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Cairns District

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Cairns District has 65 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 41 references, with 1 live disagreement.

65 facts·63 predicates·41 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:includes(3), produces tin(1), produces cedar(1)

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Inbound mentions (117)

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Other facts (65)

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65 facts
PredicateValueRef
IncludesAtheron[24]
IncludesMontalbion[25]
IncludesAtherton[25]
Produces Tinnull[1]
Produces Cedarnull[1]
Has Essential Cedar ResourceCedar[2]
Is Cedar Producing Countrytrue[2]
Has Inexhaustible SupplyCedar[2]
Acres Taken for Sugar120000-130000[3]
Presupposed Suitable for Sugar by Visitorstrue[4]
Described Asfinest for sugar-growing seen in Queensland or Mauritius[4]
Includes Sugar PlantersCairns Sugar Planters[3]
Has Adaptable Climate forLime Citron Growing[3]
Implicates Economic Potentialnull[3]
Has Adaptable Soil forLime Citron Growing[3]
Suitable forTobacco Culture[2]
Produces Teaknull[2]
South ofListed Rivers[5]
Previously Written AboutSpecial Reporter[5]
Selection Area47547[6]
Has Cases ofCannibalism Incidents[7]
Echoes Wish forJ a Bunting Health Return[7]
Lies1000 miles north of Brisbane[8]
Situated inRainbelt[8]
In Rain BeltTrue[8]
Miles North Brisbane1100[8]
Reported bySpecial Reporter[8]
Cane Planting Progressrapidly pushed ahead[9]
In View ofSugar Mills Erection[9]
Sugar Industry Emergingtrue[9]
Land Clearing Progressrapidly pushed ahead[9]
Will Be Poorer forMr E a Milford Departure[10]
Indicates Real Wet Seasonevery indication that this year we shall experience a real Cairns wet season[11]
Towns Were Not Heard of BeforeOwen Reynolds[12]
Had Towns Not Heard of WhenOwen Reynolds[12]
Has Resources Spoken Highly ofnull[13]
Believed to Haveseveral cases of cannibalism lately[14]
Has PlantationsSapphire Plantation[15]
Has Demand for50 new chum domestic servants[16]
Presupposes Wet Season Normnull[17]
Had Townsnot heard of[18]
Active Land SelectionCrown Lands[19]
Has Large Demand forAboriginal Labour[20]
Has Multiple Views1886,1925,ca.1890[21]
List Of8 Children toYarrabah[22]
Encompasses RiversBarron River[23]
Is Location inQueensland[26]
Whole Place Managed Worked by Chinamen{}[27]
Has Collection ofover 10,000 historical photos[28]
Contains List ofCairns District List of 8 Children[29]
Has Ongoing Aboriginal Issues Re Rations Employment Campsnull[30]
Matters Generally Satisfactorynull[31]
Suitable for Sugar Cultivationnull[31]
Has Large Reductions in Reliefnull[32]
Made Large Reductions inRelief[33]
Contained Nucleus SettlementChinese Settlement[34]
Part ofNorth Queensland[35]
Has Males153[36]
Has Females59[36]
Large Reductions in Reliefnull[37]
Contains Goldsboroughnull[38]
Has EnumeratorHenry Majoribanks Chester[39]
Is Census Districttrue[40]
Hadaround500 Islanders by 1901[41]
Hadformalanglicanpresencenone in 1901[41]

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producesTintrove-cooktown/john-davis
null
producesCedartrove-cooktown/john-davis
null
hasEssentialCedarResourcetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cedar
isCedarProducingCountrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
hasInexhaustibleSupplytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cedar
acresTakenForSugartrove-cooktown/cingalese
120000-130000
presupposedSuitableForSugarByVisitorstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
true
describedAstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
finest for sugar-growing seen in Queensland or Mauritius
includesSugarPlanterstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:cairns-sugar-planters
hasAdaptableClimateFortrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:lime-citron-growing
implicatesEconomicPotentialtrove-cooktown/cingalese
null
hasAdaptableSoilFortrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:lime-citron-growing
suitableFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:tobacco-culture
producesTeaktrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
southOftrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:listed-rivers
previouslyWrittenAbouttrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:special-reporter
selectionAreatrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
47547
hasCasesOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:cannibalism-incidents
echoesWishFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:j-a-bunting-health-return
liestrove-cooktown/bloomfield
1000 miles north of Brisbane
situatedIntrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:rainbelt
inRainBelttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:true
milesNorthBrisbanetrove-cooktown/bloomfield
1100
reportedBytrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:special-reporter
canePlantingProgresslaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
rapidly pushed ahead
inViewOflaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
ex:sugar-mills-erection
sugarIndustryEmerginglaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
true
landClearingProgresslaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
rapidly pushed ahead
willBePoorerForlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports
ex:mr-e-a-milford-departure
indicatesRealWetSeasonlaura-corridor/loop13-named-bob
every indication that this year we shall experience a real Cairns wet season
townsWereNotHeardOfBeforebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/149645711_Wednesday-8-May-1929-mr-owen-reynolds
ex:owen-reynolds
hadTownsNotHeardOfWhenbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/149645711_Wednesday-8-May-1929-mr-owen-reynolds
ex:owen-reynolds
hasResourcesSpokenHighlyOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291086422_Friday-26-December-1890-cooktown-dec-22
null
believedToHavebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25
several cases of cannibalism lately
hasPlantationsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/39440697_Saturday-5-March-1892-general-news
ex:sapphire-plantation
hasDemandForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42938564_Wednesday-14-June-1899-notes-and-notices
50 new chum domestic servants
presupposesWetSeasonNormbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42935654_Thursday-3-March-1898-notes-ind-notices
null
hadTownsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/61178747_Saturday-4-May-1929-cairns-items-death-of-old-pioneer-cairns-may-3
not heard of
activeLandSelectionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176702066_Saturday-17-March-1888_Queensland-News
ex:crown-lands
hasLargeDemandForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0091
ex:aboriginal-labour
hasMultipleViewsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0109
1886,1925,ca.1890
listOf8ChildrenTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-401d762b9e96
ex:yarrabah
encompassesRiversrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/www-liquisearch-com-yirrganydji-people-historical-facts-and-observations-d5266267681e
ex:barron-river
includesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-280-420a03347acf
ex:atheron
includesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-272-76ac4f67d009
ex:montalbion
includesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-272-76ac4f67d009
ex:atherton
isLocationInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-273-35f16ae64c86
Queensland
wholePlaceManagedWorkedByChinamenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article19783674
{}
hasCollectionOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cairns-public-history-introduction
over 10,000 historical photos
containsListOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cifhs-qsa-removal-register-line-cifhs-qsa-1915-exact-line-cairns-district-list-of-8-children-to-yarrabah
ex:cairns-district-list-of-8-children
hasOngoingAboriginalIssuesReRationsEmploymentCampsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-term-hits-spring-creek-kamerunga-cairns
null
mattersGenerallySatisfactoryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article19786911
null
suitableForSugarCultivationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article19786911
null
hasLargeReductionsInReliefrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1900-aiatsis-a5b502c2b914
null
madeLargeReductionsInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northern-protector-reports-1899-1902-focused-target-term-hits-be40be551f64
ex:relief
containedNucleusSettlementrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-07
ex:chinese-settlement
partOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/hom-a23-aliens-employing-aborigines-qsa-id847561-citation-9ecb71a6cd09
ex:north-queensland
hasMalesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63513-focused-rosie-half-caste-child-lily-yarrabah-56b83c0a8b79
153
hasFemalesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63513-focused-rosie-half-caste-child-lily-yarrabah-56b83c0a8b79
59
largeReductionsInReliefrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1900
null
containsGoldsboroughrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0989-eid-23721
null
hasEnumeratorblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 3 april 1886--183124537--census-preparations
ex:henry-majoribanks-chester
isCensusDistrictblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 27 march 1886--4485009--preparing-for-the-census
true
hadaroundmoore-making-mala-ch3
500 Islanders by 1901
hadformalanglicanpresencemoore-making-mala-ch3
none in 1901

References (41)

41 references
  1. [1]John Davis2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  2. [2]Beche De Mer5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. [3]Cingalese5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  4. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  5. [5]Prostitution2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  6. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
  7. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  8. [8]Bloomfield5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  9. [9]Loop6 Blankets4 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop6-blankets
  10. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports
  11. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop13-named-bob
  12. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/149645711_Wednesday-8-May-1929-mr-owen-reynolds
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291086422_Friday-26-December-1890-cooktown-dec-22
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25
  15. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/39440697_Saturday-5-March-1892-general-news
  16. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42938564_Wednesday-14-June-1899-notes-and-notices
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42935654_Thursday-3-March-1898-notes-ind-notices
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/61178747_Saturday-4-May-1929-cairns-items-death-of-old-pioneer-cairns-may-3
  19. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176702066_Saturday-17-March-1888_Queensland-News
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0091
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0109
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-401d762b9e96
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/www-liquisearch-com-yirrganydji-people-historical-facts-and-observations-d5266267681e
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-280-420a03347acf
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-272-76ac4f67d009
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-273-35f16ae64c86
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article19783674
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cairns-public-history-introduction
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cifhs-qsa-removal-register-line-cifhs-qsa-1915-exact-line-cairns-district-list-of-8-children-to-yarrabah
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-term-hits-spring-creek-kamerunga-cairns
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article19786911
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1900-aiatsis-a5b502c2b914
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northern-protector-reports-1899-1902-focused-target-term-hits-be40be551f64
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-07
  35. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/hom-a23-aliens-employing-aborigines-qsa-id847561-citation-9ecb71a6cd09
  36. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63513-focused-rosie-half-caste-child-lily-yarrabah-56b83c0a8b79
  37. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1900
  38. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0989-eid-23721
  39. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 3 april 1886--183124537--census-preparations
  40. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 27 march 1886--4485009--preparing-for-the-census
  41. customctx:src/moore-making-mala-ch3
    • text/plain89 KBdoc:research/rosie-research/south-sea-islander/moore-making-mala-ch3
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