Hello Toni and thank you.
I have been down that path and the Qld State Archives hold the following books for Malanda Court:
Item ID272742, Bailiff's book;
Item ID272740, Judgment Book;
Item ID894422, Plaint Book.
A very kindly senior archivist, Joanne, searched for all combinations and various spellings of the names Sutherland, Stuart, Ross, Roy, and McAliser. No luck I'm afraid. I don't have Caroline Sutherland as any relation that I'm aware of. I appreciate your help and any ideas as to where to go from here. I have had a professional geneologist in Scotland look for his place of birth, Avanagalian, or his mother, listed as Mary Weir, deceased on his 1937 marriage record. No closer to the truth! He came to Australia around 1923 and I haven't been able to uncover how yet. He also managed a dairy farm in Fiji sometime between 1923 and the mid 1930's. Does my head in!
Thank you again for your interest and input. Very much appreciated.
Regards
Jeanette