John Graham MacDonald

John Graham MacDonald (1834–1918) was an explorer and pioneer in Queensland, Australia.

Early life Macdonald was born at Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales on the 5th of September 1834. At the age of 18 years he joined his brother, a civil engineer, in Victoria, and gained a considerable knowledge of engineering and surveying. A few years later he took up farming near Geelong, and became a model farmer of the district and chairman of the local farmers' association (probably the first farmers' association established in Australia), the chairman of the local road board, and a judge for the Geelong Agricultural Society.

Legacy MacDonald's house in Townsville, Kardinia, was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992.