Cooktown Area

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Cooktown Area has 15 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 10 references.

15 facts·15 predicates·10 sources

Mostly:no depredations committed by(1), has discovered(1), is parched up(1)

Inbound mentions (88)

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`takenByPoliceFrom`Taken by Police From(7)

Cooktown Boy Oscarex:cooktown-boy-oscar
Cooktown Boy Oscarex:cooktown-boy-oscar
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Cooktown Boyex:oscar-cooktown-boy
Oscar Cooktown Boyex:oscar-cooktown-boy

`kidnappedFrom`Kidnapped From(4)

Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy

`locatedIn`Located in(3)

Battle Campex:battle-camp
Captain Almondex:captain-almond
Elim Missionex:elim-mission

`partOf`Part of(3)

North Shoreex:north-shore
North Shoreex:north-shore
North Shore Cooktownex:north-shore-cooktown

`sentFrom`Sent From(3)

H C Childex:h-c-child
Rosieex:rosie
Rosie Hc Childex:rosie-hc-child

`takenFrom`Taken From(3)

Oscarex:oscar
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy

`crimeLocation`Crime Location(2)

Little Peterex:little-peter
Little Peterex:little-peter

`from`From(2)

Cooktown Boy Oscarex:cooktown-boy-oscar
Oscarex:oscar

`wasKidnappedFrom`Was Kidnapped From(2)

Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy
Oscar Aboriginal Boyex:oscar-aboriginal-boy

`wasOneOfFirstSelectors`Was One of First Selectors(2)

Alexander Mcnickleex:alexander-mcnickle
Herbert Mctavishex:herbert-mctavish

`activeIn`Active in(1)

Reynolds Packerex:reynolds-packer

`advocatesCoastalSuperiority`Advocates Coastal Superiority(1)

Article Trove 60095124ex:article-trove-60095124

`affiliatedWith`Affiliated With(1)

Topsy Cangiex:topsy-cangi

`aimedToDriveAboriginalsAway`Aimed to Drive Aboriginals Away(1)

Malicious Rumoursex:malicious-rumours

`allegedMurderOfPeterCooktownArea`Alleged Murder of Peter Cooktown Area(1)

Little Peter Long Jacky Gilbertex:little-peter-long-jacky-gilbert

`areLocalTo`Are Local to(1)

Immediately Local Blacksex:immediately-local-blacks

`cameFromAround`Came From Around(1)

Edgar Davis Motherex:edgar-davis-mother

`causesCountryParched`Causes Country Parched(1)

Drought in Cooktownex:drought-in-cooktown

`committedDepredations`Committed Depredations(1)

Blacks Sandownex:blacks-sandown

`contextualAsRemote`Contextual As Remote(1)

Never Never Countryex:never-never-country

`continues`Continues(1)

Drought in Cooktownex:drought-in-cooktown

`culturallySensitiveContext`Culturally Sensitive Context(1)

Native Mounted Policeex:native-mounted-police

`describedAsTroublesome`Described As Troublesome(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`endeavouredToMeetWantsOf`Endeavoured to Meet Wants of(1)

Mr Griffithex:mr-griffith

`endeavouredToMeetWantsWhenInOffice`Endeavoured to Meet Wants When in Office(1)

Mr Griffithex:mr-griffith

`existAsGroup`Exist As Group(1)

North Shore Lepersex:north-shore-lepers

`existIn`Exist in(1)

Aboriginesex:aborigines

`fromArea`From Area(1)

Rosieex:rosie

`fromLocation`From Location(1)

Slq Claim Oscar Takenex:slq-claim-oscar-taken

`hasGloriousDominionsIncluding`Has Glorious Dominions Including(1)

Queenex:queen

`impliesRegionalDevelopment`Implies Regional Development(1)

Telegraph Lineex:telegraph-line

`in`In(1)

No Increase to Police Forceex:no-increase-to-police-force

`isAboriginalBoy`Is Aboriginal Boy(1)

Oscar Kidnapped Boyex:oscar-kidnapped-boy

`isDistrictRoadInspector`Is District Road Inspector(1)

Mr Mackenzieex:mr-mackenzie

`isLocalCorrespondent`Is Local Correspondent(1)

The Cornerex:the-corner

`isLocalLegalNetworkNode`Is Local Legal Network Node(1)

Jp Millerex:jp-miller

`isSpokenIn`Is Spoken in(1)

Guugu Yimithirrex:guugu-yimithirr

`landedHere`Landed Here(1)

Captain Cookex:captain-cook

`localIndustry`Local Industry(1)

Bech De Mer Fisheryex:bech-de-mer-fishery

`localTo`Local to(1)

Jp Templetonex:jp-templeton

`locatedHere`Located Here(1)

Native Policeex:native-police

`locatedInArea`Located in Area(1)

Beche De Mer Fisheryex:beche-de-mer-fishery

`murderedInArea`Murdered in Area(1)

Peter Cooktownex:peter-cooktown

`occurInEveryDirection`Occur in Every Direction(1)

Bush Firesex:bush-fires

`occurredIn`Occurred in(1)

Lyons Incidentex:lyons-incident

`occursIn`Occurs in(1)

Child Taking Removalex:child-taking-removal

`originatedFrom`Originated From(1)

Rosieex:rosie

`originatesFrom`Originates From(1)

Aboriginal Informerex:aboriginal-informer

`peakedIn1877`Peaked In1877(1)

Cooktown Area Chinese Populationex:cooktown-area-chinese-population

`pearlingOperationIn`Pearling Operation in(1)

Anderson Brosex:anderson-bros

`performsContrastRhetoric`Performs Contrast Rhetoric(1)

Article Trove 60095124ex:article-trove-60095124

`possibleAntiMergeControl`Possible Anti Merge Control(1)

Rosie Noble Islandex:rosie-noble-island

`presupposesMailService`Presupposes Mail Service(1)

Carroll Mailmanex:carroll-mailman

`presupposesOlderNameFor`Presupposes Older Name for(1)

Search Term Gu Dang Bu Tu Ren Lao Youex:search-term-gu-dang-bu-tu-ren-lao-you

`providesConcreteRecordsOfAboriginalLabour`Provides Concrete Records of Aboriginal Labour(1)

Cifhs Cooktown Hospital Registerex:cifhs-cooktown-hospital-register

`providesConcreteRecordsOfChildLabour`Provides Concrete Records of Child Labour(1)

Cifhs Cooktown Hospital Registerex:cifhs-cooktown-hospital-register

`residentForLongTime`Resident for Long Time(1)

Captain Leeex:captain-lee

`roleStockman`Role Stockman(1)

George Tarrantex:george-tarrant

`saysCameFrom`Says Came From(1)

Descendant Transcriptex:descendant-transcript

`servedAsCheapLabour`Served As Cheap Labour(1)

Cooktown Aboriginalsex:cooktown-aboriginals

`setIn`Set in(1)

George Malay Storyex:george-malay-story

`spatiallyContainedIn`Spatially Contained in(1)

Cooktown Blacks Battleex:cooktown-blacks-battle

`spatiallyInteriorTo`Spatially Interior to(1)

Interior Countryex:interior-country

`stationedIn`Stationed in(1)

Sub Inspector of Policeex:sub-inspector-of-police

`traditionalOwnersOf`Traditional Owners of(1)

Guugu Yimithirrex:guugu-yimithirr

`underConstruction`Under Construction(1)

Railwayex:railway

`wouldSpringUp`Would Spring Up(1)

Agricultural Pastoralex:agricultural-pastoral

Other facts (15)

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.

15 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
No Depredations Committed by	Blacks Around Cooktown	[1]
Has Discovered	Two Workable Coal Seams	[2]
Is Parched Up	whole of the country	[3]
Ontologically Country	{}	[3]
In Great Contrast to	Interior Country	[4]
Contrasts With Interior	Interior Country	[4]
Implied Evaluated Positively	healthy	[4]
Is Recently Settled	null	[5]
Is Poorly Grassed	null	[5]
Contextualizes	Shunack	[6]
Geographically Near	Yarrabah	[7]
Northern Boundary of	Eastern Kuku Yalanji Lands	[8]
Southern Boundary of	Gungarde	[8]
Had Chinese Population	17000	[9]
Had Dissatisfied People	true	[10]

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.

15 undated

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noDepredationsCommittedBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:blacks-around-cooktown

—

hasDiscoveredtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:two-workable-coal-seams

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isParchedUptrove-cooktown/nunn

whole of the country

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ontologicallyCountrytrove-cooktown/nunn

{}

—

inGreatContrastTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/60095124_Saturday-2-August-1879-beche-de-mer-north-shore-cooktown

ex:interior-country

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contrastsWithInteriorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/60095124_Saturday-2-August-1879-beche-de-mer-north-shore-cooktown

ex:interior-country

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impliedEvaluatedPositivelybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/60095124_Saturday-2-August-1879-beche-de-mer-north-shore-cooktown

healthy

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isRecentlySettledbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79317464_Wednesday-8-June-1892-cultural-societys-show-cooktown-pastoral-and-agricul-from-th

null

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isPoorlyGrassedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79317464_Wednesday-8-June-1892-cultural-societys-show-cooktown-pastoral-and-agricul-from-th

null

—

contextualizesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57971-page-089-c0a19c05e2a4

ex:shunack

—

geographicallyNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/research-checkpoint/qpp-yarrabah-mossman-dinah-cobb-2026-05-07-ade45d519d

ex:yarrabah

—

northernBoundaryOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context

ex:eastern-kuku-yalanji-lands

—

southernBoundaryOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context

ex:gungarde

—

hadChinesePopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks

17000

—

hadDissatisfiedPeoplerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0296-eid-17885

true

References (10)

10 references

[1]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[2]Beche De Mer1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[3]Nunn2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
[4]60095124 Saturday 2 August 1879 Beche De Mer North Shore Cooktown3 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/60095124_Saturday-2-August-1879-beche-de-mer-north-shore-cooktown
[5]79317464 Wednesday 8 June 1892 Cultural Societys Show Cooktown Pastoral and Agricul From Th2 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79317464_Wednesday-8-June-1892-cultural-societys-show-cooktown-pastoral-and-agricul-from-th
[6]Dr57971 Page 089 C0a19c05e2a41 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57971-page-089-c0a19c05e2a4
[7]Qpp Yarrabah Mossman Dinah Cobb 2026 05 07 Ade45d519d1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/research-checkpoint/qpp-yarrabah-mossman-dinah-cobb-2026-05-07-ade45d519d
[8]Kuku Yalanji Chinese Kubara Palmer Cooktown Context2 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
[9]Chinese North Queensland Gold Mining Networks1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-north-queensland-gold-mining-networks
[10]Row 0296 Eid 178851 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0296-eid-17885

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Cooktown Area

Inbound mentions (88)

takenByPoliceFromTaken by Police From(7)

kidnappedFromKidnapped From(4)

locatedInLocated in(3)

partOfPart of(3)

sentFromSent From(3)

takenFromTaken From(3)

crimeLocationCrime Location(2)

fromFrom(2)

wasKidnappedFromWas Kidnapped From(2)

wasOneOfFirstSelectorsWas One of First Selectors(2)

activeInActive in(1)

advocatesCoastalSuperiorityAdvocates Coastal Superiority(1)

affiliatedWithAffiliated With(1)

aimedToDriveAboriginalsAwayAimed to Drive Aboriginals Away(1)

allegedMurderOfPeterCooktownAreaAlleged Murder of Peter Cooktown Area(1)

areLocalToAre Local to(1)

cameFromAroundCame From Around(1)

causesCountryParchedCauses Country Parched(1)

committedDepredationsCommitted Depredations(1)

contextualAsRemoteContextual As Remote(1)

continuesContinues(1)

culturallySensitiveContextCulturally Sensitive Context(1)

describedAsTroublesomeDescribed As Troublesome(1)

endeavouredToMeetWantsOfEndeavoured to Meet Wants of(1)

endeavouredToMeetWantsWhenInOfficeEndeavoured to Meet Wants When in Office(1)

existAsGroupExist As Group(1)

existInExist in(1)

fromAreaFrom Area(1)

fromLocationFrom Location(1)

hasGloriousDominionsIncludingHas Glorious Dominions Including(1)

impliesRegionalDevelopmentImplies Regional Development(1)

inIn(1)

isAboriginalBoyIs Aboriginal Boy(1)

isDistrictRoadInspectorIs District Road Inspector(1)

isLocalCorrespondentIs Local Correspondent(1)

isLocalLegalNetworkNodeIs Local Legal Network Node(1)

isSpokenInIs Spoken in(1)

landedHereLanded Here(1)

localIndustryLocal Industry(1)

localToLocal to(1)

locatedHereLocated Here(1)

locatedInAreaLocated in Area(1)

murderedInAreaMurdered in Area(1)

occurInEveryDirectionOccur in Every Direction(1)

occurredInOccurred in(1)

occursInOccurs in(1)

originatedFromOriginated From(1)

originatesFromOriginates From(1)

peakedIn1877Peaked In1877(1)

pearlingOperationInPearling Operation in(1)

performsContrastRhetoricPerforms Contrast Rhetoric(1)

possibleAntiMergeControlPossible Anti Merge Control(1)

presupposesMailServicePresupposes Mail Service(1)

presupposesOlderNameForPresupposes Older Name for(1)

providesConcreteRecordsOfAboriginalLabourProvides Concrete Records of Aboriginal Labour(1)

providesConcreteRecordsOfChildLabourProvides Concrete Records of Child Labour(1)

residentForLongTimeResident for Long Time(1)

roleStockmanRole Stockman(1)

saysCameFromSays Came From(1)

servedAsCheapLabourServed As Cheap Labour(1)

setInSet in(1)

spatiallyContainedInSpatially Contained in(1)

spatiallyInteriorToSpatially Interior to(1)

stationedInStationed in(1)

traditionalOwnersOfTraditional Owners of(1)

underConstructionUnder Construction(1)

wouldSpringUpWould Spring Up(1)