How a whacking stick found its way to Nambucca

By Rachel Burns
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:22am, first published September 6 2020 - 6:00am
David Day, McKay descendant with the Blackthorn Cane
David Day, McKay descendant with the Blackthorn Cane

THE McKAY name is well known in the Nambucca area, perhaps mostly for being one of the two "Macks", the other being McNally, for which Macksville was named.

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