1900 onwards
- John Douglas, and the part he played in shaping colonial Queensland
- John Douglas 1828-1904: The Uncompromising Liberal
- Centenary of John Douglas - 1928
- Memorial to John Douglas on Thursday Island
- John Douglas assessment by Charles Bernays in 1920
- John Douglas obituary in the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
- John Douglas obituary in the Brisbane Courier
- John Douglas obituary in Queensland Country Life
- John Douglas obituary - Toowoomba Chronicle
- John Douglas obituary in the Capricornian
- John Douglas “Maritime Boundary of Australia.” Queensland Geographical Journal, vol 19, 1903, pp. 32-36
- John Douglas, Maritime Boundary of Queensland paper, December 1903
- John Douglas interview, Brisbane December 1903
- Douglas interview, September 1902
- Asia and Australasia article by John Douglas, July 1902
- John Douglas visiting England in 1902
- John Douglas and Australian federation
- Past and Present of Thursday Island and Torres Straits by John Douglas, 1900
- Islands of Torres Strait, a talk by John Douglas, January 1900
- Interview with John Douglas, Thursday Island, 13 January 1900
- John Douglas “The Islands and Inhabitants of Torres Strait.” Queensland Geographical Journal, 15th session, 1899-1900, pp. 25-40
1890 - 1899
- Douglas Federation Speech, August 1899
- John Douglas and the Japanese in the Torres Strait
- Interview with John Douglas 18 December 1897
- Interview with John Douglas 13 December 1897
- Japanese invasion on Thursday Island, October 1896
- John Douglas and the Asian presence in Torres Strait
- John Douglas and Aborigines in Torres Strait
- John Douglas profile, October 1896
- Lecture (50 Years of Australian History) by John Douglas, Brisbane 20 October 1896
- Federation Speech, Sydney 1 October 1896
- Visit by Premier Hugh Nelson to Thursday Island April 1894
- Aborigines and the pearl shelling industry, 1894 letter
- Interview with John Douglas, Brisbane, 15 June 1893
- Speech by John Douglas at a Defence Commission Banquet, Thursday Island April 1891
- Article on John Douglas and Aborigines in Cape York, 1890-91
- The sinking of the Quetta in Torres Strait, 1890
- John Douglas and the Asian presence on Thursday Island, 1885-1904
1880 - 1889
- John Douglas, Special Commissioner to New Guinea, 1886 - 1888
- Expedition to New Guinea - 1885
- Douglas appointed Government Resident on Thursday Island in 1885
- Thursday Island in 1885
- Imperial Federation from an Australian point of view (Nineteenth Century December 1884, pp. 853-68)
- Douglas visits England - 1884
- Administering British New Guinea
- John Douglas contesting the Brisbane seats of Bulimba and North Brisbane in Queensland in 1882 and 1883
- John Douglas the 'Coming Man' - 1882
- John Douglas the journalist
- John Douglas and his resignation from the Queensland Parliament in November 1880
- An Australian Nation (Melbourne Review. No. 17. January 1880, pp. 1-14)
- John Douglas and his involvement in the Steel Rails affair in 1880
- John Douglas and the Queensland 'Steel Rails' controversy of 1880
1870 - 1879
- John Douglas in parliament after losing the 1878 Queensland general election
- John Douglas and the Queensland Premiership - an analysis
- John Douglas and the Maryborough election in 1878
- John Douglas, Samuel Griffith and the Queensland election of 1878
- John Douglas and the Queensland general election of 1878
- John Douglas and the Queensland parliamentary session of 1878
- John Douglas visit to Maryborough, QLD in 1878
- Douglas and the Queensland Native Police, 1878–1880: Authority, Violence and Aboriginal Policy
- John Douglas visit to Torres Strait in 1877
- John Douglas and his marriage to Sarah Douglas in 1877
- John Douglas and the Queensland parliament of 1877
- John Douglas and Pacific Islanders
- John Douglas and restricting Chinese migration to Queensland in 1877
- John Douglas and the collapse of the Thorn Ministry in 1876
- John Douglas and forestry conservation in Queensland in the 1870s
- Death of Mary Ann Douglas in 1876
- John Douglas and Queensland land legislation in 1876
- John Douglas and the George Thorn Ministry in 1876
- John Douglas and the resignation of Queensland Premier Arthur Macalister in 1876
- John Douglas and the 1874-75 parliamentary session
- John Douglas contests the seat of Maryborough in the 1875 Queensland elections
- John Douglas contests the seat of Darling Downs in the 1875 Queensland elections
- John Douglas and the Queensland State Education Act, 1875
- John Douglas contests the seat of Brisbane in the 1873 Queensland elections
- Insolvency in colonial Queensland
- John Douglas and the Queensland East Moreton by-election of 1871
- A trip to North America in 1871
- John Douglas, Agent-General for Emigration to Queensland, 1869-1871 (Thesis)
- John Douglas, Agent-General for Emigration to Queensland, 1869-1871 (Journal article)
1860 - 1869
- John Douglas appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1869
- John Douglas and the Queensland Lilley Ministry of 1868-9
- John Douglas and the Queensland Mackenzie Ministry of 1868
- John Douglas stands for East Moreton in the 1868 Queensland election
- John Douglas and the "land question" in 1868
- John Douglas and the May / June 1867 Queensland elections
- Eastern Downs Election. Nomination Day - June 1867
- John Douglas addressing electors at Warwick - May 1867
- Douglas's resignation as Colonial Treasurer and his appointment as Secretary for Works - May 1867
- Diamantina Orphan Asylum - April 1867
- Douglas election meeting at Warwick, January 1867
- John Douglas appointed Queensland Treasurer in 1866
- John Douglas and the 1866 Queensland elections
- The Queensland financial crisis of 1866
- Commentary on Douglas being appointed Postmaster-General., February 1866
- John Douglas becomes a Minister in the Queensland parliament
- Analysis of John Douglas as member for Port Curtis - February 1866
- Douglas appointed to the Executive Council February 1866
- Opening of the Great Northern Railway, Rockhampton, in October 1865
- Douglas and the sale of cattle at Tooloombah - October 1865
- Tooloombah
- John Douglas addressing his Gladstone constituency March 1865
- Inauguration of the School of Arts, Rockhampton, February 1865
- John Douglas and the Rockhampton to Peak Downs railway line
- John Douglas addresses his constituents, Rockhampton 14 July 1864
- John Douglas and the 1864 Queensland Parliament
- John Douglas and a visit to Rockhampton in 1863
- Douglas election address Port Curtis 1863
- John Douglas and the 1863 Queensland Parliament
- John Douglas and Queensland railway policy in 1863
- John Douglas and the Port Curtis election in 1863
- Douglas letter for an electric telegraph, 1862
- John Douglas and the electorate of Camden in New South Wales in 1861
- John Douglas nominating for Camden in December 1860
1850 - 1859
- The proposed telegraph line to England -1859 (a letter)
- Queensland at separation from NSW in 1859
- John Douglas representing the seat of Darling Downs in the New South Wales Parliament
- John Douglas and the 1859 Darling Downs election - why he won
- Douglas campaigning in Drayton in 1859 (Newspaper article)
- Douglas giving a campaign speech in the 1859 NSW election (Newspaper article)
- John Douglas election address Darling Downs April 1859
- Talgai on the Darling Downs
- John Douglas and the New South Wales gold rushes
- John Douglas - migrating from England to New South Wales
- John Douglas and his upbringing - social influences
- John Douglas's schooling
- Douglas bibliography
