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Beche De Mer Trade has 71 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 26 references, with 6 live disagreements.

71 facts·56 predicates·26 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:conducted recklessly(7), market structure(4), conducted recklessly by many(3)

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Conducted Recklesslyin disputeconductedRecklessly

  • Immoral Spirit[4]all time · 001 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Docs Digitised Collections Remove 92163 Pdf Pdf Extracted 55e2b3ffc249
  • Immoral Spirit No Responsibility[5]all time · 007 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Catalogue Resources 92163 Pdf Pdf Extracted B319ca996c6d
  • Too Many[6]all time · Meston 1896 Page1 Kidnapping Boys Girls Service
  • null[7]all time · Trove Nla News Article3637435
  • null[8]all time · Aiatsis Commission Aboriginals Queensland 1896
  • {}[9]all time · Qsa6826 Meston Main Source Rearchive
  • {}[10]all time · Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Townspeople Worked Fed Fairly Mowbray Labour

Conducted Recklessly by Manyin disputeconductedRecklesslyByMany

  • true[11]all time · Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 0065
  • null[12]all time · Qsa6826 Meston 1896 Report Fromthepage
  • null[13]all time · Aiatsis Meston Report Pdf Mirror

Lacks Supervisionin disputelacksSupervision

  • {}[9]all time · Qsa6826 Meston Main Source Rearchive
  • null[12]all time · Qsa6826 Meston 1896 Report Fromthepage

Disastrous toin disputedisastrousTo

Market Dependencyin disputemarketDependency

Market Structurein disputemarketStructure

Conducted Recklessly ImmoralconductedRecklesslyImmoral

  • null[14]all time · 001 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Docs Digitised Collections Remove 92163 Pdf Pdf 156422b402ca
  • null[15]all time · Aiatsis 92163 1896 Commission Mowbray River Blacks Port Douglas 1129ed6a04f9

Value1903value1903

  • 12000[26]all time · Aiatsis 63513 Focused Rosie Half Caste Child Lily Yarrabah 56b83c0a8b79

Has Large Profit MarginhasLargeProfitMargin

  • null[19]all time · Ah Gim Cooktown Chinese Beche De Mer Maritime Network

Still Offers Lots of MoneystillOffersLotsOfMoney

  • null[19]all time · Ah Gim Cooktown Chinese Beche De Mer Maritime Network

Has Shame ofhasShameOf

Showed RevivalshowedRevival

  • compared to previous years[25]all time · Qsa Dr173663 Aboriginals on Boats 1902 Focused Combined Hits Ea957807d140

Inbound mentions (47)

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concernsConcerns(2)

engagedInEngaged in(2)

engagedInTradeEngaged in Trade(2)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(2)

successfulInSuccessful in(2)

worksInTradeWorks in Trade(2)

advisesLotOfKidnappingInAdvises Lot of Kidnapping in(1)

advocatesAgainstAdvocates Against(1)

alternativeUseInAlternative Use in(1)

economicActivityInvolvesEconomic Activity Involves(1)

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engageInTradeEngage in Trade(1)

firstAndMostImportantQuestionInFirst and Most Important Question in(1)

firstImportantQuestionInFirst Important Question in(1)

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hasBoatsInHas Boats in(1)

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hasReferredToMultipleTimesHas Referred to Multiple Times(1)

implicatedInKidnappingAboriginalWomenImplicated in Kidnapping Aboriginal Women(1)

impliesConnectionToImplies Connection to(1)

intendedToRegulateNativeEmploymentIntended to Regulate Native Employment(1)

inTradeIn Trade(1)

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Other facts (44)

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.

44 facts
PredicateValueRef
Compared Withprevious years[3]
Has More Boatsthan last year[3]
Shows Marked RevivalThursday Island[3]
Involves Employment of Nativestrue[22]
Free From Responsibility{}[10]
Not Amenable to Supervision{}[10]
Free From SupervisionNo Responsibility[6]
Is Disgrace to Colonynull[24]
Exacerbates Ferocitynull[18]
Has Conditionunsatisfactory[18]
Involves Recruitingnull[18]
Isdisgrace and scandal to the colony[18]
Worsens Mattersnull[18]
Involves CommodityBeche De Mer[21]
Involves War BetweenWhites and Black Servants[1]
Employs NativesAboriginals[1]
At Such Passnearly all non-reckless sold out[2]
Few Respectable Law Abiding Mentrue[2]
Lacks Government Supervisionfrom commencement to termination[2]
Most Perilous Business inQueensland[2]
Profitabletrue[2]
Reveals Unsatisfactory Statetrue[2]
Standing Disgrace toQueensland Colony[2]
Does Not Pay Welltrue[1]
Involves LessTrouble Risk Compared Pearl[1]
RequiresCheap Labour[1]
Civilising Mediumtrue[1]
DeservesAll Encouragement[1]
Necessitates Regulation{}[10]
Involves Forced Labor and Kidnappingtrue[23]
Relies on Aboriginal Labornull[21]
Economic ActivityNew Guinea[17]
Is Historical Industrynull[1]
Dangerousmassacres common[1]
Active inNew Guinea[1]
Ontologically Dependent onLabour[20]
Historically Significant toQueensland Economy[20]
Presupposes Viability in Regionnull[1]
Northern Queensland Industrynull[1]
Market VolatilityLikely High[16]
Price VolatilityLikely High[16]
East West Tradetrue[16]
Cultural Bridgetrue[16]
Geographic ScopeAsia Pacific[16]

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Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

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atSuchPasstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
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true
comparedWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-itm336983-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-pages-041-060-495442e93661
previous years
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conductedRecklesslyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service
ex:too-many
conductedRecklesslyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3637435
null
conductedRecklesslyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-commission-aboriginals-queensland-1896
null
conductedRecklesslyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive
{}
conductedRecklesslyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
{}
conductedRecklesslyByManyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0065
true
conductedRecklesslyByManyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage
null
conductedRecklesslyByManyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-meston-report-pdf-mirror
null
conductedRecklesslyImmoralrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca
null
conductedRecklesslyImmoralrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-92163-1896-commission-mowbray-river-blacks-port-douglas-1129ed6a04f9
null
culturalBridgemary-watson/probe
true
dangeroustrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
massacres common
deservestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:all-encouragement
disastrousTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:northern-blacks
disastrousTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:whites
doesNotPayWelltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
eastWestTrademary-watson/probe
true
economicActivitytrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:new-guinea
employsNativestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:aboriginals
exacerbatesFerocitybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
null
fewRespectableLawAbidingMentrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
true
freeFromResponsibilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
{}
freeFromSupervisionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service
ex:no-responsibility
geographicScopemary-watson/probe
ex:asia-pacific
hasConditionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
unsatisfactory
hasLargeProfitMarginrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/ah-gim-cooktown-chinese-beche-de-mer-maritime-network
null
hasMoreBoatsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-itm336983-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-pages-041-060-495442e93661
than last year
hasShameOftrove-cooktown/kover-vessel
ex:alien-labour
historicallySignificantTotrove-cooktown/kover-vessel
ex:queensland-economy
involvesCommoditylaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
ex:beche-de-mer
involvesEmploymentOfNativesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-192527303
true
involvesForcedLaborAndKidnappingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-beche-de-mer-women-sold-shot-mobray-cooktown
true
involvesLesstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:trouble-risk-compared-pearl
involvesRecruitingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
null
involvesWarBetweentrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:whites-and-black-servants
isbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
disgrace and scandal to the colony
isDisgraceToColonyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-native-police-spring-creek-mowbray-mowbray-native-police
null
isHistoricalIndustrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
lacksGovernmentSupervisiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
from commencement to termination
lacksSupervisionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive
{}
lacksSupervisionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage
null
marketDependencymary-watson/probe
ex:asian-markets
marketDependencymary-watson/probe
ex:external-demand
marketStructuremary-watson/probe
ex:commodity-trade
marketStructuremary-watson/probe
ex:demand-driven
marketStructuremary-watson/probe
ex:export-oriented
marketStructuremary-watson/probe
ex:international
marketVolatilitymary-watson/probe
ex:likely-high
mostPerilousBusinessIntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:queensland
necessitatesRegulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
{}
northernQueenslandIndustrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
notAmenableToSupervisionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
{}
ontologicallyDependentOntrove-cooktown/kover-vessel
ex:labour
presupposesViabilityInRegiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
priceVolatilitymary-watson/probe
ex:likely-high
profitabletrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
true
reliesOnAboriginalLaborlaura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
null
requirestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cheap-labour
revealsUnsatisfactoryStatetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
true
showedRevivalrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-focused-combined-hits-ea957807d140
compared to previous years
showsMarkedRevivalrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-itm336983-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-pages-041-060-495442e93661
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standingDisgraceTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:queensland-colony
stillOffersLotsOfMoneyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/ah-gim-cooktown-chinese-beche-de-mer-maritime-network
null
value1903rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63513-focused-rosie-half-caste-child-lily-yarrabah-56b83c0a8b79
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worsensMattersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
null

References (26)

26 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer12 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-itm336983-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-pages-041-060-495442e93661
  4. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249
  5. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-b319ca996c6d
  6. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3637435
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-commission-aboriginals-queensland-1896
  9. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
    • full textctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
      text/plain25 KBdoc:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
      Show excerpt
      --- source_url: archived QSA/Meston/Demetries high-value source set source_title: QSA/local text search: townspeople worked fed fairly Mowbray labour source_type: research-summary archive_file: research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-wo
  11. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0065
  12. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage
  13. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-meston-report-pdf-mirror
  14. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca
  15. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-92163-1896-commission-mowbray-river-blacks-port-douglas-1129ed6a04f9
  16. customctx:skilltest/mary-watson/probe
    • full textctx:skilltest/mary-watson/probe
      text/plain178 Bdoc:skilltest/mary-watson/probe
      Show excerpt
      Mary Watson was born in Cornwall, England in 1860. She married Robert Watson in Cooktown, Queensland in 1879. Robert was a beche-de-mer fisherman who operated from Lizard Island.
  17. [17]Bloomfield1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169863133_Thursday-16-October-1890_No-title
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/ah-gim-cooktown-chinese-beche-de-mer-maritime-network
  20. [20]Kover Vessel3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/kover-vessel
  21. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-beche-de-mer
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-192527303
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-beche-de-mer-women-sold-shot-mobray-cooktown
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-native-police-spring-creek-mowbray-mowbray-native-police
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-dr173663-aboriginals-on-boats-1902-focused-combined-hits-ea957807d140
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63513-focused-rosie-half-caste-child-lily-yarrabah-56b83c0a8b79

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