A Meston
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A Meston has 167 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 24 references, with 11 live disagreements.
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Inbound mentions (26)
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authoredByAuthored by(8)
- A Meston Report
ex:a-meston-report - Article 128671171
ex:article-128671171 - Article Nla News Article20771513
ex:article-nla-news-article20771513 - Article Nla News Article20772140
ex:article-nla-news-article20772140 - The Sketcher Article
ex:the-sketcher-article - Trove Article 20768342
ex:trove-article-20768342 - Trove Article 20771513
ex:trove-article-20771513 - Trove Article 3424600
ex:trove-article-3424600
selectedBySelected by(2)
- Cape Grafton Aboriginal Reserve
ex:cape-grafton-aboriginal-reserve - Cape Grafton Aboriginal Reserve
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assembledByAssembled by(1)
- Masterton Place Blacks
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atRequestOfAt Request of(1)
- Skulls
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carriedPassengerCarried Passenger(1)
- Barrabool
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conditionAndProspectsDescribedByCondition and Prospects Described by(1)
- Sugar Industry North
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experiencedByExperienced by(1)
- Beautiful Country Marked
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familialRelationFamilial Relation(1)
- Robert Meston
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foundByFound by(1)
- Rich Jungle Country Marked
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haveLocalKnowledgeSuperiorToHave Local Knowledge Superior to(1)
- Watson Brothers
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hopesForTemporaryDeclineHopes for Temporary Decline(1)
- Port Douglas
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joinedA-MestonJoined a Meston(1)
- Harry Crees
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passedByPassed by(1)
- Tick Covered Cows
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persuadedToJoinPersuaded to Join(1)
- Rev Mr Schwarz
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providedHorseToProvided Horse to(1)
- Inspector Lamond
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seenBySeen by(1)
- Tick Ravages
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tellsTells(1)
- Harry Plats
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visitedByVisited by(1)
- Mosman Selections
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Other facts (166)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Accompanied by | Podenzana | [14] |
| Accompanied by | Schiffini | [14] |
| Accompanied by | Rev Mr Schwarz | [16] |
| Accompanied by | Blackboy Companion | [16] |
| Will Proceed to | Bogimbah Aboriginal Settlement | [10] |
| Will Proceed to | Bogimbah Aboriginal Settlement | [23] |
| Will Proceed to | Bogimbah Aboriginal Settlement | [24] |
| Assumes As Fact | Idea Compression | [2] |
| Assumes As Fact | ideas in human science compressible into small space when divested of surroundings | [6] |
| Personally Assesses Chinese As | Industrious Sober | [2] |
| Personally Assesses Chinese As | industrious and sober | [6] |
| Manages | Cambanora | [2] |
| Manages | Cambanora | [6] |
| Could Manage | a thousand Chinese | [2] |
| Could Manage | thousand Chinese without serious difficulty | [6] |
| Declares in Report | in the dry season the blacks have a fair supply of food | [8] |
| Declares in Report | in the wet season they are frequently half-starved | [8] |
| Arrived in Town | Maryborough by Train | [10] |
| Arrived in Town | True | [23] |
| Arrived by | Train | [10] |
| Arrived by | Train Transport | [23] |
| Travels to | Maryborough Qld | [15] |
| Travels to | Port Douglas | [17] |
| Indebted to for Courtesy | Inspector Lamond | [16] |
| Indebted to for Courtesy | Mr Ogilvie | [16] |
| Carried | Bundle of Botanical Specimens | [18] |
| Carried | Revolver | [18] |
| Arrived From | Brisbane | [23] |
| Arrived From | Brisbane | [24] |
| Will Travel by | Government Steamer Llewellyn | [23] |
| Will Travel by | Government Steamer Llewellyn | [24] |
| Will Investigate | Aboriginal Departure Reason | [23] |
| Will Investigate | Bogimbah Departure Reason | [24] |
| Has Personal Knowledge of | Land on Creeks to Sea | [1] |
| Writes to | correct sweeping assertion | [1] |
| Corrects | Agricultural Reporter | [1] |
| Vouches for Land | excellent for sugar-growing | [1] |
| Calls Assertion | rather too sweeping | [1] |
| Holds Position | Manager of Cambanora | [2] |
| Aims to Give | Accurate Irrefutable Account | [2] |
| Authored | Trove Article 19795152 | [2] |
| Warns | Legislators Queensland People | [2] |
| Opinions Impartial | true | [2] |
| Epistemically Certain of | Kanaka Superiority | [2] |
| Disinterested Regard for | Queensland Future | [2] |
| Observation Period | three years | [2] |
| Observed | Labour Question North | [2] |
| As Queenslander Opposes Chinese | inexorable-uncompromising | [2] |
| Travelled Over | Peninsula Localities | [3] |
| Advocates Epic for Colonisers | null | [4] |
| Wrote Article | Trove Article 20771513 | [4] |
| Visited Selections on Mosman | null | [4] |
| First Person Narrator | null | [4] |
| Saw No Blacks After Leaving | Chabbuki Tribe Camp | [4] |
| Route to | Daintree | [4] |
| Left Port Douglas on Horseback | null | [4] |
| Is Chairman of | Divisional Board Cairns | [5] |
| Certain That | Mr Perkins Wont Favour Land Speculators | [5] |
| Occupied Chair at | Wrights Creek Land Protest Meeting | [5] |
| Had Opportunities | exceptionally favourable | [6] |
| Warns Solemnly | Queensland Legislators and People | [6] |
| Advocates Principle | brevity as principle of action for statesmen and press | [6] |
| Always Been | uncompromising opponent of Chinese | [6] |
| As Queenslander Opposes | Chinese | [6] |
| Believes With Certainty | kanakas best labour | [6] |
| Records Opinions With | unsullied impartiality | [6] |
| Presents Article As | condensed idea from chaos to fact | [6] |
| Claims Impartiality | null | [6] |
| Position | Manager of Cambanora | [6] |
| Desires to Give | accurate irrefutable account to Queensland people | [6] |
| Made Observations Over | three years | [6] |
| Prepared for | Hostile Criticism | [7] |
| Located in | Brisbane | [7] |
| Advocates | Justice to Aboriginals | [7] |
| Asks Necessity for | Writers Concealing Names | [7] |
| Expects Criticism From | Competent Men With Names | [7] |
| Offers Pamphlet to | Anyone Earnestly Interested | [7] |
| Signed As | A. MESTON | [7] |
| Meets Such Men | Frequently | [7] |
| Thanks | Friendly Press Notices Private Letters | [7] |
| Knows Simple Facts | Australian Ethnology | [7] |
| Never Entered | place in that 'vast territory' which knows not the foot of a white man | [8] |
| Lacks Direct Evidence for Estimate | null | [8] |
| Rode Distance of | ninety-six miles | [8] |
| Believes Blacks Could Have | easily speared every soul in the service | [8] |
| Lacks Authority for Claiming | squatters north of the Archer approve of his feeding scheme | [8] |
| Displays Ignorance of | Country He Inspected | [8] |
| Estimates Number of | 20000 | [8] |
| Estimates Population North of | 17th parallel | [8] |
| Never Left | Beaten Tracks | [8] |
| Gives Credit to | Blacks | [8] |
| Acknowledges That | along the Peninsula... there have been white men speared by the blacks | [8] |
| Lacks Opportunity for | reasonable guess at population | [8] |
| Claims Most Spearing Under | provocation | [8] |
| Claims in Report | the whole eastern watershed north of the McIvor is... in absolute possession of the wild tribes | [8] |
| Is Lecturer | true | [9] |
| Riveted Attention of | Warwick Lecture Audience | [9] |
| Delivered Lecture | Meston Lecture Tragedies Early Days | [9] |
| Likely to Investigate | Reason for Escape | [10] |
| Travel by | Government Steamer Llewellyn | [10] |
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References (24)
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See also
- Land on Creeks to Sea
- Agricultural Reporter
- Idea Compression
- Accurate Irrefutable Account
- Industrious Sober
- Trove Article 19795152
- Legislators Queensland People
- Cambanora
- Kanaka Superiority
- Queensland Future
- Labour Question North
- Peninsula Localities
- Trove Article 20771513
- Chabbuki Tribe Camp
- Daintree
- Divisional Board Cairns
- Mr Perkins Wont Favour Land Speculators
- Wrights Creek Land Protest Meeting
- Queensland Legislators and People
- Chinese
- Hostile Criticism
- Brisbane
- Justice to Aboriginals
- Writers Concealing Names
- Competent Men With Names
- Anyone Earnestly Interested
- Frequently
- Friendly Press Notices Private Letters
- Australian Ethnology
- Country He Inspected
- Beaten Tracks
- Blacks
- Warwick Lecture Audience
- Meston Lecture Tragedies Early Days
- Bogimbah Aboriginal Settlement
- Maryborough by Train
- Reason for Escape
- Government Steamer Llewellyn
- Train
- Modern Queenslanders
- Herald Townsville
- Townsville
- Centres Government Food Supplied Aboriginal People
- Big Shark Double Island
- Swinburne Henry Rifle
- Podenzana
- Snakes
- Schiffini
- Lizard Island
- Small Granite Island False Bay
- Two Excited Italians
- Death Adders
- Maryborough Qld
- Removal Wide Bay Aboriginals
- Cape Bedford
- Rev Mr Schwarz
- Blackboy Companion
- Blomfeld River
- Inspector Lamond
- Mr Ogilvie
- Red Scrub Tick
- Cooktown
- Treatment of Cocoboothan
- Harry Crees
- Mount Alexandra
- Blacks on Way to Daintree
- Port Douglas
- Article Nla News Article20771513
- Cedar North of Cooktown
- Boomerang on Way Back
- North Queensland
- Wild Pig
- Bundle of Botanical Specimens
- Revolver
- Crocodiles in Daintree
- Creeks Below Mount Alexandra
- Nearest Shore
- Some Splendid Looking Trees
- Descend Mount Alexandra
- Queenslander Editor
- Decent Measure of Justice
- Aboriginals
- Opium Use
- True
- Train Transport
- Aboriginal Departure Reason
- Bogimbah Departure Reason
- Aborinal Affairs Official
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