Beche De Mer Men

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Beche De Mer Men

Were Away When	Demetries Intervention^[5]
Were Away When	George Demetries Protection Trip^[6]
Were Shooting	Aboriginal Boys^[7]
Were Shooting	Aboriginal People^[7]
Benefits From	Moderate Weather^[3]
Benefits From	Present Price of Fish^[3]
Visited for	Wood and Water^[11]
Visited for	wood and water^[11]
Common Complaint	New Guinea^[4]
Troubles With	boys, red tape^[4]
Provided Interpreter	Beche De Mer Interpreter^[9]
Put in for Wood and Water	Wood and Water^[10]

ex:beche-de-mer-men

Beche De Mer Men has 43 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 12 references, with 4 live disagreements.

43 facts·38 predicates·12 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:were shooting(3), were away when(2), benefits from(2)

Were Away Whenin dispute`wereAwayWhen`

Demetries Intervention^[5]all time · Focused Captured Sold Boys Mechanism Focused Demetries Moabray Mowbray River Shooting and Beche De Mer Men
George Demetries Protection Trip^[6]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo

Were Shootingin dispute`wereShooting`

Aboriginal Boys^[7]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Exact Germans Heslop Took Boys for Work and Sold Them
Aboriginal People^[7]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Exact Germans Heslop Took Boys for Work and Sold Them
Aboriginal People^[1]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Exact Moabray Mowbray River Shooting by Beche De Mer Men

Benefits Fromin dispute`benefitsFrom`

Moderate Weather^[3]all time · Loop8 Beche De Mer
Present Price of Fish^[3]all time · Loop8 Beche De Mer

Visited forin dispute`visitedFor`

Wood and Water^[11]all time · Cingalese
wood and water^[11]all time · Cingalese

Common Complaint`commonComplaint`

New Guinea^[4]all time · Kover Vessel

Troubles With`troublesWith`

boys, red tape^[4]all time · Kover Vessel

Provided Interpreter`providedInterpreter`

Beche De Mer Interpreter^[9]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 192527303

Put in for Wood and Water`putInForWoodAndWater`

Wood and Water^[10]all time · Trove Peer Carriers Packers Blackboy Native Guide 19803712

Did Shooting Other Side of`didShootingOtherSideOf`

Cairns^[6]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo

Drink Health at Hotels at Expense of`drinkHealthAtHotelsAtExpenseOf`

Aboriginal People^[6]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo

Join Pleasure With Labor From`joinPleasureWithLaborFrom`

Blackfellows^[6]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo

Were Shooting Aboriginals Around`wereShootingAboriginalsAround`

Mowbray River^[6]all time · Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo

Inbound mentions (14)

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`positivelyImpacts`Positively Impacts(2)

Price of Fishex:price-of-fish
Weather Moderateex:weather-moderate

`allegesShootingBy`Alleges Shooting by(1)

George Demetriesex:george-demetries

`desiredDestination`Desired Destination(1)

New Guineaex:new-guinea

`fourYearsAgoKnownTo`Four Years Ago Known to(1)

Bloomfield Districtex:bloomfield-district

`isBecheDeMerMan`Is Beche De Mer Man(1)

Thompsonex:thompson

`knownToFourYearsAgo`Known to Four Years Ago(1)

Bloomfield River Districtex:bloomfield-river-district

`obtainedBy`Obtained by(1)

Australian Natives Traffickedex:australian-natives-trafficked

`possibilizesSuccess`Possibilizes Success(1)

Article Authorex:article-author

`protectedFromShooting`Protected From Shooting(1)

George Demetriesex:george-demetries

`sharesCryWith`Shares Cry With(1)

Philip Johnstoneex:philip-johnstone

`shiftedTo`Shifted to(1)

Kidnapping Allegationsex:kidnapping-allegations

`sufferDepredationsByBecheDeMerMen`Suffer Depredations by Beche De Mer Men(1)

Coastal Tribesex:coastal-tribes

`toldStoryTo`Told Story to(1)

King Islandex:king-island

Other facts (26)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

26 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Were Shooting Boys	Aboriginal Boys	[6]
Continued Shooting Aboriginals	null	[5]
Did Same Shooting	Other Side Cairns	[5]
Were Shooting Aboriginals in	Moabray River	[5]
Committed Similar Acts	Other Side of Cairns	[1]
Engaged in Shooting	Aboriginal People	[1]
Were Away During	Demetries Protection Action	[1]
Fled Before Arrival	George Demetries	[7]
Located at	Mowbray River	[7]
Performed Similar Actions	Cairns	[7]
Viewed Negatively	George Demetries	[7]
Recruits at	Batavia Mission Station	[2]
Waits	48 hours	[12]
Ought to Do Well	Coast	[3]
Cry for	New Guinea! New Guinea!	[4]
Face Troubles	boys, red tape, &c.	[4]
Wondering How It Will Work	New Act	[4]
Objected to Interpreter	Geo Hislop Son	[8]
Provided Interpreter Who	did not understand the language	[8]
Number Killed	2	[8]
Told Dreadful Yarns to	Natives About Ceara	[8]
Presuppose Scarce Fish	Fish Scarcity	[4]
Active in Multiple Locations	{}	[1]
Implicates Widespread Abuse	Multiple Locations	[7]
Annually Recruits Doys	null	[2]
Perpetrators of	Blood Shed Rapine	[8]

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43 undated

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activeInMultipleLocationsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-by-beche-de-mer-men

{}

—

annuallyRecruitsDoysrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-238-4be1436c671a

null

—

benefitsFromlaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer

ex:moderate-weather

—

benefitsFromlaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer

ex:present-price-of-fish

—

committedSimilarActsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-by-beche-de-mer-men

ex:other-side-of-cairns

—

commonComplainttrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

ex:new-guinea

—

continuedShootingAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men

null

—

cryFortrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

New Guinea! New Guinea!

—

didSameShootingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men

ex:other-side-cairns

—

didShootingOtherSideOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:cairns

—

drinkHealthAtHotelsAtExpenseOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:aboriginal-people

—

engagedInShootingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-by-beche-de-mer-men

ex:aboriginal-people

—

faceTroublestrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

boys, red tape, &c.

—

fledBeforeArrivalrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:george-demetries

—

implicatesWidespreadAbuserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:multiple-locations

—

joinPleasureWithLaborFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:blackfellows

—

locatedAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:mowbray-river

—

numberKilledtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

—

objectedToInterpretertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:geo-hislop-son

—

oughtToDoWelllaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer

ex:coast

—

performedSimilarActionsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:cairns

—

perpetratorsOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:blood-shed-rapine

—

presupposeScarceFishtrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

ex:fish-scarcity

—

providedInterpreterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-192527303

ex:beche-de-mer-interpreter

—

providedInterpreterWhotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

did not understand the language

—

putInForWoodAndWaterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-19803712

ex:wood-and-water

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recruitsAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-238-4be1436c671a

ex:batavia-mission-station

—

toldDreadfulYarnsTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:natives-about-ceara

—

troublesWithtrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

boys, red tape

—

viewedNegativelyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:george-demetries

—

visitedFortrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:wood-and-water

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visitedFortrove-cooktown/cingalese

wood and water

—

waitsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-210-e2be5a169124

48 hours

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wereAwayDuringrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-by-beche-de-mer-men

ex:demetries-protection-action

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wereAwayWhenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men

ex:demetries-intervention

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wereAwayWhenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:george-demetries-protection-trip

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wereShootingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:aboriginal-boys

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wereShootingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them

ex:aboriginal-people

—

wereShootingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-by-beche-de-mer-men

ex:aboriginal-people

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wereShootingAboriginalsAroundrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:mowbray-river

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wereShootingAboriginalsInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men

ex:moabray-river

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wereShootingBoysrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo

ex:aboriginal-boys

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wonderingHowItWillWorktrove-cooktown/kover-vessel

ex:new-act

References (12)

12 references

[1]Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Exact Moabray Mowbray River Shooting by Beche De Mer Men5 facts
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[2]Dr57972 Page 238 4be1436c671a2 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-238-4be1436c671a
[3]Loop8 Beche De Mer3 facts
customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
[4]Kover Vessel6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/kover-vessel
[5]ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men4 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men
- full textctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-moabray-mowbray-river-shooting-and-beche-de-mer-men
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  --- source_url: archived FromThePage QSA847047 / QSA95-4020 Demetries / QSA6826 Meston source set source_title: Focused Demetries: Moabray/Mowbray River shooting and beche-de-mer men source_type: research-summary archive_file: research-note…
[6]Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Synthesis Direct Child Work Sale Shooting Mechanism Near Mowbray Coo6 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-synthesis-direct-child-work-sale-shooting-mechanism-near-mowbray-coo
[7]Qsa 95 4020 Demetries Mowbray Beche De Mer Qsa 95 4020 Exact Germans Heslop Took Boys for Work and Sold Them7 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-germans-heslop-took-boys-for-work-and-sold-them
[8]Beche De Mer5 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[9]Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 1925273031 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-192527303
[10]ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-198037121 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-19803712
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  text/plain29 KBdoc:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-19803712
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  --- source_url: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19803712 source_title: Country News. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] NORMANTON, February 9. source_type: newspaper archive_file: /home/ajax/repos/donto/genes/research-notes/cooktown-…
[11]Cingalese2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[12]Dr57972 Page 210 E2be5a1691241 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-210-e2be5a169124

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Beche De Mer Men

Were Away Whenin disputewereAwayWhen

Were Shootingin disputewereShooting

Benefits Fromin disputebenefitsFrom

Visited forin disputevisitedFor

Common ComplaintcommonComplaint

Troubles WithtroublesWith

Provided InterpreterprovidedInterpreter

Put in for Wood and WaterputInForWoodAndWater

Did Shooting Other Side ofdidShootingOtherSideOf

Drink Health at Hotels at Expense ofdrinkHealthAtHotelsAtExpenseOf

Join Pleasure With Labor FromjoinPleasureWithLaborFrom

Were Shooting Aboriginals AroundwereShootingAboriginalsAround

Inbound mentions (14)

positivelyImpactsPositively Impacts(2)

allegesShootingByAlleges Shooting by(1)

desiredDestinationDesired Destination(1)

fourYearsAgoKnownToFour Years Ago Known to(1)

isBecheDeMerManIs Beche De Mer Man(1)

knownToFourYearsAgoKnown to Four Years Ago(1)

obtainedByObtained by(1)

possibilizesSuccessPossibilizes Success(1)

protectedFromShootingProtected From Shooting(1)

sharesCryWithShares Cry With(1)

shiftedToShifted to(1)

sufferDepredationsByBecheDeMerMenSuffer Depredations by Beche De Mer Men(1)

toldStoryToTold Story to(1)

Other facts (26)

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References (12)

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Were Away Whenin dispute`wereAwayWhen`

Were Shootingin dispute`wereShooting`

Benefits Fromin dispute`benefitsFrom`

Visited forin dispute`visitedFor`

Common Complaint`commonComplaint`

Troubles With`troublesWith`

Provided Interpreter`providedInterpreter`

Put in for Wood and Water`putInForWoodAndWater`

Did Shooting Other Side of`didShootingOtherSideOf`

Drink Health at Hotels at Expense of`drinkHealthAtHotelsAtExpenseOf`

Join Pleasure With Labor From`joinPleasureWithLaborFrom`

Were Shooting Aboriginals Around`wereShootingAboriginalsAround`

`positivelyImpacts`Positively Impacts(2)

`allegesShootingBy`Alleges Shooting by(1)

`desiredDestination`Desired Destination(1)

`fourYearsAgoKnownTo`Four Years Ago Known to(1)

`isBecheDeMerMan`Is Beche De Mer Man(1)

`knownToFourYearsAgo`Known to Four Years Ago(1)

`obtainedBy`Obtained by(1)

`possibilizesSuccess`Possibilizes Success(1)

`protectedFromShooting`Protected From Shooting(1)

`sharesCryWith`Shares Cry With(1)

`shiftedTo`Shifted to(1)

`sufferDepredationsByBecheDeMerMen`Suffer Depredations by Beche De Mer Men(1)

`toldStoryTo`Told Story to(1)