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Cooktown Authorities

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Cooktown Authorities has 21 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 9 references, with 2 live disagreements.

21 facts·19 predicates·9 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:conducted verification(2), made preparations for(2), making efforts to establish(1)

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Inbound mentions (13)

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impliesNegligenceImplies Negligence(2)

reportedEventToReported Event to(2)

defiesDefies(1)

demandsImmediateAttentionDemands Immediate Attention(1)

finedHeavilyFined Heavily(1)

heavilyFinedHeavily Fined(1)

lacksCredibilityPerLacks Credibility Per(1)

performsDefianceSpeechActPerforms Defiance Speech Act(1)

recentlySeizedByRecently Seized by(1)

seizedBySeized by(1)

wasRecentlySeizedByWas Recently Seized by(1)

Other facts (21)

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21 facts
PredicateValueRef
Conducted VerificationWhite Woman Story[3]
Conducted VerificationBlacks Story[9]
Made Preparations forSearch Party Start[3]
Made Preparations forSearch Expedition[9]
Making Efforts to EstablishFriendly Relations With Blacks[1]
Sworn inSpecial Constables[2]
Called OutNaval Brigade[2]
Verified Native ReportBody Found[3]
Holds Uncertainty InitiallyWhite Woman Story[3]
Deemed Without FoundationWhite Woman Story[3]
Expressed Satisfaction That FalseWhite Woman Story[3]
Sent Examiners toLizard Island[4]
Sent ExaminersLizard Island[4]
Located inCooktown[5]
Have Taken No Steps toExclude Blacks From Town[6]
Implicature of InactionExclusion Steps for Blacks[7]
Criticized forInability to Enforce[8]
Authorizes Non ActionSearch Party[9]
Intervened inSearch Plans[9]
Hold Negative StanceBlacks Story[9]
Deemed StoryStory Without Foundation[9]

Timeline

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21 undated
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makingEffortsToEstablishtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:friendly-relations-with-blacks
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swornIntrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:special-constables
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calledOuttrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:naval-brigade
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verifiedNativeReporttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:body-found
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holdsUncertaintyInitiallytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:white-woman-story
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conductedVerificationtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:white-woman-story
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deemedWithoutFoundationtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:white-woman-story
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expressedSatisfactionThatFalsetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:white-woman-story
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madePreparationsFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:search-party-start
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sentExaminersTotrove-cooktown/fishing-station
ex:lizard-island
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sentExaminerstrove-cooktown/fishing-station
ex:lizard-island
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locatedIntrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
ex:cooktown
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haveTakenNoStepsTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
ex:exclude-blacks-from-town
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implicatureOfInactionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/201453727_Wednesday-21-January-1891-leprosy-at-cooktown-brisbane-tuesday
ex:exclusion-steps-for-blacks
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criticizedForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/142998943_Saturday-21-April-1877_CHINESE-IMMIGRANTS-AT-COOKTOWN-AUSTRALIAN-ASSOCIATED-PRESS-TELEGRAMS-COOKTOWN-THURSDAY
ex:inability-to-enforce
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conductedVerificationbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:blacks-story
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authorizesNonActionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:search-party
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intervenedInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:search-plans
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madePreparationsForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:search-expedition
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holdNegativeStancebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:blacks-story
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deemedStorybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS
ex:story-without-foundation

References (9)

9 references
  1. [1]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  2. [2]Mauritius Queensland2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  3. [3]North Shore Full6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  4. [4]Fishing Station2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fishing-station
  5. [5]Douro Vessel1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/douro-vessel
  6. [6]171033410 Wednesday 21 January 1891 Queensland News Tambo January 191 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171033410_Wednesday-21-January-1891-queensland-news-tambo-january-19
  7. [7]201453727 Wednesday 21 January 1891 Leprosy at Cooktown Brisbane Tuesday1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/201453727_Wednesday-21-January-1891-leprosy-at-cooktown-brisbane-tuesday
  8. [8]142998943 Saturday 21 April 1877 Chinese Immigrants at Cooktown Australian Associated Press Telegrams Cooktown Thursday1 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/142998943_Saturday-21-April-1877_CHINESE-IMMIGRANTS-AT-COOKTOWN-AUSTRALIAN-ASSOCIATED-PRESS-TELEGRAMS-COOKTOWN-THURSDAY
  9. [9]175543351 Saturday 5 November 1881 the White Woman Among the Blacks6 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175543351_Saturday-5-November-1881_THE-WHITE-WOMAN-AMONG-THE-BLACKS

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