William Frederick MacKenzie CBE (16 February 1897 – 29 June 1972)[1] was a Christian missionary[2] and the Aurukun superintendent from 1923-1965.
After the war he studied at Ormond College at the University of Melbourne and was ordained a minister with the Presbyterian Church in 1925.
MacKenzie's tenure saw a strict regime that saw children taken from parents and housed in dormitories, and young adults trained for servile work.
[5] MacKenzie served as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland in 1949-50, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1963.
The Governor of Queensland, Sir Henry Abel Smith, said that MacKenzie and his wife "by their example of joyous service, generate and radiate happiness to all around them.