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Blacks Cooktown

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Blacks Cooktown has 87 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 19 references, with 5 live disagreements.

87 facts·77 predicates·19 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:becoming nuisance(3), committing(3), committing depredations(2)

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Inbound mentions (30)

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spearedBySpeared by(3)

advocatesRemovalAdvocates Removal(2)

committedByCommitted by(2)

contrastsWithContrasts With(2)

perpetratorsPerpetrators(2)

wasSpearedByWas Speared by(2)

advocateRemovalOfAdvocate Removal of(1)

advocatesExclusionImpliedAdvocates Exclusion Implied(1)

advocatesExpulsionOfAdvocates Expulsion of(1)

assumesExistsAssumes Exists(1)

criticizesCriticizes(1)

driveOutDrive Out(1)

engenderedByEngendered by(1)

exhibitedByExhibited by(1)

hasBeenMurderedByHas Been Murdered by(1)

hasNoStepsTakenToExcludeHas No Steps Taken to Exclude(1)

inPursuitOfIn Pursuit of(1)

presupposesHabitualPresenceOfBlacksInTownPresupposes Habitual Presence of Blacks in Town(1)

relatedToContentRelated to Content(1)

seeksToDriveOutSeeks to Drive Out(1)

spatiallyProximateToSpatially Proximate to(1)

urgedToDriveOutUrged to Drive Out(1)

victimOfAttackVictim of Attack(1)

Other facts (87)

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87 facts
PredicateValueRef
Becoming NuisanceIntolerable Nuisance[2]
Becoming Nuisanceintolerable[4]
Becoming Nuisancenull[4]
Committingvarious depredations[4]
CommittingDepredations[4]
CommittingDepredations[14]
Committing Depredationsvarious[2]
Committing DepredationsCooktown[7]
SpearedChinaman Speared[2]
SpearedMr Amos Horse[4]
In Habit ofassociating with the lepers of the North Shore[4]
In Habit ofAssociating With Lepers[14]
Offensive inAttitude[4]
Offensive inAttitude[14]
Habit of Associating WithLepers North Shore[4]
Habit of Associating WithLepers North Shore[7]
BecomingIntolerable Nuisance[4]
BecomingIntolerable Nuisance[14]
Committed No Depredationstrue[1]
Associating WithLepers North Shore[2]
Perceived As Threat to Healthtrue[2]
Exhibiting Offensive Attitudetrue[2]
Refers to Aboriginal Peoplenull[3]
Ongoing Threatnull[2]
Implies Repeat ActionPrevious Spearing[2]
RaidedKilkay Station[2]
Stoleeverything[2]
Are Classified Asnon-European[4]
Refers toIndigenous Australians[4]
Cause ofNuisance in Cooktown[4]
Causing Fearsdisease being disseminated among the European population[4]
Present inCooktown[4]
Evaluated Asoffensive[4]
Exist inCooktown 1885[4]
Has Attitudeoffensive[4]
Are NuisanceIntolerable[4]
Associates WithLepers North Shore[4]
CommitsDepredations[4]
EngendersFears of Disease[4]
Existentially Committednull[4]
Act As ScavengersCooktown[4]
Do Odd JobsHouses Cooktown[4]
No Steps Taken to ExcludeCooktown[4]
Habitually Patrol TownCooktown[4]
Frightened byRestrictions Dr Roth[4]
May Starve for Want offood[4]
Display IntelligenceMuch[4]
Presupposes HostilityMr Amos[4]
EngenderingFears Disease Disseminated[4]
Are Offensive inAttitude[4]
AreIntolerable Nuisance[4]
Causes FearEuropean Population Cooktown[4]
SpearingCattle Briza Plains[5]
Perpetrated Murdernull[6]
Portrayed Negativelynull[6]
Classified As Groupnull[6]
Dehumanized in Textnull[6]
Associated With Crewnull[6]
Feared As Disease Vectornull[7]
Becoming Nuisance inCooktown[7]
Have Offensive Attitudenull[7]
Brought in at Request ofTownspeople[8]
Statusintolerable nuisance[9]
Behaviorcommitting various depredations[9]
Presupposed DangerousLeprosy[9]
HabitLepers North Shore[9]
Attitudeoffensive[9]
Speared Horse Belonging toMr Amos[10]
Cause Trouble inCooktown[11]
Habitually Access TownCooktown[12]
IncludesGins Cooktown[12]
Caused DisturbanceCattle Cooktown[13]
Removed byCooktown Police[13]
Encamped onOutskirts Cooktown[13]
Presupposes Existence of Cattlenull[13]
Target ofDrive Out Efforts[14]
Located inCooktown[14]
Perceived As Threatnull[14]
Above AllAssociating With Lepers[14]
Provide Labour As Scavengerstrue[15]
Not Excluded FromTown Cooktown[15]
Integrated With Town Lifetrue[15]
Accustomed to Congregate inoutskirts of the township[16]
Kept Out ofCooktown[16]
Sullen Resentful Exact Revenge Cannibalistic to ChineseEuropes Americans Too[17]
Separated by RiverCooktown[18]
Exact Revengedcrafty cruel manner, cannibalistic towards Chinese[19]

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committedNoDepredationstrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
committingDepredationstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
various
becomingNuisancetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:intolerable-nuisance
associatingWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:lepers-north-shore
perceivedAsThreatToHealthtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
exhibitingOffensiveAttitudetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
refersToAboriginalPeopletrove-cooktown/cingalese
null
spearedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinaman-speared
ongoingThreattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
impliesRepeatActiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:previous-spearing
raidedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:kilkay-station
stoletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
everything
areClassifiedAstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
non-European
inHabitOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
associating with the lepers of the North Shore
becomingNuisancetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
intolerable
refersTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:indigenous-australians
causeOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:nuisance-in-cooktown
causingFearstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
disease being disseminated among the European population
committingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
various depredations
presentIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cooktown
evaluatedAstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
offensive
existIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cooktown-1885
hasAttitudetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
offensive
offensiveIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:attitude
areNuisancetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:intolerable
habitOfAssociatingWithtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:lepers-north-shore
becomingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:intolerable-nuisance
committingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:depredations
associatesWithtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:lepers-north-shore
commitstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:depredations
engenderstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:fears-of-disease
existentiallyCommittedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
null
actAsScavengerstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cooktown
doOddJobstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:houses-cooktown
noStepsTakenToExcludetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cooktown
habituallyPatrolTowntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cooktown
frightenedBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:restrictions-dr-roth
mayStarveForWantOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
food
displayIntelligencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:much
presupposesHostilitytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:mr-amos
spearedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:mr-amos-horse
engenderingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:fears-disease-disseminated
areOffensiveIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:attitude
aretrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:intolerable-nuisance
becomingNuisancetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
null
causesFeartrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:european-population-cooktown
spearingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/20292950_Saturday-23-May-1891
ex:cattle-briza-plains
perpetratedMurderbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
null
portrayedNegativelybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
null
classifiedAsGroupbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
null
dehumanizedInTextbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
null
associatedWithCrewbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
null
fearedAsDiseaseVectorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
null
becomingNuisanceInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
ex:cooktown
committingDepredationsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
ex:cooktown
habitOfAssociatingWithbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
ex:lepers-north-shore
haveOffensiveAttitudebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
null
broughtInAtRequestOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177860477_Tuesday-17-April-1888-queensland-news
ex:townspeople
statusbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
intolerable nuisance
behaviorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
committing various depredations
presupposedDangerousbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
ex:leprosy
habitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
ex:lepers-north-shore
attitudebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
offensive
spearedHorseBelongingTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19794502_Saturday-10-November-1883-queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondents-warwick-november
ex:mr-amos
causeTroubleInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19811000_Saturday-2-February-1889-queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondents-cooktown-january
ex:cooktown
habituallyAccessTownbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/220470859_Saturday-24-January-1891-leprosy-at-ceoktown-cooktown-tuesday
ex:cooktown
includesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/220470859_Saturday-24-January-1891-leprosy-at-ceoktown-cooktown-tuesday
ex:gins-cooktown
causedDisturbancebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3496874_Saturday-1-June-1889-summary-of-news
ex:cattle-cooktown
removedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3496874_Saturday-1-June-1889-summary-of-news
ex:cooktown-police
encampedOnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3496874_Saturday-1-June-1889-summary-of-news
ex:outskirts-cooktown
presupposesExistenceOfCattlebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3496874_Saturday-1-June-1889-summary-of-news
null
targetOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:drive-out-efforts
locatedInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:cooktown
inHabitOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:associating-with-lepers
offensiveInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:attitude
perceivedAsThreatbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
null
aboveAllbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:associating-with-lepers
committingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:depredations
becomingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
ex:intolerable-nuisance
provideLabourAsScavengersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
true
notExcludedFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
ex:town-cooktown
integratedWithTownLifebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
true
accustomedToCongregateInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT
outskirts of the township
keptOutOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT
ex:cooktown
sullenResentfulExactRevengeCannibalisticToChineserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
ex:europes-americans-too
separatedByRiverrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
ex:cooktown
exactRevengedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-chapter-3-cooktown-palmer-child-naming-leads
crafty cruel manner, cannibalistic towards Chinese

References (19)

19 references
  1. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  2. [2]Beche De Mer10 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. [3]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  4. [4]North Shore Full34 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  5. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/20292950_Saturday-23-May-1891
  6. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291166439_Tuesday-20-December-1898_northern-division-murdered-by-the-blacks-cooktown-decembe
  7. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146862162_Saturday-21-February-1885-correspondence-the-editor-does-not-necessarily-identify-hims
  8. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177860477_Tuesday-17-April-1888-queensland-news
  9. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796485_Saturday-21-February-1885-queensland-news-georgetown-february-16
  10. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19794502_Saturday-10-November-1883-queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondents-warwick-november
  11. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19811000_Saturday-2-February-1889-queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondents-cooktown-january
  12. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/220470859_Saturday-24-January-1891-leprosy-at-ceoktown-cooktown-tuesday
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3496874_Saturday-1-June-1889-summary-of-news
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130397673_Thursday-19-February-1885-cooktown-monday-february-16
  15. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
  16. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-townspeople-worked-fed-fairly-mowbray-labour
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-chapter-3-cooktown-palmer-child-naming-leads

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