Bech De Mer Industry

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Contributes to	Cooktown Business Activity^[5]
Would Increase and Improve If	Restrictions Relaxed^[7]
Carried on During	Fine Weather Months^[3]
Causes Temporal Ordering of Activities	Diving Morning Afternoon^[3]
Located Along	Northern Coast^[3]
Sold at	£100-168 per ton^[10]
Part of	Pearlshell and Beche De Mer Fleet Torres Straits^[8]
Presupposed to Exist	true^[4]

ex:bech-de-mer-industry

Bech De Mer Industry has 52 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 11 references.

52 facts·52 predicates·11 sources

Mostly:contributes to(1), would increase and improve if(1), carried on during(1)

Contributes to`contributesTo`

Cooktown Business Activity^[5]all time · Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 150836805 Bc7235483ce6

Would Increase and Improve If`wouldIncreaseAndImproveIf`

Restrictions Relaxed^[7]all time · 174382023 Friday 28 June 1901 Provincial Pickings

Carried on During`carriedOnDuring`

Fine Weather Months^[3]all time · 165737954 Wednesday 17 May 1911 Outdoor Australia Gathering Beche De Mer

Causes Temporal Ordering of Activities`causesTemporalOrderingOfActivities`

Diving Morning Afternoon^[3]all time · 165737954 Wednesday 17 May 1911 Outdoor Australia Gathering Beche De Mer

Located Along`locatedAlong`

Northern Coast^[3]all time · 165737954 Wednesday 17 May 1911 Outdoor Australia Gathering Beche De Mer

Sold at`soldAt`

£100-168 per ton^[10]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 053

Part of`partOf`

Pearlshell and Beche De Mer Fleet Torres Straits^[8]all time · 185542364 Friday 3 December 1920 Beche De Mer Aboriginal Labour

Presupposed to Exist`presupposedToExist`

true^[4]all time · 44447606 Friday 18 January 1907 Beche De Mer Aboriginal Settlement

Employs`employs`

Natives^[2]all time · Coloured Persons

Brutal Industry`brutalIndustry`

{}^[2]all time · Coloured Persons

Cannot Carry on Without`cannotCarryOnWithout`

Murder^[2]all time · Coloured Persons

Deep Bloody Stain`deepBloodyStain`

on our escutcheon^[2]all time · Coloured Persons

Inbound mentions (25)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`amongstFirstWhiteMenIn`Amongst First White Men in(2)

Mr Edward Leeex:mr-edward-lee
Mr Steven Millegeex:mr-steven-millege

`advocatesAbolitionOf`Advocates Abolition of(1)

D G 3ex:d-g-3

`areRealPioneersOf`Are Real Pioneers of(1)

Sydney Menex:sydney-men

`assistByEveryLegitimateMeans`Assist by Every Legitimate Means(1)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`associatedWithActivity`Associated With Activity(1)

Mrs Watsonex:mrs-watson

`contextuallyRelatedTo`Contextually Related to(1)

Aboriginal Settlementex:aboriginal-settlement

`criticizesBecheDeMerIndustry`Criticizes Beche De Mer Industry(1)

D G 3ex:d-g-3

`engagedIn`Engaged in(1)

Mainlanders at Cooktownex:mainlanders-at-cooktown

`focusesOn`Focuses on(1)

Beche Articlesex:beche-articles

`hasEffectOn`Has Effect on(1)

Property Lossesex:property-losses

`imposesRestrictionsOn`Imposes Restrictions on(1)

Aboriginal Protectorex:aboriginal-protector

`industryNotOverFlourishing`Industry Not Over Flourishing(1)

Shellersex:shellers

`involves`Involves(1)

Work Among Aboriginalsex:work-among-aboriginals

`linksTopics`Links Topics(1)

Beche De Mer Aboriginal Settlementex:beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement

`mentions`Mentions(1)

Article Snippetex:article-snippet

`pastHeadquartersOf`Past Headquarters of(1)

Schnapper Islandex:schnapper-island

`predictsFor`Predicts for(1)

Mild Revival Expectationex:mild-revival-expectation

`presupposedImportance`Presupposed Importance(1)

Bech De Mer Industryex:bech-de-mer-industry

`presupposesExistence`Presupposes Existence(1)

Textex:text

`presupposesTrade`Presupposes Trade(1)

Textex:text

`shouldAssist`Should Assist(1)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`shouldNotHesitateToAssist`Should Not Hesitate to Assist(1)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`siteOf`Site of(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`werePioneersOf`Were Pioneers of(1)

Sydney Menex:sydney-men

Other facts (40)

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40 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Dependent on Employment of	Natives	[2]
Does Not Pay	barely pays	[2]
Not Worth Lives Sacrificed	{}	[2]
Yields Little Commission	{}	[2]
Attended With	Murder	[2]
Cannot Operate Without	Murder	[2]
Relies on Employment of	Natives of Cape York Peninsula	[2]
Associated With Sandalwood	null	[1]
Involves Shore Party	null	[1]
Risk of Accidental Fire	null	[1]
Considerably Affected by	Price Fall	[1]
Affected Considerably	Price Fall	[1]
Suffers Disabilities	{}	[1]
Less Active Than Before	true	[1]
Has Dwindled to Small Proportions	true	[2]
Historically Employed Fleet	considerable fleet	[2]
Historically Employed Workers	large number of white and coloured men	[2]
Temporal Decline From Past	once considerable to now small	[2]
Europeans Going Out of	true	[6]
Passing to	South Sea Islanders	[6]
Europeans Exiting	Industry Transition	[6]
Passing Into Hands of	South Sea Islanders	[6]
Pioneered by	Sydney Men	[1]
Evaluated As	important	[1]
Linked to Aboriginal Labor Exploitation Claims	Dr Roth Charges	[9]
Hindered by Regulations	Aboriginal Protector	[7]
Historical Industry	early 20th century	[8]
Occurs at	Cooktown	[8]
Exists in	Queensland	[4]
Experienced Decline	null	[1]
Dependent on	Native Labour	[2]
Presupposes Island Camps	null	[1]
Faces Disabilities	null	[1]
Presupposes Existence of Abuses	{}	[1]
Threatened by	Brooker Island Cannibals	[11]
Could Benefit From Aboriginals	true	[1]
Presupposed Importance	Bech De Mer Industry	[1]
Connects Causally to	Aboriginal Settlement	[4]
Involves Aboriginals Implied	Aboriginal Settlement	[4]
Historically Abusive	{}	[1]

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52 undated

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affectedConsiderablytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:price-fall

—

associatedWithSandalwoodtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

attendedWithtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:murder

—

brutalIndustrytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

{}

—

cannotCarryOnWithouttrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:murder

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cannotOperateWithouttrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:murder

—

carriedOnDuringbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER

ex:fine-weather-months

—

causesTemporalOrderingOfActivitiesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER

ex:diving-morning-afternoon

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connectsCausallyTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/44447606_Friday-18-January-1907-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement

ex:aboriginal-settlement

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considerablyAffectedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:price-fall

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contributesTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6

ex:cooktown-business-activity

—

couldBenefitFromAboriginalstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

—

deepBloodyStaintrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

on our escutcheon

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dependentOntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:native-labour

—

dependentOnEmploymentOftrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:natives

—

doesNotPaytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

barely pays

—

employstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:natives

—

europeansExitingtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:industry-transition

—

europeansGoingOutOftrove-cooktown/cingalese

true

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evaluatedAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

important

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existsInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/44447606_Friday-18-January-1907-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement

ex:queensland

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experiencedDeclinetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

facesDisabilitiestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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hasDwindledToSmallProportionstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

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hinderedByRegulationsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174382023_Friday-28-June-1901_Provincial-Pickings

ex:aboriginal-protector

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historicalIndustrybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour

early 20th century

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historicallyAbusivetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

{}

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historicallyEmployedFleettrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

considerable fleet

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historicallyEmployedWorkerstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

large number of white and coloured men

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involvesAboriginalsImpliedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/44447606_Friday-18-January-1907-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement

ex:aboriginal-settlement

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involvesShorePartytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

lessActiveThanBeforetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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linkedToAboriginalLaborExploitationClaimsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-demetries-network-bloomfield-cooktown-beche-de-mer-boys

ex:dr-roth-charges

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locatedAlongbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER

ex:northern-coast

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notWorthLivesSacrificedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

{}

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occursAtbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour

ex:cooktown

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partOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour

ex:pearlshell-and-beche-de-mer-fleet-torres-straits

—

passingIntoHandsOftrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:south-sea-islanders

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passingTotrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:south-sea-islanders

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pioneeredBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:sydney-men

—

presupposedImportancetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:bech-de-mer-industry

—

presupposedToExistbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/44447606_Friday-18-January-1907-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement

true

—

presupposesExistenceOfAbusestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

{}

—

presupposesIslandCampstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

reliesOnEmploymentOftrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:natives-of-cape-york-peninsula

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riskOfAccidentalFiretrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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soldAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-053

£100-168 per ton

—

suffersDisabilitiestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

{}

—

temporalDeclineFromPasttrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

once considerable to now small

—

threatenedBytrove-cooktown/mcivor-river

ex:brooker-island-cannibals

—

wouldIncreaseAndImproveIfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174382023_Friday-28-June-1901_Provincial-Pickings

ex:restrictions-relaxed

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yieldsLittleCommissiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

{}

References (11)

11 references

[1]Beche De Mer16 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[2]Coloured Persons16 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[3]165737954 Wednesday 17 May 1911 Outdoor Australia Gathering Beche De Mer3 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/165737954_Wednesday-17-May-1911_OUTDOOR-AUSTRALIA-GATHERING-BECHE-DE-MER
[4]44447606 Friday 18 January 1907 Beche De Mer Aboriginal Settlement4 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/44447606_Friday-18-January-1907-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-settlement
[5]ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce61 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
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  --- source_url: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150836805 source_title: trove.nla.gov.au_newspaper_article_150836805 source_type: webpage archive_file: research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-archive-2026-05-06/webpages/…
[6]Cingalese4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[7]174382023 Friday 28 June 1901 Provincial Pickings2 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174382023_Friday-28-June-1901_Provincial-Pickings
[8]185542364 Friday 3 December 1920 Beche De Mer Aboriginal Labour3 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/185542364_Friday-3-December-1920-beche-de-mer-aboriginal-labour
[9]Trove Demetries Network Bloomfield Cooktown Beche De Mer Boys1 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-demetries-network-bloomfield-cooktown-beche-de-mer-boys
[10]Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 0531 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-053
[11]Mcivor River1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mcivor-river

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Bech De Mer Industry

Contributes tocontributesTo

Would Increase and Improve IfwouldIncreaseAndImproveIf

Carried on DuringcarriedOnDuring

Causes Temporal Ordering of ActivitiescausesTemporalOrderingOfActivities

Located AlonglocatedAlong

Sold atsoldAt

Part ofpartOf

Presupposed to ExistpresupposedToExist

Employsemploys

Brutal IndustrybrutalIndustry

Cannot Carry on WithoutcannotCarryOnWithout

Deep Bloody StaindeepBloodyStain

Inbound mentions (25)

amongstFirstWhiteMenInAmongst First White Men in(2)

advocatesAbolitionOfAdvocates Abolition of(1)

areRealPioneersOfAre Real Pioneers of(1)

assistByEveryLegitimateMeansAssist by Every Legitimate Means(1)

associatedWithActivityAssociated With Activity(1)

contextuallyRelatedToContextually Related to(1)

criticizesBecheDeMerIndustryCriticizes Beche De Mer Industry(1)

engagedInEngaged in(1)

focusesOnFocuses on(1)

hasEffectOnHas Effect on(1)

imposesRestrictionsOnImposes Restrictions on(1)

industryNotOverFlourishingIndustry Not Over Flourishing(1)

involvesInvolves(1)

linksTopicsLinks Topics(1)

mentionsMentions(1)

pastHeadquartersOfPast Headquarters of(1)

predictsForPredicts for(1)

presupposedImportancePresupposed Importance(1)

presupposesExistencePresupposes Existence(1)

presupposesTradePresupposes Trade(1)

shouldAssistShould Assist(1)

shouldNotHesitateToAssistShould Not Hesitate to Assist(1)

siteOfSite of(1)

werePioneersOfWere Pioneers of(1)

Other facts (40)

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References (11)

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Deep Bloody Stain`deepBloodyStain`

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