Alexander Douglas-Douglas

He was the grandson of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, who was a colonel in the 58th Foot and was created a baronet 30 Sep 1831 and assumed by Royal Licence 31 Oct 1831 the name and arms of Douglas of Glenbervie.

Douglas was trained as a cadet in this force by the notoriously brutal officer, Frederick Wheeler, and his first posting was at the Marlborough barracks in central coastal Queensland.

[6] In early 1874, Douglas was transferred north to the Cooktown region where he and his troopers patrolled the Palmer River, Normanby and Hodgkinson goldfields.

[8] In late 1874, after the killing of the Stroh family travelling to the Palmer River, Douglas led severe reprisals against Aboriginals in the area.

"[10] A journalist in Cooktown at the time recalled how Douglas' troopers would make notches on the stocks of their rifles for every person they killed in the "nigger raids".

[12] In September 1876, Douglas led a group from Thornborough on the Hodgkinson goldfield to construct a trail to the coast at Trinity Bay.

This he achieved with another Native Police officer in Robert Arthur Johnstone blazing a trail from the other direction, the two groups meeting to complete the track at the top of the range.

Douglas was also involved in the resolution of high-profile crimes, such as the Normanton race riots of 1888[20] and the liquidation of the Aboriginal outlaw, Joe Flick, in 1889.

Flick had shot dead Native Police officer Alfred Wavell and injured the famous colonist Frank Hann at Lawn Hill pastoral station.

[21] In 1891, Douglas was in charge of the police force involved in the breaking up the shearers' strike at Barcaldine, arresting and transporting the leading unionists.

In a precursor to the Aboriginal Protection Act of 1897, Douglas advocated tight police command over the remaining Indigenous population with compulsory permission required for travel, employment and food rations.