Cook Cairn

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Cook Cairn

Condition	Untouched Since Erection^[1]
Condition	much grown over^[2]
Vegetation Growth	Growing Tree^[1]
Vegetation Growth	Thick Grass^[1]
Erected by	Captain Cook^[2]
Erected Years Ago	over 117^[2]
Height	3 feet^[2]
Of Great Interest to	Cooktown^[2]
Proves Reliability of	Captain Cook Narrative^[2]
Proposed Preservation Method	small fence^[1]

ex:cook-cairn

Cook Cairn has 45 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 2 references, with 2 live disagreements.

45 facts·43 predicates·2 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:condition(2), vegetation growth(2), erected by(1)

Conditionin dispute`condition`

Untouched Since Erection^[1]all time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08
much grown over^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Vegetation Growthin dispute`vegetationGrowth`

Growing Tree^[1]all time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08
Thick Grass^[1]all time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Erected by`erectedBy`

Captain Cook^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Erected Years Ago`erectedYearsAgo`

over 117^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Height`height`

3 feet^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Of Great Interest to`ofGreatInterestTo`

Cooktown^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Proves Reliability of`provesReliabilityOf`

Captain Cook Narrative^[2]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Proposed Preservation Method`proposedPreservationMethod`

small fence^[1]sourceall time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Vegetation Growth Through`vegetationGrowthThrough`

tree^[1]sourceall time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Vegetation Growth Around`vegetationGrowthAround`

thick grass^[1]sourceall time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Environmental Impact`environmentalImpact`

vegetation growth^[1]sourceall time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Time Since Erection`timeSinceErection`

since erection^[1]sourceall time · 01d73ff8 12ee 4887 A64d E47c25fe5b08

Inbound mentions (29)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`partOf`Part of(2)

Side of Cairnex:side-of-cairn
Stones Falling Offex:stones-falling-off

`searchTarget`Search Target(2)

Cairn Discovery Expeditionex:cairn-discovery-expedition
Cairn Searchex:cairn-search

`adjacentTo`Adjacent to(1)

Around Cairnex:around-cairn

`affectedObject`Affected Object(1)

Stones Falling Offex:stones-falling-off

`affectedStructure`Affected Structure(1)

Stones Falling Offex:stones-falling-off

`believesIdentity`Believes Identity(1)

William Thomsonex:william-thomson

`causesDamageTo`Causes Damage to(1)

Growing Treeex:growing-tree

`constructedObject`Constructed Object(1)

Cairn Erection by Cookex:cairn-erection-by-cook

`constructionTarget`Construction Target(1)

Fence Erectionex:fence-erection

`contains`Contains(1)

Cook Cairn Erected Locationex:cook-cairn-erected-location

`contentTopic`Content Topic(1)

Newspaper Article 1886 11 27ex:newspaper-article-1886-11-27

`erected`Erected(1)

James Cookex:james-cook

`erectedStructure`Erected Structure(1)

James Cookex:james-cook

`growingAt`Growing at(1)

Thick Grassex:thick-grass

`growthPosition`Growth Position(1)

Growing Treeex:growing-tree

`growthThrough`Growth Through(1)

Growing Treeex:growing-tree

`intendedToProtect`Intended to Protect(1)

Fenceex:fence

`overlapsPartially`Overlaps Partially(1)

Growing Treeex:growing-tree

`physicallyInterferesWith`Physically Interferes With(1)

Growing Treeex:growing-tree

`proposalFor`Proposal for(1)

Cairn Preservation Proposalex:cairn-preservation-proposal

`proposedForObject`Proposed for Object(1)

Cairn Preservation Proposalex:cairn-preservation-proposal

`removedStonesFrom`Removed Stones From(1)

Hon H Littletonex:hon-h-littleton

`reportedDiscovery`Reported Discovery(1)

William Thomsonex:william-thomson

`reportedErection`Reported Erection(1)

James Cookex:james-cook

`reportsDiscoveryOf`Reports Discovery of(1)

Newspaper Article 1886 11 27ex:newspaper-article-1886-11-27

`reportSubject`Report Subject(1)

James Cook Reported Cairn Erectionex:james-cook-reported-cairn-erection

`resultedInDiscoveryOf`Resulted in Discovery of(1)

Hill Ascentex:hill-ascent

Other facts (31)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

31 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Since Erection State	untouched	[1]
Preservation State	evidently remained untouched	[1]
Search Effort Duration	some little time	[1]
Identification Status	tentative	[1]
Discovery Confidence	believes to be	[1]
Located at Elevation	over 1000 feet	[1]
Historical Figure Association	James Cook	[1]
Damage Extent	some stones	[1]
Untouched Since Erection	true	[1]
Search Duration	some little time	[1]
Named After	James Cook	[1]
Location of Erection	Cook Cairn Erected Location	[1]
Described As	interesting relic	[1]
Attributed to	James Cook	[1]
Rdfs:label	Captain Cook's Cairn	[1]
Rdf:type	Cairn	[1]
Historical Period	1770	[1]
Archaeological Significance	Interesting Relic	[1]
Preservation Proposal	Fence Erection	[1]
Structural Damage	Stones Falling Off	[1]
Evidence of Untouched State	Evident	[1]
Discovery Method	Visual Search	[1]
Surrounded by	Thick Grass	[1]
Made of	Stones	[1]
Construction Material	Stones	[1]
Reported in	Thomson Letter	[1]
Same As	Interesting Relic	[1]
Has Tree Growing Through	Growing Tree	[1]
Has Surrounding Vegetation	Thick Grass	[1]
Discovered During	Hill Ascent	[1]
Discovered by	William Thomson	[1]

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.

45 undated

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archaeologicalSignificancedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:interesting-relic

—

attributedTodocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:james-cook

—

conditiondocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:untouched-since-erection

—

conditiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

much grown over

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constructionMaterialdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:stones

—

damageExtentdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

some stones

—

describedAsdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

interesting relic

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discoveredBydocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:william-thomson

—

discoveredDuringdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:hill-ascent

—

discoveryConfidencedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

believes to be

—

discoveryMethoddocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:visual-search

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environmentalImpactdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

vegetation growth

—

erectedBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:captain-cook

—

erectedYearsAgotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

over 117

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evidenceOfUntouchedStatedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:evident

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hasSurroundingVegetationdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:thick-grass

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hasTreeGrowingThroughdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:growing-tree

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heighttrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

3 feet

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historicalFigureAssociationdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:james-cook

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historicalPerioddocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

1770

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identificationStatusdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

tentative

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locatedAtElevationdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

over 1000 feet

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locationOfErectiondocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:cook-cairn-erected-location

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madeOfdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:stones

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namedAfterdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:james-cook

—

ofGreatInterestTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:cooktown

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preservationProposaldocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:fence-erection

—

preservationStatedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

evidently remained untouched

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proposedPreservationMethoddocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

small fence

—

provesReliabilityOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:captain-cook-narrative

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labeldocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

Captain Cook's Cairn

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typedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:Cairn

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reportedIndocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:thomson-letter

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sameAsdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:interesting-relic

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searchDurationdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

some little time

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searchEffortDurationdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

some little time

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sinceErectionStatedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

untouched

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structuralDamagedocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:stones-falling-off

—

surroundedBydocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:thick-grass

—

timeSinceErectiondocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

since erection

—

untouchedSinceErectiondocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

true

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vegetationGrowthdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:growing-tree

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vegetationGrowthdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

ex:thick-grass

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vegetationGrowthArounddocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

thick grass

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vegetationGrowthThroughdocument/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08

tree

References (2)

2 references

[1]Captain Cook's Cairn.39 facts
trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/01d73ff8-12ee-4887-a64d-e47c25fe5b08
- full textCaptain Cook's Cairn.
  text/plain2 KBtrove:article/292524863
  Show excerpt
  27 Nov 1886 - Captain Cook's Cairn. Colonist (Maryborough, Qld. : 1884 - 1952), Saturday 27 November 1886, page 7 Captain Cook's Cairn. Captain W. Thomson, of the A.S.N. Company's steamer City of Melbourne, has written to the secretary of t…
[2]North Shore Cooktown6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

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Cook Cairn

Conditionin disputecondition

Vegetation Growthin disputevegetationGrowth

Erected byerectedBy

Erected Years AgoerectedYearsAgo

Heightheight

Of Great Interest toofGreatInterestTo

Proves Reliability ofprovesReliabilityOf

Proposed Preservation MethodproposedPreservationMethod

Vegetation Growth ThroughvegetationGrowthThrough

Vegetation Growth AroundvegetationGrowthAround

Environmental ImpactenvironmentalImpact

Time Since ErectiontimeSinceErection

Inbound mentions (29)

partOfPart of(2)

searchTargetSearch Target(2)

adjacentToAdjacent to(1)

affectedObjectAffected Object(1)

affectedStructureAffected Structure(1)

believesIdentityBelieves Identity(1)

causesDamageToCauses Damage to(1)

constructedObjectConstructed Object(1)

constructionTargetConstruction Target(1)

containsContains(1)

contentTopicContent Topic(1)

erectedErected(1)

erectedStructureErected Structure(1)

growingAtGrowing at(1)

growthPositionGrowth Position(1)

growthThroughGrowth Through(1)

intendedToProtectIntended to Protect(1)

overlapsPartiallyOverlaps Partially(1)

physicallyInterferesWithPhysically Interferes With(1)

proposalForProposal for(1)

proposedForObjectProposed for Object(1)

removedStonesFromRemoved Stones From(1)

reportedDiscoveryReported Discovery(1)

reportedErectionReported Erection(1)

reportsDiscoveryOfReports Discovery of(1)

reportSubjectReport Subject(1)

resultedInDiscoveryOfResulted in Discovery of(1)

Other facts (31)

Timeline

References (2)

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Conditionin dispute`condition`

Vegetation Growthin dispute`vegetationGrowth`

Erected by`erectedBy`

Erected Years Ago`erectedYearsAgo`

Height`height`

Of Great Interest to`ofGreatInterestTo`

Proves Reliability of`provesReliabilityOf`

Proposed Preservation Method`proposedPreservationMethod`

Vegetation Growth Through`vegetationGrowthThrough`

Vegetation Growth Around`vegetationGrowthAround`

Environmental Impact`environmentalImpact`

Time Since Erection`timeSinceErection`

`partOf`Part of(2)

`searchTarget`Search Target(2)

`adjacentTo`Adjacent to(1)

`affectedObject`Affected Object(1)

`affectedStructure`Affected Structure(1)

`believesIdentity`Believes Identity(1)

`causesDamageTo`Causes Damage to(1)

`constructedObject`Constructed Object(1)

`constructionTarget`Construction Target(1)

`contains`Contains(1)

`contentTopic`Content Topic(1)

`erected`Erected(1)

`erectedStructure`Erected Structure(1)

`growingAt`Growing at(1)

`growthPosition`Growth Position(1)

`growthThrough`Growth Through(1)

`intendedToProtect`Intended to Protect(1)

`overlapsPartially`Overlaps Partially(1)

`physicallyInterferesWith`Physically Interferes With(1)

`proposalFor`Proposal for(1)

`proposedForObject`Proposed for Object(1)

`removedStonesFrom`Removed Stones From(1)

`reportedDiscovery`Reported Discovery(1)

`reportedErection`Reported Erection(1)

`reportsDiscoveryOf`Reports Discovery of(1)

`reportSubject`Report Subject(1)

`resultedInDiscoveryOf`Resulted in Discovery of(1)