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Douglas
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NameDouglasDescriptionTownsville Suburb: A suburb named on 15th June 1968, after Judge Robert Johnstone Douglas (1883-1972), son of the Hon. John Douglas who was Premier of Queensland from 1877 to 1879. Robert Douglas was educated at St. Benedict's College, St Augusta, Inverness, Scotland, 1892-1895 and later at St Ignatius, Riverview, Sydney. He graduated from Sydney University in 1904 and was admitted to the bar in 1906. A judge in Townsville from 1907, he was appointed to the bench of the Northern Supreme Court in 1923 shortly after he had resigned from the Townsville City Council.
Photographer Steven Kersnovske
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NotesLocal Note: 0018849
Douglas. Townsville City Council, accessed 15/05/2025, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/56