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Colonial Government has 76 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 44 references, with 5 live disagreements.

76 facts·65 predicates·44 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:responsible for(4), employs(3), has authority over(3)

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Responsible forin disputeresponsibleFor

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  • Colonial government[23]all time · 23778
  • Colonial Government of Queensland[5]all time · 10612

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  • Commissioner of Police[3]sourceall time · Sqlite Qsa 32087718 Qsa861252 1868 Letter From Colonial Secretary to Commissioner of Police 27 April, Letterbo
  • Native Police[3]sourceall time · Sqlite Qsa 32087718 Qsa861252 1868 Letter From Colonial Secretary to Commissioner of Police 27 April, Letterbo
  • Queensland[16]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Reginald Uhr Saturday 25 October 1884 3435454 Official Notifications From to Day S Government Gazette

Has Branchin disputehasBranch

Collected WagescollectedWages

  • State Children[7]all time · 001 Historycooperative Org Journal Unregulated Employment of Aboriginal Children E872c6909923
  • State Children[8]all time · Unregulated Employment of Aboriginal Children in Queensland 1842 1902

Issues Blankets toissuesBlanketsTo

Government Cultural ContextgovernmentCulturalContext

  • British colonial culture[5]sourceall time · 10612

Government Social ContextgovernmentSocialContext

  • colonial society[5]sourceall time · 10612

Government Economic ContextgovernmentEconomicContext

  • colonial economy[5]sourceall time · 10612

Government Political ContextgovernmentPoliticalContext

  • British colonial system[5]sourceall time · 10612

Government Historical ContextgovernmentHistoricalContext

  • colonial administration 1859-1901[5]sourceall time · 10612

Inbound mentions (53)

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Other facts (54)

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54 facts
PredicateValueRef
Government Accountabilityto British Crown[5]
Government Responsibilitycolonial administration and security[5]
Government HierarchyBritish colonial system[5]
Government Methodsforce and law[5]
Government Prioritiescolonial expansion[5]
Government Policiesfrontier policing[5]
Government Typecolonial administration[5]
AuthorizesMount Leach Dispersal 1873[5]
MaintainsNative Mounted Police[5]
Operated in1903[2]
AdministeredMauritius Colony[2]
ProducedColonial Blue Book[2]
Has StructurePremier Cabinet Governor[18]
EstablishedNmp[12]
Implicitly Criticizedtrue[20]
Funds InfrastructureMining Infrastructure[13]
AllocatedEighty Pounds Allocation[3]
ReceivedRepresentations About Barracks[3]
Urged to Take MeasuresWide Bay[43]
Clamped Down With Legislations Starting1869[6]
Drew Attention toConflicts Between Dialect Groups[6]
Recognised As Legal BodiesClan Associations[6]
Responded Belatedly Piecemeal to Chinese Question Increasing Charges Exacerbated Destitution Tinkering Quarantine Inconvenienced Shipping Not Reduced Numbersnull[35]
IntroducedChinese Workers[21]
Responsible for Collection of WagesThese Children[40]
Offers Free Pardon toNon Principal Offenders Providing Info[28]
Offers Reward of500 pounds[28]
TaughtBlacks[42]
Supplies BlanketsAboriginals[41]
Weaponized NmpFirearms Provision[44]
Assumes Responsibility for Aboriginal Welfare Through Rations Missionstrue[4]
Provides Rations to Prevent Starvation{}[33]
Hastens to AppeaseBismarck[19]
Notifies ElectionsMarsupial Boards[14]
Has Administrative StructureColonial Administrative Structure[15]
Has Regulatory Power OverAboriginal Missions[17]
Manages Aboriginal Aidnull[24]
Redirected Skills ofNmp Troopers[34]
Presupposes ResponsibilityAboriginal Welfare[31]
Provided Rations to MissionsLutheran Missions[32]
Involved in Infrastructuretrue[22]
Issues Licensespresupposed[1]
Neglects Remote AreasCooktown[1]
Active in Infrastructurenull[1]
PositionSeparation Open Question[29]
Deontically Obligated to Investigate Killingsnull[10]
Manages Aboriginal Welfaretrue[25]
Presupposes Need for Control of Aboriginalsnull[30]
Committed to Aboriginal Protectionnull[9]
Manages Weather Impacts on Eventsnull[27]
Manages Appointmentsnull[26]
Funds Rabbit Control{}[14]
Rdf:typeGovernment[23]
Rdf:typeGovernment[5]

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Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

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null
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true
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clampedDownWithLegislationsStartingkloey-yap-family-origins/nlb-chinese-clan-associations-singapore-c753d98f4f
1869
collectedWagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-historycooperative-org-journal-unregulated-employment-of-aboriginal-children-e872c6909923
ex:state-children
collectedWagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/unregulated-employment-of-aboriginal-children-in-queensland-1842-1902
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committedToAboriginalProtectionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0093
null
deonticallyObligatedToInvestigateKillingsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-003-blogs-archives-qld-gov-au-2023-03-20-researching-frontier-vi-c734f4638fbc
null
drewAttentionTokloey-yap-family-origins/nlb-chinese-clan-associations-singapore-c753d98f4f
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employsfrontier-massacres/10612
ex:david-seymour
employsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-206-3b3efc44d8a0
ex:protector-roth
employsfrontier-massacres/10612
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establishedblucher-uhr/aof--men-in-blue-part-i
ex:nmp
fundsInfrastructureblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--saturday 19 june 1880--20333689--the-miner-mining-notes
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fundsRabbitControltrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
{}
governmentAccountabilityfrontier-massacres/10612
to British Crown
governmentCulturalContextfrontier-massacres/10612
British colonial culture
governmentEconomicContextfrontier-massacres/10612
colonial economy
governmentHierarchyfrontier-massacres/10612
British colonial system
governmentHistoricalContextfrontier-massacres/10612
colonial administration 1859-1901
governmentMethodsfrontier-massacres/10612
force and law
governmentPoliciesfrontier-massacres/10612
frontier policing
governmentPoliticalContextfrontier-massacres/10612
British colonial system
governmentPrioritiesfrontier-massacres/10612
colonial expansion
governmentResponsibilityfrontier-massacres/10612
colonial administration and security
governmentSocialContextfrontier-massacres/10612
colonial society
governmentTypefrontier-massacres/10612
colonial administration
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ex:commissioner-of-police
hasAuthorityOverblucher-uhr/sqlite--qsa-32087718--qsa861252-1868-letter-from-colonial-secretary-to-commissioner-of-police-27-april,-letterbo
ex:native-police
hasAuthorityOverblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 25 october 1884--3435454--official-notifications-from-to-day-s-government-gazette
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hasBranchfrontier-massacres/10612
ex:colonial-secretarys-office
hasBranchfrontier-massacres/10612
ex:commissioner-of-police
hasRegulatoryPowerOverrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-173175537
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hasStructureblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--monday 10 january 1887--171023284--the-new-south-wales-ministerial-dispute-sydney-january-7
ex:premier-cabinet-governor
hastensToAppeasetrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
ex:bismarck
implicitlyCriticizedblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 3 october 1874--1389379--what-one-sees-at-the-palmer
true
introducedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-opium-employer-terms-reynolds-negative
ex:chinese-workers
involvedInInfrastructuretrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
issuesBlanketsTocerebras-glm/23778
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issuesLicensestrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
presupposed
maintainsfrontier-massacres/10612
ex:native-mounted-police
managesAboriginalAidrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-port-douglas-mowbray-children-line-qsa-index-exact-line-port-douglas-mossman-aboriginal-complaint
null
managesAboriginalWelfarerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman
true
managesAppointmentstrove-cooktown/spitfire-vessel
null
managesWeatherImpactsOnEventsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169860541_Saturday-29-March-1890_THE-GOVERNORS-VISIT-PROBABLE-POSTPONEMENT
null
neglectsRemoteAreastrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:cooktown
notifiesElectionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:marsupial-boards
offersFreePardonTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3583373
ex:non-principal-offenders-providing-info
offersRewardOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3583373
500 pounds
operatedInval-mauritius/wf1-18-full-text-of-blue-book-for-the-colony-of-mauritius-1903
1903
positiondocument/000f1c01-1207-4e1c-a2b0-a2cdadcabe65
ex:separation-open-question
presupposesNeedForControlOfAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/wide-qsa-index-context-port-douglas-mowbray-wide-qsa-context-native-police-station-orders-after-port-douglas-concerns
null
presupposesResponsibilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--869e5422ee95
ex:aboriginal-welfare
producedval-mauritius/wf1-18-full-text-of-blue-book-for-the-colony-of-mauritius-1903
ex:colonial-blue-book
providedRationsToMissionsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--fed0d67a4efb
ex:lutheran-missions
providesRationsToPreventStarvationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--472fc6f2f2b7
{}
labelcerebras-glm/23778
Colonial government
labelfrontier-massacres/10612
Colonial Government of Queensland
typecerebras-glm/23778
ex:Government
typefrontier-massacres/10612
ex:Government
receivedblucher-uhr/sqlite--qsa-32087718--qsa861252-1868-letter-from-colonial-secretary-to-commissioner-of-police-27-april,-letterbo
ex:representations-about-barracks
recognisedAsLegalBodieskloey-yap-family-origins/nlb-chinese-clan-associations-singapore-c753d98f4f
ex:clan-associations
redirectedSkillsOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/springer-pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare
ex:nmp-troopers
responded-belatedly-piecemeal-to-chinese-question-increasing-charges-exacerbated-destitution-tinkering-quarantine-inconvenienced-shipping-not-reduced-numbersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-05
null
responsibleForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/historycooperative-unregulated-employment-aboriginal-children-cooktown-3283
ex:collection-of-state-children-wages
responsibleForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-f6b973be4b94
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responsibleForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-1ce41413ea58
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suppliesBlanketsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-cooktown-nellie-mary-rosie
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taughtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa847153-harry-jones-1885-complaint-native-police-cooktown-labour-depot
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urgedToTakeMeasuresrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0663-eid-20467
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weaponizedNmprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series
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References (44)

44 references
  1. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  2. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf1-18-full-text-of-blue-book-for-the-colony-of-mauritius-1903
  3. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/sqlite--qsa-32087718--qsa861252-1868-letter-from-colonial-secretary-to-commissioner-of-police-27-april,-letterbo
  4. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--bf9b4d4999e0
  5. customctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10612
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10612
      text/plain3 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10612
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - dispersal at Mt Leach (14 March 1873) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 10612. Coordinates
  6. customctx:genes/kloey-yap-family-origins/nlb-chinese-clan-associations-singapore-c753d98f4f
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-historycooperative-org-journal-unregulated-employment-of-aboriginal-children-e872c6909923
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/unregulated-employment-of-aboriginal-children-in-queensland-1842-1902
  9. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0093
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-003-blogs-archives-qld-gov-au-2023-03-20-researching-frontier-vi-c734f4638fbc
  11. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-206-3b3efc44d8a0
    • full textctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-206-3b3efc44d8a0
      text/plain3 KBdoc:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-206-3b3efc44d8a0
      Show excerpt
      --- source_url: https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/api/download_file/DR57972 source_title: QSA ITM6820 DR57972 OCR page 206 source_type: pdf-ocr-page archive_file: research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-archive-2026-05-06/webpa
  12. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/aof--men-in-blue-part-i
  13. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--saturday 19 june 1880--20333689--the-miner-mining-notes
  14. [14]North Shore Full2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  15. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 1 november 1884--23975976--official-notifications-from-last-saturday-s-government-gazette
  16. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 25 october 1884--3435454--official-notifications-from-to-day-s-government-gazette
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-173175537
  18. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--monday 10 january 1887--171023284--the-new-south-wales-ministerial-dispute-sydney-january-7
  19. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
  20. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 3 october 1874--1389379--what-one-sees-at-the-palmer
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-opium-employer-terms-reynolds-negative
  22. [22]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  23. [23]237783 facts
    ctx:test/cerebras-glm/23778
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-port-douglas-mowbray-children-line-qsa-index-exact-line-port-douglas-mossman-aboriginal-complaint
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman
  26. [26]Spitfire Vessel1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/spitfire-vessel
  27. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169860541_Saturday-29-March-1890_THE-GOVERNORS-VISIT-PROBABLE-POSTPONEMENT
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3583373
  29. ctx:claims/document/000f1c01-1207-4e1c-a2b0-a2cdadcabe65
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/wide-qsa-index-context-port-douglas-mowbray-wide-qsa-context-native-police-station-orders-after-port-douglas-concerns
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--869e5422ee95
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--fed0d67a4efb
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--472fc6f2f2b7
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/springer-pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare
  35. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-05
  36. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/historycooperative-unregulated-employment-aboriginal-children-cooktown-3283
  37. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-f6b973be4b94
  38. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-1ce41413ea58
  39. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-3cbd24974598
  40. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-3cbd2497459840d2
  41. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-cooktown-nellie-mary-rosie
  42. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa847153-harry-jones-1885-complaint-native-police-cooktown-labour-depot
  43. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0663-eid-20467
  44. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series

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