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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001184b.htm person McMillan Angus AACR2 14 August 1810 18 May 1865 Place of Birth Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland Place of Death Iguana Creek, Victoria, Australia Explorer Pastoralist Angus McMillan was an explorer and pastoralist who had an early role in opening Gippsland, Victoria, to settlement and economic enterprise. Between 1839 and 1841 he made several excursions in unexplored areas of Gippsland, discovering extensive land of grazing potential and naming the watercourses that he crossed. In the 1850s he occasionally accompanied Ferdinand Mueller in his explorations in Gippsland. McMillan became a squatter, establishing an large property "Bushy Park" on the Avon River. This was initially successful but by 1861 much of the land had to be sold. McMillan's last exploration started in 1864, surveying and clearing tracks around Omeo and Dargo in support of local mining operations. McMillan was for a short time an elected member of Victoria's Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria and its successor, the Royal Society of Victoria, and was a member of the Society's Exploration Committee. 1838 1838 Life event - Settled in Australia 1854 1855 Career position - Member, Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1855 1859 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 1859 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1862 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1859 1865 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria October 1859 November 1860 Career position - Member for South Gippsland, Legislative Assembly, Victorian Parliament Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Member 1855 - 1859

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member 1859 - 1865

 Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (1854 - 1855)

Member 1854 - 1855

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1858 - 1862

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 'McMillan, Angus', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McMillan, Angus Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Angus McMillan Daley, Charles Angus McMillan 1926 Victorian Historical Magazine 11 Book Section: McMillan, Angus (1810-1865), explorer and pioneer pastoralist Webster, Theo McMillan, Angus (1810-1865), explorer and pioneer pastoralist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 183-184 Book: A convenient scapegoat: Angus McMillan and the Gippsland massacres Christie, Rob A convenient scapegoat: Angus McMillan and the Gippsland massacres Bushy Park, Vic. High Country Publishing 2023 Journal Article: The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush Gillbank, Linden The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush 1986 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 3 359-374 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Angus McMillan - Records Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc Angus McMillan - Records MSS 4 1837 - 1856 Copies of journals and correspondence including a journal kept on a voyage to Australia 1837, an account of a journey from Maneroo district of New South Wales to Gippsland, Victoria 1839, letters from McMillan to James Bonwick 1856 concerning the discovery of Gippsland; notes on McMillan's life and explorations [2 cm, MSS 4]. 0.02 m