Whyman McLean was born at Morago, New South Wales in approximately 1860.
McLean worked for many years as a missionary, travelling to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and raising money for the Maloga Mission cause.
[1] In February 1897 Whyman became a tracker for the New South Wales police, based at Tumbarumba.
[1] He served 28 years at the police station in Wagga and worked on cases as far afield as Gundagai.
[3][4] 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.