Whyman McLean

Whyman McLean was an Aboriginal Australian man, a religious missionary who later served as an Aboriginal tracker in the New South Wales Police Force for thirty years until his retirement in 1925.

Early life Whyman McLean was born at Morago, New South Wales in approximately 1860. He was the son of Archibald McLean and Louisa, an Aboriginal woman. As a young man, Whyman lived on the Maloga Mission.

Career McLean worked for many years as a missionary, travelling to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and raising money for the Maloga Mission cause. After five years he transferred to Wagga Wagga. During his time on the police force he was responsible for the recovery of 34 bodies of people who had drowned in the Murrumbidgee River.

Whyman McLean fell ill in December 1926 and was taken to Callan Park Hospital in Sydney where he died on 23 December 1926.