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Captain Colin McDonald FRGS (15 May 1854 - 8 November 1946) was a Scottish born Master Mariner who migrated with his family to New Zealand in 1856 and then to Melbourne, Australia in 1888. Known as an exceptional seaman, he also had a keen knowledge of Zoology and supplied large numbers of exotic animals to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney zoos.

Contents 1 Early life 2 The Days of sail 2.1 Steam Yacht Saide 2.2 Steam Yacht Sunbeam 3 Archibald Currie line 3.1 Commodore - Master 4 British India Steam Navigation Company 4.1 Pilot days 5 Bibliography

Early Life

Born on the 15th of May 1854 in Applecross Ross-shire Scotland, Colin McDonald was the son of Capt Hector McDonald, a Master mariner and his wife Ann McDonald (nee McKenzie). The sixth child (of seven) he migrated with the family from Scotland to Waipu, New Zealand in the Barque Lord Burleigh in 1856 when only 2 years old. Raised in the Waipu area, he had given his father an understanding that he would assist with the family farm until he was 20 years old. Having fulfilled that promise, he went to sea on the Melanesian mission schooner Southern Cross.

The days of Sail Having completed the required time at sea Colin sat for and passed his Mates Certificate number 97 (NZ) which was issued on the 11th of October 1876. His first command was the Schooner Kate McGregor out of Littleton New Zealand