Aboriginal Labour
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Aboriginal Labour has 80 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 69 references, with 10 live disagreements.
Mostly:used in(6), solved(5), used by(3)
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- Queensland Economy[42]all time · Griffith Calculating Lives Forced Separations Roth Labour Yarrabah Chunk 01 of 07
- Queenslands Economy[43]all time · Griffith Calculating Lives Forced Separations Roth Labour Yarrabah Chunk 02 of 07
Inbound mentions (73)
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- Daintree Reynolds
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- 1957 Department Inspector
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- E a C Olive Family
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- Barren Soil
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- Daintree Reynolds Aboriginal Labour Evidence
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- Chinese Atherton
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- Fischer Reynolds Descendants
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Other facts (78)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Used in | Cooktown Network | [6] |
| Used in | Pearling Industry | [16] |
| Used in | Sugar Industry | [17] |
| Used in | Sugar Industry | [18] |
| Used in | Sugar Industry | [22] |
| Used in | Sugar Industry | [23] |
| Solved | Fear of Attack | [14] |
| Solved | Labour Difficulties | [14] |
| Solved | Labour Problems | [34] |
| Solved | Labour Problems | [41] |
| Solved | Labour Shortages and Aboriginal Attacks | [45] |
| Used by | Chinese Gardeners | [51] |
| Used by | Chinese Gardeners | [61] |
| Used by | Mr Reynolds | [63] |
| Growing Scarcity | Thursday Island | [4] |
| Growing Scarcity | {} | [4] |
| Experiencing Growing Scarcity | null | [5] |
| Experiencing Growing Scarcity | Thursday Island | [9] |
| Evaluated As | essential highly skilled | [44] |
| Evaluated As | essential-skilled | [48] |
| Consigned to | Missions Settlements Development Maintenance | [47] |
| Consigned to | Missions and Settlements Development Maintenance | [50] |
| Contracted Out As | Domestic Servants Pastoral Industry | [47] |
| Contracted Out As | Domestic Servants and Pastoral Industry | [50] |
| Was Exploited by | Beche De Mer Fishermen | [68] |
| Was Exploited by | Colonial System | [69] |
| Agreed As Only Legitimate | null | [1] |
| Only Legitimate Coloured Labour | null | [1] |
| Presupposes Demand in | Cooktown | [2] |
| Linked to Pastoral Work | European Settlers | [3] |
| Deontically Regulated by | Home Office | [7] |
| Ontologically Unfree | null | [8] |
| Common in Mowbray | Presupposed by Context | [10] |
| Deontically Irregular Pre1900 | null | [11] |
| Priority Node | Curraghmore Auchenford | [12] |
| Particularly Important North Remote Fields | true | [13] |
| Preferred for | Initial Land Clearing | [15] |
| Suited for Initial Clearing | Sugar Industry | [17] |
| Suited for | clearing land, ring-barking, felling trees | [18] |
| Presupposes Exploitation | null | [19] |
| Was Particularly Important | Small Remote Fields of North | [20] |
| Particularly Important in | North Remote Fields | [21] |
| Important on | Small Remote Fields of North | [21] |
| Has Large and Increasing Demand | {} | [24] |
| Subject to Act Controls | null | [25] |
| Economically Valued in Odd Jobs | Town Inhabitants | [26] |
| Appropriated Along With Land | null | [27] |
| Essential for Self Sufficiency | null | [28] |
| Associated With Ration | Aboriginal Ration | [29] |
| Is Essential to Scrub Clearing | null | [30] |
| Exploited in Cooktown | House to House Errands | [31] |
| Chapter Topic | Chapter Li | [32] |
| Categorized As | Domestic Service | [33] |
| Regulated in Aboriginal Areas | null | [35] |
| Essential to | Beche De Mer Industry | [36] |
| Part of | Same Chain | [37] |
| Formed Basis of | Mt Olive Domestic Economy | [38] |
| Enabled Freedoms for | White Olive Family | [38] |
| Essential for Development | Rural Queensland | [39] |
| Absence of Mention in Page49 | null | [40] |
| Recognised and Appreciated by Employers | null | [46] |
| Essential for Development Implying Dependence | null | [47] |
| Essential to Pastoral Industry Ontologically | null | [49] |
| Constitutes Colonised Unfree Labour | Bill Thorpe Philosophical Commitment | [52] |
| Ontologically Essential | null | [53] |
| Essential for | Rural Development | [53] |
| Regulated in Context of | Chinese Malay Restrictions | [54] |
| Hired by | Mr Reynolds | [55] |
| Supplied for Rations Opium Money | Chinese Europeans | [56] |
| Exchanged for | pipes tobacco biscuits steel axes knives | [57] |
| Exploited Via | Removals | [58] |
| Attracted by Store Cash | Null | [59] |
| Has Teleological Role | clear scrub | [60] |
| Essence of | Beche De Mer Industry | [62] |
| Essential to Beche De Mer | true | [64] |
| In Demand | {} | [65] |
| Valued Better Than White by | Gulf Pastoralists | [66] |
| Was Exploited | True | [67] |
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References (69)
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See also
- Cooktown
- European Settlers
- Thursday Island
- Cooktown Network
- Home Office
- Presupposed by Context
- Curraghmore Auchenford
- Fear of Attack
- Labour Difficulties
- Initial Land Clearing
- Pearling Industry
- Sugar Industry
- Small Remote Fields of North
- North Remote Fields
- Town Inhabitants
- Aboriginal Ration
- House to House Errands
- Chapter Li
- Domestic Service
- Labour Problems
- Beche De Mer Industry
- Same Chain
- Mt Olive Domestic Economy
- White Olive Family
- Rural Queensland
- Queensland Economy
- Queenslands Economy
- Labour Shortages and Aboriginal Attacks
- Missions Settlements Development Maintenance
- Domestic Servants Pastoral Industry
- Domestic Servants and Pastoral Industry
- Missions and Settlements Development Maintenance
- Chinese Gardeners
- Bill Thorpe Philosophical Commitment
- Rural Development
- Chinese Malay Restrictions
- Mr Reynolds
- Chinese Europeans
- Removals
- Null
- Gulf Pastoralists
- True
- Beche De Mer Fishermen
- Colonial System
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