he was often portrayed as an "American gangster" and foreign communist. Mackie lived for a time on the Mineside and later lived on Buckley Avenue, Parkside near the Mount Isa State High School. He also drove a Willys Jeep. Sometimes he was accused of deliberately weakening Australia to help an invasion by communist China, and his criminal record was constantly mentioned. Mackie successfully sued a newspaper owned by Australia media mogul Frank Packer in the early 1970s for defamation. He won damages totalling $30,000. A third was awarded for misrepresenting his criminal record, while the remainder was awarded for misrepresenting his involvement in the dispute. Legacy Mackie's story inspired a Queensland Music Festival musical production entitled Red Cap which premiered at the Mount Isa Civic Centre on 11 July 2007. Pat Mackie died on 19 November 2009, aged 95. Personal He was the fourth husband of Elizabeth Vassilieff (née Sutton), whose second husband was the Russian-born Australian painter Danila Vassilieff. References Experiment in Inclusion by Rosemary Sorensen, The Australian 30 July 2007. Mount Isa - The Story of a Dispute by Pat Mackie & Elizabeth Vassilieff, Hudson Publishing. Hawthorn (Vic) 1989. Many Ships to Mount Isa - Autobiography by Pat Mackie & Elizabeth Vassilieff Wolf, Seaview Press, Henley Beach (SA) 2002. External links Portrait of Pat Mackie in the National Portrait Gallery (Australia) by Nancy Borlase 1914 births 2009 deaths Australian miners Australian trade unionists Industrial Workers of the World members New Zealand emigrants to Australia People from Mount Isa