Bill Smith

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Bill Smith has 60 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 27 references, with 2 live disagreements.

60 facts·51 predicates·27 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:sailed with(5), namesake of(4), started back from thornborough leading160 men foot swags tools(2)

Inbound mentions (12)

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`assisted`Assisted(2)

Aboriginal Guidesex:aboriginal-guides
Palmerstonex:palmerston

`harbourSeenBy`Harbour Seen by(1)

Trinity Inletex:trinity-inlet

`host`Host(1)

Steam Packet Hotelex:steam-packet-hotel

`hostBillSmithForSomeTime`Host Bill Smith for Some Time(1)

Steam Packet Hotelex:steam-packet-hotel

`hostBillSmithSmithfieldNamesake`Host Bill Smith Smithfield Namesake(1)

Steam Packet Hotelex:steam-packet-hotel

`ledBy`Led by(1)

Bill Smiths Partyex:bill-smiths-party

`namedAfter`Named After(1)

Smithfield Cairnsex:smithfield-cairns

`pestered`Pestered(1)

Hodgkinson Minersex:hodgkinson-miners

`relevantPerson`Relevant Person(1)

Old Smithfield History Entryex:old-smithfield-history-entry

`remarriedAfterWidowhood`Remarried After Widowhood(1)

Mary Smithex:mary-smith

`widowOf`Widow of(1)

Mary Smithex:mary-smith

Other facts (60)

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60 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Sailed With	John Mackay	[11]
Sailed With	Two Fraser Island Aborigines	[11]
Sailed With	Chris Lipton	[11]
Sailed With	Joseph Brown	[11]
Sailed With	John Manly	[11]
Namesake of	Smithfield Cairns	[12]
Namesake of	Smithfield Cairns	[13]
Namesake of	Smithfield Cairns	[15]
Namesake of	Smithfield Cairns	[20]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading160 Men Foot Swags Tools	null	[5]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading160 Men Foot Swags Tools	null	[23]
Had Horse Shod With	gold horseshoes	[9]
Had Horse Shod With	gold horseshoes by Edwin Crossland	[16]
Reached Thornborough With	Aboriginal Guides	[1]
Preceded	Sub Inspector Alexander Douglas	[1]
Led Party to	Trinity Bay	[2]
Described Advantages of	Trinity Bay	[3]
Was Former	bêche-de-mer fisherman	[3]
Described Advantages	Trinity Bay Seaport	[4]
Returned Cooktown Attacked Range Seaward With Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough1876 09 17	null	[5]
Packer Miner Former Bche De Mer Fisher Knew Coast Described Trinity Bay Advantages	null	[5]
Host of	Steam Packet Hotel	[6]
Had Horse Shod With Gold Horseshoes	Edwin Crossland	[7]
Blazed Track Macalister Range	Mountain Grove	[7]
Packer Miner Former Bêche De Mer Fisherman Knew Coast Described Advantages of Trinity Bay As Seaport for Hodgkinson Quickly200 Subscribed As Reward for Road Discovery	null	[8]
Returned to Cooktown Attacked Range From Seaward With Mates Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough September17 1876 Covered70 Miles on Foot	null	[8]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading160 Men on Foot Carrying Swags Mining Tools Hobnail Boots Cut Broad Path Through Dry Speargrass Forest Churned Banks Leadingham Other Creeks Slogged Eastward Waded Swift Barron Near Later Biboohra Thought Barron Was Mitchell	null	[8]
Intended	securing a block of land at the new port settlement	[10]
Considered Ideal for	Trinity Bay Settlement	[10]
Decided Not to Wait for	Goldfields Warden Mowbray	[10]
Accompanied by	Group of 160 Miners	[10]
Is Bushman	true	[10]
Set Off on	1876-09-25	[10]
Set Off for	Trinity Bay Coast	[10]
Travelled Along	Smiths Track	[10]
Told Harbour	Trinity Inlet	[14]
Had Horse Shod With Hodgkinson Gold by Edwin Crossland Blacksmith From Palmer	null	[17]
Fortune Waned Shot Storekeeper Craig Turned Gun on Self	null	[17]
Packer Miner Former Bche De Mer Fisherman Knew Coast	null	[17]
Returned to Cooktown Attacked Range Seaward With Stewart Lipton	null	[17]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading160 Men Foot Swags Mining Tools	null	[17]
Blazed Track	Smithfield Track	[18]
Presupposed Pathfinder Role	Pathfinder	[19]
Told Harbour Trinity Inlet Beche De Mer	Trinity Inlet Harbour	[21]
Packer Miner Former Beche De Mer Fisherman Knew Coast Described Advantages Trinity Bay Seaport	null	[22]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading 160 Men Foot Swags Mining Tools Hobnail Boots Cut Path Dry Speargrass Forest Churned Banks Leadingham Other Creeks Waded Barron Near Biboohra Thought Mitchell	null	[22]
Returned to Cooktown Attacked Range Seaward With Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough Sept 17 1876 70 Miles on Foot	null	[22]
Packer Miner Bech De Mer Fisherman Knew Coast Described Trinity Bay Advantages	null	[23]
Returned Cooktown Attacked Range Seaward With Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough Sept17 70miles Foot	null	[23]
Returned to Cooktown Attacked Range From Seaward Side With Mates Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough September171876 Covered70 Miles on Foot	null	[24]
Packer Miner Former Bêche De Mer Fisherman Knew Coast Described Advantages of Trinity Bay As Seaport for Hodgkinson Quickly Pounds200 Subscribed As Reward for Discovery of Road	null	[24]
Started Back From Thornborough Leading160 Men on Foot Carrying Swags Mining Tools Hobnail Boots Cut Broad Path Dry Speargrass Forest Country Churned Banks Leadingham Other Creeks Slogged Eastward Waded Swift Flowing Barron Near Later Site Biboohra Thought Barron Was Mitchell	null	[24]
Shot	Storekeeper Craig	[25]
Attacked Range With	["ex:stewart","ex:lipton"]	[25]
Returned to	Cooktown	[25]
Returned Cooktown Attacked Range Seaward Stewart Lipton Arrived Thornborough17 Sep70mi Foot Lions Place Hennessy Consumption Up	Jenkin Townsville Herald 20sep1876	[26]
Known As	Old Bill Smith	[27]
Has Occupation	prospector	[27]
Departed for	New Goldfield	[27]
Departed on Date	1875-10-28	[27]

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60 undated

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reachedThornboroughWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-62-warden-mowbray-thornborough-kingsborough-hotels-cattle-creek-network

ex:aboriginal-guides

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precededrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-62-warden-mowbray-thornborough-kingsborough-hotels-cattle-creek-network

ex:sub-inspector-alexander-douglas

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ledPartyTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-023

ex:trinity-bay

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describedAdvantagesOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-032

ex:trinity-bay

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wasFormerrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-032

bêche-de-mer fisherman

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describedAdvantagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-017

ex:trinity-bay-seaport

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startedBackFromThornboroughLeading160MenFootSwagsToolsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0088

null

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returnedCooktownAttackedRangeSeawardWithStewartLiptonArrivedThornborough1876-09-17rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0088

null

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packerMinerFormerBcheDeMerFisherKnewCoastDescribedTrinityBayAdvantagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0088

null

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hostOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0084

ex:steam-packet-hotel

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hadHorseShodWithGoldHorseshoesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0170

ex:edwin-crossland

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blazedTrackMacalisterRangerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0170

ex:mountain-grove

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packerMinerFormerBêche-de-merFishermanKnewCoastDescribedAdvantagesOfTrinityBayAsSeaportForHodgkinsonQuickly200-subscribedAsRewardForRoadDiscoveryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops378-387/archive-text-loop-382-loop382-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-9ef2efd1cc

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returnedToCooktownAttackedRangeFromSeawardWithMatesStewartLiptonArrivedThornboroughSeptember17-1876Covered70-milesOnFootrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops378-387/archive-text-loop-382-loop382-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-9ef2efd1cc

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startedBackFromThornboroughLeading160-menOnFootCarryingSwagsMiningToolsHobnailBootsCutBroadPathThroughDrySpeargrassForestChurnedBanksLeadinghamOtherCreeksSloggedEastwardWadedSwiftBarronNearLaterBiboohraThoughtBarronWasMitchellrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops378-387/archive-text-loop-382-loop382-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-9ef2efd1cc

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gold horseshoes

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intendedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

securing a block of land at the new port settlement

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consideredIdealForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

ex:trinity-bay-settlement

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decidedNotToWaitForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

ex:goldfields-warden-mowbray

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accompaniedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

ex:group-of-160-miners

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isBushmanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

true

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setOffOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

1876-09-25

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setOffForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

ex:trinity-bay-coast

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travelledAlongrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-www-oldsmithfield-com-omeka-history-trinity-bay-3b557139fb63

ex:smiths-track

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