The McDonald family has a long association with rural Australia dating back to 1827 and the first shipment of cattle to Tasmania. The current MDH aggregation of properties was founded by A.J. (Jim) McDonald who searched for cattle country around Cloncurry in the 1940s.
Jim McDonald purchased Brightlands Station in 1946 after deciding the sugar industry was encroaching on his pastoral holdings around Proserpine. Over the next 60 years the family acquired properties strategically located throughout Queensland to drought proof the cattle operation.
The McDonald family still live and work on the founding property Brightlands and nearby Devoncourt Station. If you ever contact MDH, there’s a good chance a member of the family will be on the other side of the phone talking to you.
Sticking true to our values and passions, we pride ourselves on our point of difference in the cattle industry. MDH isn’t a company with glamorous offices in highrises, and our boardroom discussions can happen around a table, or under a tree near a set of cattle-yard with equal effect. We’re at our best when we’re out on our properties, working together.