title: Macleay
text: # Macleay
  
  MacLeay or Macleay or McLeay may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), Scottish civil servant and entomologist.
  * George Macleay (1809–1891), Australian explorer and politician.
  * George McLeay (1892–1955), Australian politician
  * Glenn McLeay (born 1968), New Zealand cyclist
  * John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000), Australian politician
  * John McLeay Sr. (1893–1982), Australian politician
  * Ken MacLeay (born 1959), English-born Australian cricketer.
  * Leo McLeay (born 1945), Australian politician.
  * Paul McLeay (born 1972), Australian politician
  * William John Macleay (1820–1891), Australian politician and naturalist.
  * William Sharp Macleay (1792–1865), British entomologist.
  
  ## Places
  
  * Electoral district of Macleay, New South Wales, Australia.
  * Macleay Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
  * Macleay Museum of science, University of Sydney, Australia.
  * Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia.
  * Macleay Shire, a former LGA in New South Wales, Australia.
  
  ## Animals
  
  * Macleay's dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus macleayi, a marsupial.
  * Macleay's honeyeater, Xanthotis macleayanus, a bird.
  * Macleay's mustached bat, Pteronotus macleayii.
  * Macleay's swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus, a butterfly.
  * Macleay's spectre, Extatosoma tiaratum, a stick insect.
  