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Chinese Settlers has 43 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 22 references, with 6 live disagreements.

43 facts·34 predicates·22 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:key role in development(3), involved in(3), attracted by(3)

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Key Role in Developmentin disputekeyRoleInDevelopment

  • Daintree Region[16]all time · Douglas Heritage Exact Reynolds Chinese Adjacency
  • True[17]all time · Downloaded Archive Douglas Qld Gov Au Download Publications Reports Douglas Heritag 0ab8bd2fb269
  • null[6]all time · Checkpoint Domestic Service Police Reynolds Boundaries 3291

Involved inin disputeinvolvedIn

Played Key Role inin disputeplayedKeyRoleIn

Worked Hard toin disputeworkedHardTo

  • Clear Land[14]all time · Douglas Heritage Study James Reynolds Mowbray Cattle Creek 73fa2b02008a
  • clear land[8]all time · Douglas Heritage Study Chinese Clearing Reynolds Mowbray

40 Percent Populationin dispute40PercentPopulation

Attracted byin disputeattractedBy

  • Gold[4]all time · Daintree Chinese Settlement Official Heritage Context
  • Red Cedar Logging[4]all time · Daintree Chinese Settlement Official Heritage Context
  • Tin Mineral Mining[4]all time · Daintree Chinese Settlement Official Heritage Context

Cleared Land forclearedLandFor

Important Part ofimportantPartOf

Escaped Status ofescapedStatusOf

  • Sojourners[10]all time · Chinese Academic 19c Australian Chinese Cooktown Community 920117fbac31

Comprisedcomprised

  • 40% of Port Douglas population in 1886 census[7]all time · Douglas Heritage Study Reynolds Mowbray Vale Chinese Tenants Bcb9f295b71b

Werewere

  • important part of DS region community in 1880s[22]all time · Douglas Heritage Focused James Reynolds Mowbray Chinese Labour 9380fda5a9d9

Important Part Community1880simportantPartCommunity1880s

  • 1886 census 40% Port Douglas population stores land clearing maize May 1996 Joss House 1880s dismantled Russell River goldfields town decline[12]all time · Downloaded Archive Douglas Qld Gov Au Download Publications Reports Douglas Heritage Study Pdf 1cce88d97202

Inbound mentions (8)

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Other facts (22)

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22 facts
PredicateValueRef
Key Role Developmentclear land early horticulture rice growing[12]
Constituted Percentage of Population40%[8]
EstablishedJoss House Port Douglas[8]
Noted Asvery industrious race[19]
Representless than 2% of general population by 1900[19]
Key toDouglas Region Development[4]
Present inDaintree Village[4]
Located on Both Sides ofDaintree River[18]
Numbered500[20]
Numbered500 on1873-10-24[20]
Suffered Constant Attacks FromAboriginal People[11]
Began Arriving atQueensland Goldfields[5]
40 Percent PopulationPort Douglas 1886 Census[1]
Key Role inRegion Development[1]
Played Key Roleland clearing, early horticulture rice growing[21]
Key Roleland clearing horticulture rice growing[15]
Engaged incutting wood contract[9]
Linked toLocal Chinese Settlement[4]
Faced HostilityAboriginal People[11]
Historically Significant inCooktown[5]
DevelopedRice Crops[4]
Teleologically Driven byGold Mining[20]

Timeline

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40PercentPopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-projectdocument
ex:port-douglas
40PercentPopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/018-environment-douglas-qld-gov-au-projects-download-4458-projectdocument-html-f077e7cf52cb
ex:port-douglas-1886-census
attractedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:gold
attractedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:red-cedar-logging
attractedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:tin-mineral-mining
beganArrivingAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/other-language-cooktown-palmer-search-surface-checkpoint
ex:queensland-goldfields
clearedLandForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/checkpoint-domestic-service-police-reynolds-boundaries-3291
ex:horticulture-rice-growing
comprisedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-reynolds-mowbray-vale-chinese-tenants-bcb9f295b71b
40% of Port Douglas population in 1886 census
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40%
developedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:rice-crops
engagedIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
cutting wood contract
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ex:sojourners
establishedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-chinese-clearing-reynolds-mowbray
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facedHostilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/traditional-chinese-palmer-aboriginals-print-mirror
ex:aboriginal-people
historicallySignificantInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/other-language-cooktown-palmer-search-surface-checkpoint
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importantPartCommunity1880srosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-douglas-qld-gov-au-download-publications-reports-douglas-heritage-study-pdf-1cce88d97202
1886 census 40% Port Douglas population stores land clearing maize May 1996 Joss House 1880s dismantled Russell River goldfields town decline
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land clearing horticulture rice growing
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clear land early horticulture rice growing
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keyRoleInDevelopmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-douglas-qld-gov-au-download-publications-reports-douglas-heritag-0ab8bd2fb269
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keyRoleInDevelopmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/checkpoint-domestic-service-police-reynolds-boundaries-3291
null
keyTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
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linkedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
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locatedOnBothSidesOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-reynolds-chinese-settlement-local-history
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notedAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/robb-chinese-north-australia-reynolds-specific-extract-retry
very industrious race
numberedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia-chinese-history-palmer-child-capture-checkpoint
500
numbered500Onrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia-chinese-history-palmer-child-capture-checkpoint
1873-10-24
playedKeyRolerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/018-environment-douglas-qld-gov-au-projects-download-4458-projectdocument-html-extracted-0c3edb3ff795
land clearing, early horticulture rice growing
playedKeyRoleInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:region-development
playedKeyRoleInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-james-reynolds-mowbray-cattle-creek-73fa2b02008a
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presentInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
ex:daintree-village
representrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/robb-chinese-north-australia-reynolds-specific-extract-retry
less than 2% of general population by 1900
sufferedConstantAttacksFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/traditional-chinese-palmer-aboriginals-print-mirror
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teleologicallyDrivenByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia-chinese-history-palmer-child-capture-checkpoint
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important part of DS region community in 1880s
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clear land

References (22)

22 references
  1. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-projectdocument
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/018-environment-douglas-qld-gov-au-projects-download-4458-projectdocument-html-f077e7cf52cb
  4. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-chinese-settlement-official-heritage-context
  5. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/other-language-cooktown-palmer-search-surface-checkpoint
  6. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/checkpoint-domestic-service-police-reynolds-boundaries-3291
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-reynolds-mowbray-vale-chinese-tenants-bcb9f295b71b
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-chinese-clearing-reynolds-mowbray
  9. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-academic-19c-australian-chinese-cooktown-community-920117fbac31
  11. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/traditional-chinese-palmer-aboriginals-print-mirror
  12. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-douglas-qld-gov-au-download-publications-reports-douglas-heritage-study-pdf-1cce88d97202
  13. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-direct-reynolds-mowbray-cattle-creek-3289
  14. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-james-reynolds-mowbray-cattle-creek-73fa2b02008a
  15. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-environment-douglas-qld-gov-au-projects-download-4458-projectdocument-html-extracted-7f04cc6d8348
  16. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-exact-reynolds-chinese-adjacency
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-douglas-qld-gov-au-download-publications-reports-douglas-heritag-0ab8bd2fb269
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-reynolds-chinese-settlement-local-history
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/robb-chinese-north-australia-reynolds-specific-extract-retry
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia-chinese-history-palmer-child-capture-checkpoint
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/018-environment-douglas-qld-gov-au-projects-download-4458-projectdocument-html-extracted-0c3edb3ff795
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-focused-james-reynolds-mowbray-chinese-labour-9380fda5a9d9

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