Cooktown Council

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Cooktown Council has 89 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 19 references, with 7 live disagreements.

89 facts·71 predicates·19 sources·7 in dispute

Mostly:aldermen present(6), exceeded overdraft by(4), unanimously adopted(4)

Inbound mentions (20)

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Alderman D Aricyex:alderman-d-aricy
Bisselex:bissel
Keatingex:keating

`advises`Advises(1)

Cooktown Chronicle Editorex:cooktown-chronicle-editor

`advocatesActionBy`Advocates Action by(1)

Textex:text

`broughtBefore`Brought Before(1)

Inspector Fitzgeraldex:inspector-fitzgerald

`defendant`Defendant(1)

Pending Action Against Councilex:pending-action-against-council

`determinesLeadership`Determines Leadership(1)

Mayor Electionex:mayor-election

`emphasizesFinancialCrisis`Emphasizes Financial Crisis(1)

Reporter Cooktownex:reporter-cooktown

`fundedByCouncil`Funded by Council(1)

Public Worksex:public-works

`hadContinuousServiceIn`Had Continuous Service in(1)

John Davisex:john-davis

`hasCouncil`Has Council(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`hasRoleAlderman`Has Role Alderman(1)

John Davisex:john-davis

`isSubcommitteeOf`Is Subcommittee of(1)

Finance Committeeex:finance-committee

`ledToAdoptionBy`Led to Adoption by(1)

Finance Committee Reportex:finance-committee-report

`resignedSeatIn`Resigned Seat in(1)

Alderman Adamsex:alderman-adams

`sendsCorrespondence`Sends Correspondence(1)

Dj Ryan Companyex:dj-ryan-company

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Finance Committeeex:finance-committee

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Finance Committee Cooktownex:finance-committee-cooktown

`visitsCouncil`Visits Council(1)

Health Inspectorex:health-inspector

Other facts (89)

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89 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Aldermen Present	J Martin	[11]
Aldermen Present	Joseph Ashwell	[11]
Aldermen Present	Michael Kelly	[11]
Aldermen Present	Mrs Martin	[11]
Aldermen Present	Thomas Barrister	[11]
Aldermen Present	William Northcott	[11]
Exceeded Overdraft by	2000	[5]
Exceeded Overdraft by	200	[5]
Exceeded Overdraft by	£200	[8]
Exceeded Overdraft by	200	[10]
Unanimously Adopted	Finance Committee Report	[5]
Unanimously Adopted	Finance Committee Report	[6]
Unanimously Adopted	Cooktown Finance Committee Report	[8]
Unanimously Adopted	Cooktown Finance Committee Report	[6]
Has Overdraft Limit	2000	[5]
Has Overdraft Limit	2000	[6]
Has Overdraft Limit	£2000	[8]
Has Overdraft Limit	2000	[6]
Should Prepare for	Largest Ship Arrival	[3]
Should Prepare for	Arrival of Largest Ship	[13]
Adopted Report	Finance Committee Report 24 Mar 1892	[5]
Adopted Report	Finance Committee Report	[7]
Exceeded Overdraft Limit	200	[6]
Exceeded Overdraft Limit	200	[6]
Held Meeting	Council Meeting 1892 03 24	[6]
Held Meeting	yesterday afternoon	[6]
Applied to Purchase	Local Wharves	[1]
Made Application to	Purchase Local Wharves	[1]
Desirous of Leasing or Purchasing	Old Post Office Cooktown	[2]
Learned New Dredge Being Built for	Northern Ports	[2]
Wants Ministers Promise That Turn Comes	first	[2]
Thinks Desirable to Appoint Someone to Take Charge of	Aborigines District	[2]
Conditional on Not Required by	Queensland Government	[2]
Advocates Appointment for Aborigines Protection	null	[2]
Presupposed to Exist	null	[3]
Deontic Obligation to	Prepare for Ship	[3]
Discussed	What to Do With Blacks	[4]
Should Not Forget	Steam Matter	[1]
Has Pending Action	Pending Action Against Council	[4]
Blamed for	Uncovered Municipal Well	[2]
Negligent in Well Covering	Presupposed Duty	[2]
Receives Protests From	Unionists	[2]
Has Mayor	W T Sleep	[4]
Part of Local Government	null	[5]
Adopted Unanimously	Finance Committee Report 24 Mar 1892	[5]
Has Overdraft Exceeded	Yes	[5]
Presupposes Overdraft Facility	null	[5]
Demonstrated Unity	null	[5]
Obligated to Manage Finances	null	[5]
Financial Crisis Leads to Work Stoppage	Public Works Stoppage	[5]
Making Preparations for	Conference of Northern Governing Bodies	[5]
Preparing Rations for	Conference Northern Governing Bodies	[5]
Contrast With	Charters Towers Council	[5]
Let Contract for	Destruction of Unregistered Dogs and Goats	[5]
Suppressed Correspondence	Angry Correspondence	[5]
Performs Speech Act of Suppression	Angry Correspondence	[5]
Aims to Disguise	Ill Feeling Between Public Men	[5]
Adopts Report	Finance Report	[6]
Exists With Overdraft	Banking Facility	[6]
Overdraft Exceedance Amount	£200	[6]
Presupposes Overdraft Existence	Overdraft Limit	[6]
Unanimously Agrees	Finance Report	[6]
Has Overdraft Facility	true	[7]
Financially Overextended	true	[7]
Undertakes Public Works	true	[7]
Possesses Authority Over Public Works	true	[7]
Exceeded Overdraft by Amount	£2000	[7]
Performs Deliberative Act	adopting recommendation	[8]
Has Financial Dependency	Overdraft	[8]
Decided at Last Meeting to Apply for Loan	null	[9]
Seeks Loan Of21000 Pounds From Government	null	[9]
Overdraft Limit	2000	[10]
Financial Overextension Causes	Stop Public Works	[10]
Grants Leave	Mr Robert Donald	[11]
Decides to Act on Suggestion	Health Inspector	[11]
Decides No Objection	Shell Exhumation	[11]
Books Audited by	Mr W a Hooper	[12]
Has Deontic Obligation	Prepare for Ship Arrival	[13]
Performs Adoption Act	null	[6]
Presupposes Authority Over Public Works	null	[6]
Negatively Evaluates Own Finances	null	[6]
Hoped Not to Forget	New Guinea Steam Matter	[14]
Efforts to Bring Blacks in Made Them Bolder in Raids on Settlers	{}	[15]
Learned New Dredge for Northern Ports Want Promise Cooktown First	{}	[15]
Sought to Exclude Blacks From Town	at night	[16]
Endeavoured in	February 1885	[16]
Tried Exclude Aboriginals at Night1885	null	[17]
Endeavoured to Exclude Blacks	Blacks From Town	[18]
Discussed Police Protection	Alderman Hodel	[19]

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89 undated

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appliedToPurchasetrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:local-wharves

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madeApplicationTotrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:purchase-local-wharves

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desirousOfLeasingOrPurchasingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:old-post-office-cooktown

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learnedNewDredgeBeingBuiltFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:northern-ports

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wantsMinistersPromiseThatTurnComestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

first

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thinksDesirableToAppointSomeoneToTakeChargeOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:aborigines-district

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conditionalOnNotRequiredBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:queensland-government

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advocatesAppointmentForAboriginesProtectiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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presupposedToExisttrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

null

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deonticObligationTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:prepare-for-ship

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shouldPrepareFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:largest-ship-arrival

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discussedtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:what-to-do-with-blacks

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shouldNotForgettrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:steam-matter

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hasPendingActiontrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:pending-action-against-council

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blamedFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:uncovered-municipal-well

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negligentInWellCoveringtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:presupposed-duty

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receivesProtestsFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:unionists

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hasMayortrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:w-t-sleep

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partOfLocalGovernmenttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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adoptedReporttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:finance-committee-report-24-mar-1892

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adoptedUnanimouslytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:finance-committee-report-24-mar-1892

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hasOverdraftExceededtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:yes

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presupposesOverdraftFacilitytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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demonstratedUnitytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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exceededOverdraftBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

2000

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obligatedToManageFinancestrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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financialCrisisLeadsToWorkStoppagetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:public-works-stoppage

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unanimouslyAdoptedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:finance-committee-report

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exceededOverdraftBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

200

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hasOverdraftLimittrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

2000

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makingPreparationsFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:conference-of-northern-governing-bodies

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preparingRationsFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:conference-northern-governing-bodies

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contrastWithtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:charters-towers-council

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letContractFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:destruction-of-unregistered-dogs-and-goats

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suppressedCorrespondencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:angry-correspondence

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performsSpeechActOfSuppressiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:angry-correspondence

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aimsToDisguisetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:ill-feeling-between-public-men

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exceededOverdraftLimitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

200

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adoptsReportbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:finance-report

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existsWithOverdraftbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:banking-facility

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hasOverdraftLimitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

2000

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heldMeetingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:council-meeting-1892-03-24

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overdraftExceedanceAmountbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

£200

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presupposesOverdraftExistencebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:overdraft-limit

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unanimouslyAdoptedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:finance-committee-report

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unanimouslyAgreesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174038935_Saturday-26-March-1892-telegrams-queensland-bundaberg-march-25

ex:finance-report

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hasOverdraftFacilitybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

true

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financiallyOverextendedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

true

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undertakesPublicWorksbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

true

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possessesAuthorityOverPublicWorksbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

true

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adoptedReportbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

ex:finance-committee-report

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exceededOverdraftByAmountbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

£2000

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unanimouslyAdoptedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25

ex:cooktown-finance-committee-report

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exceededOverdraftBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25

£200

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performsDeliberativeActbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25

adopting recommendation

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hasFinancialDependencybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25

ex:overdraft

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hasOverdraftLimitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3539483_Saturday-26-March-1892-queensland-from-odr-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-25

£2000

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decidedAtLastMeetingToApplyForLoanbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67954757_Saturday-19-December-1885-northern-mail-news-normanton

null

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seeksLoanOf21000PoundsFromGovernmentbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67954757_Saturday-19-December-1885-northern-mail-news-normanton

null

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exceededOverdraftBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79332857_Wednesday-30-March-1892-telegrams-by-electric-telegraph-townsville-march-25

200

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overdraftLimitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79332857_Wednesday-30-March-1892-telegrams-by-electric-telegraph-townsville-march-25

2000

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financialOverextensionCausesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/79332857_Wednesday-30-March-1892-telegrams-by-electric-telegraph-townsville-march-25

ex:stop-public-works

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