John McIlwraith (businessman) (1828–1902), Scottish-Australian manufacturer and ship owner, brother of Andrew and Thomas McIlwraith
In 1883 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, the Premier of Queensland, ordered Henry Chester (1832–1914), the Police Magistrate on Thursday Island to proceed to Port Moresby and annex New Guinea and adjacent islands in the name of the British government.
He also invested in eight pastoral holdings in the Maranoa district in Queensland.
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The NAPCO partnership was formed in 1877 by Queenslanders William Collins, William Forrest and Sir Thomas McIlwraith, with Englishmen John Warner and Sir William Ingram.