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Bech De Mer

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Bech De Mer has 102 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 16 references, with 2 live disagreements.

102 facts·99 predicates·16 sources·2 in dispute

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Inbound mentions (50)

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chiefExportIsChief Export Is(1)

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dominantOverDominant Over(1)

enteredIndustrySmallWayEntered Industry Small Way(1)

financiallyAssistedByFinancially Assisted by(1)

fishedForFished for(1)

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stoleFromUnknownPersonsStole From Unknown Persons(1)

tookFromCooktownTook From Cooktown(1)

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wasFishingForWas Fishing for(1)

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Other facts (102)

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102 facts
PredicateValueRef
Is Product ofLocal Fisheries[3]
Is Product ofCooktown Local Fisheries[6]
Is Product ofLocal Fisheries[6]
Valuable CommodityCooktown[1]
Valuable CommodityTrue[4]
Is Commodity Typesea cucumber product[1]
Has Monetary Value In1880£110 per ton[1]
Is Sea ProductTrue[1]
Sold at Auction inCooktown[1]
Commodity In1880 Tradenull[1]
Average Price£80 per ton[2]
More ExpectedTrue[3]
Exists in Quantity26 tons[3]
Awaiting Shipment Quantity26 tons[3]
Received in Large QuantitiesCooktown[3]
Indicates Active FisheriesCooktown[3]
Industry ContextLizard Island[1]
Intertextual Refers totrepang trade[1]
Not for Human Consumption Impressiontrue[1]
Market Value£50 to £110 per ton[1]
Has Smellancient and fish-like[1]
Presupposes ValuableChinese Soup[1]
Transforms Intorich and delicate soup by Chinese[1]
Appearanceuncouth looking substance[1]
Found Floating in Shallow Hot Seasnull[1]
Dried and Sent to Marketnull[1]
Found in Coral Crevicesnull[1]
For Celestial Epicuresnull[1]
Export GoodQueensland[1]
Commercially HarvestedCooktown[1]
Cargo TypeCutter Filing[1]
Cultural TradeChinese Junk[1]
Pacific Trade GoodTrue[4]
Come Onto Reefs DuringSoutheast Winds[1]
Contains Plenty of Watertrue[1]
Misdescribed Askind of pearlshell[1]
Misconceived by Some As Pearl Shellnull[1]
Come Onto Reefs During Strong South East Windsnull[1]
Historical Industrytrepang fishing Queensland[1]
Has Little Profit Margin UnlessCheap Labour[5]
Has Economic ValueSales[4]
Sold FromBunco Boat[1]
Connects EconomicallyQueensland China[1]
Processed byboiling and drying[1]
Presupposes Reef Abundancenull[1]
Has Commercial Namesea-slug[1]
Fetches Price Per Ton£30 to £145[1]
Known As Beche De Metnull[1]
Collected at Low Waternull[1]
Exported toHong Kong[1]
Exported FromCooktown[1]
Alternative Spelling Historybêche-de-mer to beche-de-mer[1]
Throw Out Stomach Entrailsnull[1]
Goes to China Directnull[1]
Handled Times6 to 20[1]
Is Commercial Invertebratetrue[1]
Has Popular Namestrepang, beche-de-mer, sea-slugs[1]
Ontologically Invertebrate Sea Cucumbersnull[1]
Presupposes Market Demand in Chinanull[1]
Belongs to Groupinvertebrate sub-kingdom[1]
Mixed WithFish[1]
Is Sea Cucumber ProductBech De Mer[1]
Described Asmuch envied sea-slug[1]
Commodity Trade1890s Australia[1]
Harvested Using VesselSchooner Curien[1]
Harvested byCaptain Peterson[1]
Obtained FromBarrier Reef[1]
Worth Per Ton£70[5]
Cultural Referencetrepang fishing[1]
Refers to Industrytrepang fishing[1]
Is Identified Assea-worm[1]
Dwells onShoals Reefs[1]
Has Biological Capacity to Multiplynull[1]
Alternative LivelihoodGold Prospectors[1]
Teleologically Suited toAborigines Habits[1]
Market inCooktown[1]
For Sale byMr Humphrys[1]
Held forMarket Rise[1]
Is Commodity for Shipmentnull[6]
Has Units Awaiting Shipmenttons[6]
Has Amount Awaiting Shipment26[6]
Presupposes Local ProductionLocal Fisheries[6]
Awaiting ShipmentCooktown Port[6]
Exists in Large QuantitiesCooktown[6]
Commercially Valuablenull[6]
Five Months Fishing ResultAnnie Brooks Cargo[7]
Sold atCooktown[8]
Export CommodityChina[9]
Is Valuable Commodity in1901 Queensland[10]
Employs MainlandersCooktown[11]
Quantity Arrived4 tons[12]
Consigned toBeardmore and Oliver[12]
Arrived byComet Ketch[12]
Ontologically Classified As Sea SlugTrue[13]
Eaten With Great RelishTrue[13]
Brings High Price PossiblyTrue[13]
Referred to As FishTrue[13]
Is Sea Slugtrue[14]
Brought Back toFishing Station[14]
Selling Priceup to £168 per ton[15]

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isCommodityTypetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
sea cucumber product
hasMonetaryValueIn1880trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
£110 per ton
isSeaProducttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:true
soldAtAuctionIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
commodityIn1880Tradetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
averagePricetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
£80 per ton
moreExpectedtrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
ex:true
existsInQuantitytrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
26 tons
isProductOftrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
ex:local-fisheries
awaitingShipmentQuantitytrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
26 tons
receivedInLargeQuantitiestrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
ex:cooktown
indicatesActiveFisheriestrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
ex:cooktown
industryContexttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:lizard-island
intertextualRefersTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
trepang trade
notForHumanConsumptionImpressiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
marketValuetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
£50 to £110 per ton
hasSmelltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ancient and fish-like
presupposesValuabletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-soup
transformsIntotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
rich and delicate soup by Chinese
appearancetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
uncouth looking substance
foundFloatingInShallowHotSeastrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
driedAndSentToMarkettrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
foundInCoralCrevicestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
forCelestialEpicurestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
valuableCommoditytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
exportGoodtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:queensland
commerciallyHarvestedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
cargoTypetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cutter-filing
culturalTradetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-junk
valuableCommoditytrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:true
pacificTradeGoodtrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:true
comeOntoReefsDuringtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:southeast-winds
containsPlentyOfWatertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
misdescribedAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
kind of pearlshell
misconceivedBySomeAsPearlShelltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
comeOntoReefsDuringStrongSouthEastWindstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
historicalIndustrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
trepang fishing Queensland
hasLittleProfitMarginUnlesstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:cheap-labour
hasEconomicValuetrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:sales
soldFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bunco-boat
connectsEconomicallytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:queensland-china
processedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
boiling and drying
presupposesReefAbundancetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
hasCommercialNametrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
sea-slug
fetchesPricePerTontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
£30 to £145
knownAsBecheDeMettrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
collectedAtLowWatertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
exportedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hong-kong
exportedFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
alternativeSpellingHistorytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
bêche-de-mer to beche-de-mer
throwOutStomachEntrailstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
goesToChinaDirecttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
handledTimestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
6 to 20
isCommercialInvertebratetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
hasPopularNamestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
trepang, beche-de-mer, sea-slugs
ontologicallyInvertebrateSeaCucumberstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
presupposesMarketDemandInChinatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
belongsToGrouptrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
invertebrate sub-kingdom
mixedWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:fish
isSeaCucumberProducttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bech-de-mer
describedAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
much envied sea-slug
commodityTradetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:1890s-australia
harvestedUsingVesseltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:schooner-curien
harvestedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-peterson
obtainedFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:barrier-reef
worthPerTontrove-cooktown/cingalese
£70
culturalReferencetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
trepang fishing
refersToIndustrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
trepang fishing
isIdentifiedAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
sea-worm
dwellsOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:shoals-reefs
hasBiologicalCapacityToMultiplytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
alternativeLivelihoodtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:gold-prospectors
teleologicallySuitedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:aborigines-habits
marketIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
forSaleBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mr-humphrys
heldFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:market-rise
isProductOftrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:cooktown-local-fisheries
isCommodityForShipmenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
null
hasUnitsAwaitingShipmenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
tons
hasAmountAwaitingShipmenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
26
presupposesLocalProductiontrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:local-fisheries
awaitingShipmenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:cooktown-port
existsInLargeQuantitiestrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:cooktown
commerciallyValuabletrove-cooktown/bloomfield
null
isProductOftrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:local-fisheries
fiveMonthsFishingResulttrove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
ex:annie-brooks-cargo
soldAttrove-cooktown/cobra-copra
ex:cooktown
exportCommoditybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/52053325_Friday-22-July-1881
ex:china
isValuableCommodityInlaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
ex:1901-queensland
employsMainlandersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour
ex:cooktown
quantityArrivedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/1366812_Saturday-29-September-1877-cooktown-from-our-own-correspondent-september-15
4 tons
consignedTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/1366812_Saturday-29-September-1877-cooktown-from-our-own-correspondent-september-15
ex:beardmore-and-oliver
arrivedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/1366812_Saturday-29-September-1877-cooktown-from-our-own-correspondent-september-15
ex:comet-ketch
ontologicallyClassifiedAsSeaSlugbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
ex:true
eatenWithGreatRelishbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
ex:true
bringsHighPricePossiblybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
ex:true
referredToAsFishbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
ex:true
isSeaSlugbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169862638_Saturday-17-May-1890_No-title
true
broughtBackTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169862638_Saturday-17-May-1890_No-title
ex:fishing-station
sellingPricerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
up to £168 per ton
soldAtPricePerTonrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-e8b231d7df01
£100 and arguing £130 per ton
highestPriceRecordedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-e8b231d7df01
168

References (16)

16 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer64 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  3. [3]Mcivor River6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mcivor-river
  4. [4]John Davis3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  5. [5]Cingalese2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  6. [6]Bloomfield9 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  7. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
  8. [8]Cobra Copra1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cobra-copra
  9. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/52053325_Friday-22-July-1881
  10. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
  11. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour
  12. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/1366812_Saturday-29-September-1877-cooktown-from-our-own-correspondent-september-15
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169862638_Saturday-17-May-1890_No-title
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
  16. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-e8b231d7df01

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