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Chinese Immigrants has 65 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 32 references, with 3 live disagreements.

65 facts·61 predicates·32 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:originated from(3), arrived in number(2), count(2)

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Originated Fromin disputeoriginatedFrom

Arrived in Numberin disputearrivedInNumber

  • 40000 in 1874-1875[1]all time · Chinese Cooktown Gudang Palmer Aboriginal Cemetery Context
  • 3000[2]all time · Slq Chinese Business History and Chinese Miners Palmer

Countin disputecount

  • 1700[9]sourceall time · 013a3c20 78a2 41c0 8051 E59e471e432b
  • 160[10]all time · 01d44184 Fbf8 4e22 A52a Fffbc0191918

Described AsdescribedAs

  • new-chum[13]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 26 May 1883 83677361 Roundabout

Has QuantityhasQuantity

  • 160[13]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 26 May 1883 83677361 Roundabout

Traveled totraveledTo

  • Stanthorpe[13]all time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 26 May 1883 83677361 Roundabout

Made WaymadeWay

  • south-west[25]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Poured in Increasing NumberspouredInIncreasingNumbers

  • true[25]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Poured IntopouredInto

  • Cooktown[25]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Formed Significant Part offormedSignificantPartOf

Were Targeted bywereTargetedBy

Descendants Reside CurrentlydescendantsResideCurrently

  • Cooktown[12]all time · Chinese Australia51 Cooktown Palmer Chinese Aboriginal 8b505040838a

Inbound mentions (19)

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appliesToApplies to(1)

attractedMassChineseImmigrationAttracted Mass Chinese Immigration(1)

attractsChineseImmigrantsAttracts Chinese Immigrants(1)

causedChineseImmigrationSurgeCaused Chinese Immigration Surge(1)

claimedKukuYalanjiHuntedClaimed Kuku Yalanji Hunted(1)

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increasedInterestInIncreased Interest in(1)

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presupposesKinship-networksPresupposes Kinship Networks(1)

providedEconomicAutonomyProvided Economic Autonomy(1)

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resultedFromModestIncomesResulted From Modest Incomes(1)

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showedPreferenceForFleshOfShowed Preference for Flesh of(1)

siteOfChineseLandingSite of Chinese Landing(1)

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Other facts (49)

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49 facts
PredicateValueRef
Purpose Wealth Findingtrue[30]
Banded Together forprotection and mutual support[7]
Formed Communal SettlementsChinatowns[7]
Settled inQueensland[7]
Banded TogetherProtection and Mutual Support[6]
Emphasized Communal LifestyleKinship Ties Mutual Aid[6]
Exhibited Communal Settlement Patternearly Chinese settlement in Queensland[6]
Moved FrequentlyCountryside Work[6]
Few Came Individually or As Contract Labourersnull[18]
Destination Melbourne forXin Jin Shan[2]
Arrived Mostly inKinship Groups[3]
Bound bySocial Obligations Family Loyalty Ancestral Worship[3]
Returned Home in Fiftiestrue[31]
Under Qing Rulenull[27]
Landed in CooktownCooktown[23]
Landed in Years1874-1875[17]
Numbered Four ThousandCooktown[17]
Left Cultural Tracesin Cooktown[24]
Left Living Tracesin Cooktown[24]
Landed at PortCooktown Port[21]
Landed In1870s1870s[21]
Numbered Hundreds to Thousandshundreds to thousands[21]
Had Modest Incomes Leading toBasic Small Dwellings and Multiple Occupancy[16]
Poured Into Port South WestCooktown Port[29]
Include Young Onesyoung who probably admissions represent relatives[20]
Daily LeavingBrisbane[11]
Mostly Slaves toWealthier Chinese[26]
Proposed Shipped toMackay[4]
Repaid Via AgentsChinese Colonial Agents[4]
At Liberty toMake Engagements[5]
EnjoyFruits of His Labour[5]
Must HaveSame Elbow Room As White Man[5]
PaidPoll Tax[5]
Submitted toOur Conditions[5]
Arrive ViaCertificates From Hongkong[4]
Number Put on Shorealmost as great as formerly[4]
Prohibited Fromlanding[4]
Presupposes Remittance MotivationFamily Support[6]
Faced Risks FromAboriginal Attacks[17]
Ethos ofmaintaining kinship ties pooling resources[15]
Exhibited Close Social Organisation and Desire to Save Earningsnull[16]
Landed inCooktown[22]
Controversial ArrivalPort Darwin[8]
Roledoing all pioneer work[14]
Descriptionmere visitors[14]
DestinationStanthorpe[10]
Rdf:typeGroup[10]
LocationFitzroy[9]
Poured Into Port SouthwestPalmer Road[28]

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arrivedInNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-gudang-palmer-aboriginal-cemetery-context
40000 in 1874-1875
arrivedInNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/slq-chinese-business-history-and-chinese-miners-palmer
3000
arrivedMostlyInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-australia-palmer-taam-aboriginal-cooktown-network
ex:kinship-groups
arriveViatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:certificates-from-hongkong
atLibertyTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:make-engagements
bandedTogetherrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
ex:protection-and-mutual-support
bandedTogetherForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qhatlas-chinatowns-cooktown-gateway-aboriginal-people-in-chinese-quarters-3195ff9e4449
protection and mutual support
boundByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-australia-palmer-taam-aboriginal-cooktown-network
ex:social-obligations-family-loyalty-ancestral-worship
controversialArrivallaura-corridor/loop5-palmer-massacre
ex:port-darwin
countdocument/013a3c20-78a2-41c0-8051-e59e471e432b
1700
countdocument/01d44184-fbf8-4e22-a52a-fffbc0191918
160
dailyLeavingtrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:brisbane
descendantsResideCurrentlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia51-cooktown-palmer-chinese-aboriginal-8b505040838a
ex:cooktown
describedAsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 26 may 1883--83677361--roundabout
new-chum
descriptiondocument/0316ae6e-4f44-42c5-9943-1b252b6a945b
mere visitors
destinationdocument/01d44184-fbf8-4e22-a52a-fffbc0191918
Stanthorpe
destinationMelbourneForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/slq-chinese-business-history-and-chinese-miners-palmer
ex:xin-jin-shan
emphasizedCommunalLifestylerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
ex:kinship-ties-mutual-aid
enjoytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:fruits-of-his-labour
ethosOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
maintaining kinship ties pooling resources
exhibitedCloseSocialOrganisationAndDesireToSaveEarningsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-oral-history-source-pivot
null
exhibitedCommunalSettlementPatternrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
early Chinese settlement in Queensland
facedRisksFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-wenxuecity-china-australia-relations-palmer
ex:aboriginal-attacks
fewCameIndividuallyOrAsContractLabourersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-04
null
formedCommunalSettlementsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qhatlas-chinatowns-cooktown-gateway-aboriginal-people-in-chinese-quarters-3195ff9e4449
ex:chinatowns
formedSignificantPartOfblucher-uhr/govt--qldgov-wujal-wujal
ex:cooktown-population
hadModestIncomesLeadingTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-oral-history-source-pivot
ex:basic-small-dwellings-and-multiple-occupancy
hasQuantityblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 26 may 1883--83677361--roundabout
160
includeYoungOnesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81644854_Monday-14-August-1899-reynolds-hatland-boat-wreck-cooktown
young who probably admissions represent relatives
landedAtPortrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks
ex:cooktown-port
landedInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173374268_Friday-1-November-1901_QUEENSLAND-PARLIAMENT-LEGISLATIVE-ASSEMBLY-Thursday-October-31
ex:cooktown
landedIn1870srosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks
1870s
landedInCooktownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-business-aboriginal-exact-snippet-log
ex:cooktown
landedInYearsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-wenxuecity-china-australia-relations-palmer
1874-1875
leftCulturalTracesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-interview-pdf-travel-history-retry
in Cooktown
leftLivingTracesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-interview-pdf-travel-history-retry
in Cooktown
locationdocument/013a3c20-78a2-41c0-8051-e59e471e432b
ex:fitzroy
madeWayblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu
south-west
mostlySlavesTotrove-cooktown/fallen-women
ex:wealthier-chinese
movedFrequentlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
ex:countryside-work
mustHavetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:same-elbow-room-as-white-man
numberedFourThousandrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-wenxuecity-china-australia-relations-palmer
ex:cooktown
numberedHundredsToThousandsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks
hundreds to thousands
numberPutOnShoretrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
almost as great as formerly
originatedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-palmer-reynolds-transliteration-search
ex:guangdong
originatedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-gudang-palmer-aboriginal-cemetery-context
ex:guangdong-pearl-river-delta
originatedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-australia-palmer-taam-aboriginal-cooktown-network
ex:south-kwangtung-province
paidtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:poll-tax
pouredInIncreasingNumbersblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu
true
pouredIntoblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu
ex:cooktown
pouredIntoPortSouthwestrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-3eb6aaa4cf2b
ex:palmer-road
pouredIntoPortSouthWestrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
ex:cooktown-port
presupposesRemittanceMotivationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
ex:family-support
prohibitedFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
landing
proposedShippedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mackay
purposeWealthFindingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/rains-webs-association-overseas-chinese-social-landscape-early-cooktown-c036f926c835
true
typedocument/01d44184-fbf8-4e22-a52a-fffbc0191918
ex:Group
repaidViaAgentstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-colonial-agents
returnedHomeInFiftiesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kubara-focused-reynolds-mowbray-opium-children
true
roledocument/0316ae6e-4f44-42c5-9943-1b252b6a945b
doing all pioneer work
settledInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qhatlas-chinatowns-cooktown-gateway-aboriginal-people-in-chinese-quarters-3195ff9e4449
ex:queensland
submittedTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:our-conditions
traveledToblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 26 may 1883--83677361--roundabout
ex:stanthorpe
underQingRulerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-palmer-reynolds-transliteration-search
null
wereTargetedByblucher-uhr/wikipedia--kuku-yalanji
ex:alleged-cannibalism

References (32)

32 references
  1. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-gudang-palmer-aboriginal-cemetery-context
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/slq-chinese-business-history-and-chinese-miners-palmer
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-australia-palmer-taam-aboriginal-cooktown-network
  4. [4]Beche De Mer5 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  5. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  6. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qhatlas-chinatowns-cooktown-gateway-aboriginal-people-in-chinese-quarters-3195ff9e4449
  8. customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop5-palmer-massacre
  9. trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/013a3c20-78a2-41c0-8051-e59e471e432b
    • text/plain1 KBtrove:article/108200459
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      Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Friday 20 April 1877, page 3 tOOKTOWN. Thursday. iueThi'e° pw;engersare beine landed on the north shore, two, miles trom the town. The Mayer bas been inatru.cted by 'the. Government to act on behalf
  10. resourcescustomctx:claims/document/01d44184-fbf8-4e22-a52a-fffbc0191918
  11. [11]Watkins1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  12. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia51-cooktown-palmer-chinese-aboriginal-8b505040838a
  13. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 26 may 1883--83677361--roundabout
  14. [14]GENERAL NEWS.2 facts
    trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/0316ae6e-4f44-42c5-9943-1b252b6a945b
    • full textGENERAL NEWS.
      text/plain44 KBtrove:article/292731138
      Show excerpt
      13 Feb 1886 - GENERAL NEWS. Colonist (Maryborough, Qld. : 1884 - 1952), Saturday 13 February 1886, page 7 GENERAL NEWS. a terrible mutiny occurred some weeks back on a ship belonging to the British Mercantile Marine, which has been doing du
  15. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
  16. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-oral-history-source-pivot
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-wenxuecity-china-australia-relations-palmer
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-04
  19. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/govt--qldgov-wujal-wujal
  20. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81644854_Monday-14-August-1899-reynolds-hatland-boat-wreck-cooktown
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks
  22. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173374268_Friday-1-November-1901_QUEENSLAND-PARLIAMENT-LEGISLATIVE-ASSEMBLY-Thursday-October-31
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-business-aboriginal-exact-snippet-log
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-interview-pdf-travel-history-retry
  25. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu
  26. [26]Fallen Women1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-language-cooktown-palmer-reynolds-transliteration-search
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-3eb6aaa4cf2b
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/rains-webs-association-overseas-chinese-social-landscape-early-cooktown-c036f926c835
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kubara-focused-reynolds-mowbray-opium-children
  32. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/wikipedia--kuku-yalanji

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