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Colonial Telegrams

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Colonial Telegrams has 103 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 22 references, with 10 live disagreements.

103 facts·69 predicates·22 sources·10 in dispute

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Other facts (90)

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PredicateValueRef
Dated12 Jan 1886[14]
Dated11 Jan 1886[14]
Dated7 Jan 1886[14]
Dated10 Jan 1886[14]
Dated8 Jan 1886[14]
Dated1889-05-29[18]
Dated1889-04-16[16]
Aggregated FromBrisbane Telegram[9]
Aggregated FromCooktown Telegram[9]
Aggregated FromMarlborough Telegram[9]
Aggregated FromTownsville Telegram[9]
Reports FactWeather in Cooktown[2]
Reports FactInspect Proposed Railway Route[2]
Reports FactBeche De Mer Sale[2]
Sourced From CorrespondentBrisbane Correspondent[3]
Sourced From CorrespondentOur Own Correspondent Cooktown[2]
Sourced From CorrespondentBrisbane Correspondent[13]
Genrenewspaper telegram summary[1]
Genretelegram news summary[3]
Reports NewsMultiple Events[3]
Reports NewsBrisbane[18]
Is Section ofTrove Article 292731424[3]
Is Section ofTrove Article 147684788[5]
From Own CorrespondentsQueensland[4]
From Own CorrespondentsQueensland Correspondents[10]
Reported byBrisbane Correspondent[5]
Reported byBrisbane Correspondent[14]
Reported FromBrisbane[5]
Reported FromBrisbane[18]
Reports From LocationBrisbane[3]
Reports From LocationCooktown[12]
Originates From LocationBrisbane[3]
Originates From LocationBrisbane[5]
Reports FromCooktown[10]
Reports FromCooktown[19]
Genre Istelegram reporting[1]
Rhetorical Sourceour own correspondents[1]
Genre Is Telegram Newsnull[2]
Sourced From CorrespondentsCooktown Correspondents[2]
Report Date17 Nov 1883[2]
Genre of Intercolonial Newstrue[1]
Presents Neutral ReportFrank Lee Court Hearing[1]
Reports Events FromBrisbane[2]
From Correspondent inBrisbane[2]
Genre As Telegram DispatchTrue[5]
Frames As News SummaryTrue[5]
Presupposes Colonial ContextQueensland Colony 1889[3]
Frames As TelegramBrisbane News[3]
Published on20 Apr 1889[3]
Has Telegram Date29 May 1889[3]
Relays Official Newsnull[3]
Attributed toProvincial Press Agency[5]
In Genre of19th century news wires[5]
Reports Multiple Eventstrue[1]
Uses Telegraphic Styleconcise dated entries[1]
Genre As News Dispatch19th Century Telegram Journalism[1]
Reports News Events{}[6]
Genre Intercolonial NewsColonial Telegrams[6]
Genre Telegramtrue[2]
Reports on Date1897-03-29[2]
Concerns Multiple Deathstrue[2]
Frames Ascolonial news[5]
References Colonial Eratrue[5]
Collects News From Coloniesnull[5]
Historical Context1883 colonial news[7]
Telegram LocationBrisbane Qld[8]
Framed As News DispatchTelegram Format[8]
Telegram Date1884-06-01[8]
Frames Content Asintercolonial news[7]
Audience TargetColonial Readers Maryborough[7]
Originates FromQueensland[9]
Intertextual SourceCooktown Correspondents[10]
Concerns RegionQueensland[10]
Framed As From Own Correspondentsnull[11]
Covers Multiple ColoniesQueensland New South Wales Victoria New Zealand South Australia Tasmania[12]
Concerns QueenslandQueensland[13]
Reports Shipping Newstrue[13]
Serves As News Dispatchtrue[13]
Sourced From Own Correspondentstrue[13]
Framed As News ReportBrisbane Correspondent[13]
Reports Distant Newstrue[15]
Reports Multiple IncidentsDisparate Events[16]
TitledColonial Telegrams. Cooktown. December 26.[17]
Assumes ReliabilityProvincial Press Agency[18]
Published on Page2[16]
Framed As Provincial NewsPjbr Provincial Piks[16]
Concerns Multiple EventsYoung Death Pears Leave Quarantine[20]
Genre of Telegraphic Newsnull[21]
Reported ViaProvincial Press Agency[22]
References Historical Events1889 Australia Colonial[6]

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103 undated
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29 May 1889
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1897-03-29
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colonial news
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true
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null
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1884-06-01
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true
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titledbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146625076_Saturday-29-December-1883_Colonial-Telegrams-Cooktown-December-26
Colonial Telegrams. Cooktown. December 26.
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2
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References (22)

22 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer10 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]John Davis14 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  3. [3]North Shore Cooktown12 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  4. [4]Coloured Persons1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  5. [5]Malay Cooktown13 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
  6. [6]Cingalese5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  7. [7]Bloomfield3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  8. [8]Davis Cooktown4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
  9. [9]Aboriginal Bdm Crew5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
  10. [10]North Shore Full6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  11. [11]Fishing Station1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fishing-station
  12. [12]Reynolds2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  13. [13]Douro Vessel6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/douro-vessel
  14. [14]Watkins6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  15. [15]292758776 Saturday 12 December 1896 Colonial Telegrams Cooktown December 81 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/292758776_Saturday-12-December-1896_colonial-telegrams-cooktown-december-8
  16. [16]146674549 Wednesday 17 April 1889 Colonial Telegrams Brisbane April 165 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146674549_Wednesday-17-April-1889-colonial-telegrams-brisbane-april-16
  17. [17]146625076 Saturday 29 December 1883 Colonial Telegrams Cooktown December 261 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146625076_Saturday-29-December-1883_Colonial-Telegrams-Cooktown-December-26
  18. [18]146666990 Thursday 30 May 1889 Colonial Telegrams Brisbane May 294 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146666990_Thursday-30-May-1889-colonial-telegrams-brisbane-may-29
  19. [19]146680463 Friday 22 February 1884 Colonial Telegrams Cooktown February 191 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146680463_Friday-22-February-1884_Colonial-Telegrams-Cooktown-February-19
  20. [20]146775723 Friday 21 January 1887 Colonial Telegrams Brisbane January 201 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146775723_Friday-21-January-1887_COLONIAL-TELEGRAMS-Brisbane-January-20
  21. [21]146773801 Thursday 24 February 1887 Colonial Telegrams Brisbane February 231 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146773801_Thursday-24-February-1887_COLONIAL-TELEGRAMS-Brisbane-February-23
  22. [22]Prostitution1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution

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