatosoma tiaratum'', a stick insect. {{disambig