Blacks Cooktown
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Blacks Cooktown has 87 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 19 references, with 5 live disagreements.
Mostly:becoming nuisance(3), committing(3), committing depredations(2)
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raw canonical shape-checked rule-derived certifiedInbound mentions (30)
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spearedBySpeared by(3)
- Bullocks Reynolds
ex:bullocks-reynolds - Horses Reynolds
ex:horses-reynolds - Packer Collins
ex:packer-collins
advocatesRemovalAdvocates Removal(2)
- Local Bodies Cooktown
ex:local-bodies-cooktown - Local Bodies Cooktown
ex:local-bodies-cooktown
committedByCommitted by(2)
- Depredations
ex:depredations - Depredations by Blacks
ex:depredations-by-blacks
contrastsWithContrasts With(2)
- Europenas
ex:europenas - Natives Cooktown
ex:natives-cooktown
perpetratorsPerpetrators(2)
- Chinaman Killing Palmer
ex:chinaman-killing-palmer - Chinaman Murder Byerstown
ex:chinaman-murder-byerstown
advocateRemovalOfAdvocate Removal of(1)
- Cooktown Local Bodies
ex:cooktown-local-bodies
advocatesExclusionImpliedAdvocates Exclusion Implied(1)
- Author
ex:author
advocatesExpulsionOfAdvocates Expulsion of(1)
- Local Bodies Cooktown
ex:local-bodies-cooktown
assumesExistsAssumes Exists(1)
- Local Bodies
ex:local-bodies
criticizesCriticizes(1)
- Article Author
ex:article-author
driveOutDrive Out(1)
- Queensland Government
ex:queensland-government
engenderedByEngendered by(1)
- Disease Fears
ex:disease-fears
exhibitedByExhibited by(1)
- Offensive Attitude Blacks
ex:offensive-attitude-blacks
hasBeenMurderedByHas Been Murdered by(1)
- Peter Poison
ex:peter-poison
hasNoStepsTakenToExcludeHas No Steps Taken to Exclude(1)
- Cooktown
ex:cooktown
inPursuitOfIn Pursuit of(1)
- Cooktown Police
ex:cooktown-police
presupposesHabitualPresenceOfBlacksInTownPresupposes Habitual Presence of Blacks in Town(1)
- Text
ex:text
relatedToContentRelated to Content(1)
- Search Query Aboriginal Children Cooktown
ex:search-query-aboriginal-children-cooktown
seeksToDriveOutSeeks to Drive Out(1)
- Local Bodies Cooktown
ex:local-bodies-cooktown
spatiallyProximateToSpatially Proximate to(1)
- Europenas
ex:europenas
urgedToDriveOutUrged to Drive Out(1)
- Qld Government
ex:qld-government
victimOfAttackVictim of Attack(1)
- Mr Amos Horse
ex:mr-amos-horse
Other facts (87)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Becoming Nuisance | Intolerable Nuisance | [2] |
| Becoming Nuisance | intolerable | [4] |
| Becoming Nuisance | null | [4] |
| Committing | various depredations | [4] |
| Committing | Depredations | [4] |
| Committing | Depredations | [14] |
| Committing Depredations | various | [2] |
| Committing Depredations | Cooktown | [7] |
| Speared | Chinaman Speared | [2] |
| Speared | Mr Amos Horse | [4] |
| In Habit of | associating with the lepers of the North Shore | [4] |
| In Habit of | Associating With Lepers | [14] |
| Offensive in | Attitude | [4] |
| Offensive in | Attitude | [14] |
| Habit of Associating With | Lepers North Shore | [4] |
| Habit of Associating With | Lepers North Shore | [7] |
| Becoming | Intolerable Nuisance | [4] |
| Becoming | Intolerable Nuisance | [14] |
| Committed No Depredations | true | [1] |
| Associating With | Lepers North Shore | [2] |
| Perceived As Threat to Health | true | [2] |
| Exhibiting Offensive Attitude | true | [2] |
| Refers to Aboriginal People | null | [3] |
| Ongoing Threat | null | [2] |
| Implies Repeat Action | Previous Spearing | [2] |
| Raided | Kilkay Station | [2] |
| Stole | everything | [2] |
| Are Classified As | non-European | [4] |
| Refers to | Indigenous Australians | [4] |
| Cause of | Nuisance in Cooktown | [4] |
| Causing Fears | disease being disseminated among the European population | [4] |
| Present in | Cooktown | [4] |
| Evaluated As | offensive | [4] |
| Exist in | Cooktown 1885 | [4] |
| Has Attitude | offensive | [4] |
| Are Nuisance | Intolerable | [4] |
| Associates With | Lepers North Shore | [4] |
| Commits | Depredations | [4] |
| Engenders | Fears of Disease | [4] |
| Existentially Committed | null | [4] |
| Act As Scavengers | Cooktown | [4] |
| Do Odd Jobs | Houses Cooktown | [4] |
| No Steps Taken to Exclude | Cooktown | [4] |
| Habitually Patrol Town | Cooktown | [4] |
| Frightened by | Restrictions Dr Roth | [4] |
| May Starve for Want of | food | [4] |
| Display Intelligence | Much | [4] |
| Presupposes Hostility | Mr Amos | [4] |
| Engendering | Fears Disease Disseminated | [4] |
| Are Offensive in | Attitude | [4] |
| Are | Intolerable Nuisance | [4] |
| Causes Fear | European Population Cooktown | [4] |
| Spearing | Cattle Briza Plains | [5] |
| Perpetrated Murder | null | [6] |
| Portrayed Negatively | null | [6] |
| Classified As Group | null | [6] |
| Dehumanized in Text | null | [6] |
| Associated With Crew | null | [6] |
| Feared As Disease Vector | null | [7] |
| Becoming Nuisance in | Cooktown | [7] |
| Have Offensive Attitude | null | [7] |
| Brought in at Request of | Townspeople | [8] |
| Status | intolerable nuisance | [9] |
| Behavior | committing various depredations | [9] |
| Presupposed Dangerous | Leprosy | [9] |
| Habit | Lepers North Shore | [9] |
| Attitude | offensive | [9] |
| Speared Horse Belonging to | Mr Amos | [10] |
| Cause Trouble in | Cooktown | [11] |
| Habitually Access Town | Cooktown | [12] |
| Includes | Gins Cooktown | [12] |
| Caused Disturbance | Cattle Cooktown | [13] |
| Removed by | Cooktown Police | [13] |
| Encamped on | Outskirts Cooktown | [13] |
| Presupposes Existence of Cattle | null | [13] |
| Target of | Drive Out Efforts | [14] |
| Located in | Cooktown | [14] |
| Perceived As Threat | null | [14] |
| Above All | Associating With Lepers | [14] |
| Provide Labour As Scavengers | true | [15] |
| Not Excluded From | Town Cooktown | [15] |
| Integrated With Town Life | true | [15] |
| Accustomed to Congregate in | outskirts of the township | [16] |
| Kept Out of | Cooktown | [16] |
| Sullen Resentful Exact Revenge Cannibalistic to Chinese | Europes Americans Too | [17] |
| Separated by River | Cooktown | [18] |
| Exact Revenged | crafty cruel manner, cannibalistic towards Chinese | [19] |
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References (19)
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ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe - [7]146862162 Saturday 21 February 1885 Correspondence the Editor Does Not Necessarily Identify Hims5 facts
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ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19794502_Saturday-10-November-1883-queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondents-warwick-november - [11]19811000 Saturday 2 February 1889 Queensland News From Our Own Correspondents Cooktown January1 fact
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ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT - [17]Archive Text Loop363 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistor 6013118fc01 fact
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See also
- Intolerable Nuisance
- Lepers North Shore
- Chinaman Speared
- Previous Spearing
- Kilkay Station
- Indigenous Australians
- Nuisance in Cooktown
- Cooktown
- Cooktown 1885
- Attitude
- Intolerable
- Depredations
- Fears of Disease
- Houses Cooktown
- Restrictions Dr Roth
- Much
- Mr Amos
- Mr Amos Horse
- Fears Disease Disseminated
- European Population Cooktown
- Cattle Briza Plains
- Townspeople
- Leprosy
- Gins Cooktown
- Cattle Cooktown
- Cooktown Police
- Outskirts Cooktown
- Drive Out Efforts
- Associating With Lepers
- Town Cooktown
- Europes Americans Too
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