An interesting piece of history regarding Macrossan & Amiet was found in an online book entitled, “Queensland and Queenslanders” Incorporating “Prominent Queenslanders” compiled by Australian History
Publishing Co, Brisbane, 1936 (14 mbs) which can be found on the Australian National University website.
The entire 322 page book is available to download at:
http://ncb.anu.edu.au/sites/default /files/documents/Queensland and Queenslanders.pdf