William Mackie

Mackie was born at Cochin, India and as a child returned to live in Derry before attending school in Twickenham, Middlesex.

He arrived at Fremantle on Caroline on 12 October 1829 with two servants, John Bludsell and Richard Holland.

Mackie was a cousin of Captain Frederick Irwin who was the commandant of the troops in the colony and who had arrived on HMS Sulphur four months earlier.

Mackie's legal background saw him appointed as one of eight Justices of the Peace by Lieutenant-Governor Stirling in December 1829.

In October 1831 Stirling appointed Mackie as one of the foundation members of the Western Australian Legislative Council in the position of Advocate-General.