Cooktown Municipality

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Town Clerk	Brooks Clay^[8]
Election for Alderman	extraordinary vacancy^[5]
Proclaimed Three Years After	Cooktown Port Opening^[7]
Census Population	2620^[4]
Appointed Aldermen	John Clunn Senior^[3]
Accused of	Illegal Leasing^[1]
Served With Writ	£500^[1]
Annual Payment Per Act	£903^[2]

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Cooktown Municipality has 22 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references.

22 facts·22 predicates·8 sources

Mostly:town clerk(1), election for alderman(1), proclaimed three years after(1)

Town Clerk`townClerk`

Brooks Clay^[8]all time · Downloaded Archive Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 288044759 Ee9e85ef4f15

Election for Alderman`electionForAlderman`

extraordinary vacancy^[5]all time · Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 288044759 1e773240cf74

Proclaimed Three Years After`proclaimedThreeYearsAfter`

Cooktown Port Opening^[7]all time · 63488442 Wednesday 8 October 1952 Cooktown and the Palmer Gold Diggings Spencer Brownes Memoir

Census Population`censusPopulation`

2620^[4]all time · Beche De Mer

Appointed Aldermen`appointedAldermen`

John Clunn Senior^[3]all time · Coloured Persons

Accused of`accusedOf`

Illegal Leasing^[1]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Served With Writ`servedWithWrit`

£500^[1]all time · North Shore Cooktown

Annual Payment Per Act`annualPaymentPerAct`

£903^[2]all time · John Davis

Arrear Amount`arrearAmount`

£490^[2]all time · John Davis

Borrowed Additional1881`borrowedAdditional1881`

£3000^[2]all time · John Davis

Endowment Received1881`endowmentReceived1881`

£1356^[2]all time · John Davis

Needs to Be Held`needsToBeHeld`

with a firm hand^[2]all time · John Davis

Inbound mentions (26)

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`affiliatedWith`Affiliated With(5)

B E Emanuelex:b-e-emanuel
Darcyex:darcy
D Laneex:d-lane
John Davisex:john-davis
W K Humphreysex:w-k-humphreys

`appointedAlderman`Appointed Alderman(3)

John Blaineex:john-blaine
John Clunn Senex:john-clunn-sen
William Thomas Sleepex:william-thomas-sleep

`returnedAsAldermanOf`Returned As Alderman of(3)

J B Martinex:j-b-martin
J L Adamsex:j-l-adams
John Davisex:john-davis

`appointedFor`Appointed for(2)

E Oliveex:e-olive
J Edmistonex:j-edmiston

`electedAsAuditorOf`Elected As Auditor of(2)

Mr Kischex:mr-kisch
Mr Lordex:mr-lord

`areEssentialToMunicipality`Are Essential to Municipality(1)

Mayorsex:mayors

`criticizesDebtAccumulation`Criticizes Debt Accumulation(1)

Textex:text

`hasMunicipality`Has Municipality(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`implicatesFinancialFailure`Implicates Financial Failure(1)

Receivershipex:receivership

`isElectiveOffice`Is Elective Office(1)

Mayor of Cooktownex:mayor-of-cooktown

`isMunicipalRole`Is Municipal Role(1)

Aldermanex:alderman

`isOversightRole`Is Oversight Role(1)

Auditorex:auditor

`onBehalfOf`On Behalf of(1)

Mr Alderman Davisex:mr-alderman-davis

`prominentFigureIn`Prominent Figure in(1)

Mr John Davisex:mr-john-davis

`servedTwoTermsAsMayorOf`Served Two Terms As Mayor of(1)

Edward Darcyex:edward-darcy

`wasAldermanOf`Was Alderman of(1)

Mr F C Hodel Snrex:mr-f-c-hodel-snr

Other facts (10)

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10 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Office Expenses Salaries Other Expenses Excl Public Works1881	nearly £1400	[2]
Ordinary Expenditure1881 Excess Receipts	nearly £500	[2]
Rate Revenue1881	£729	[2]
Total Debt	£14,833	[2]
Total Income1881	£2448	[2]
Total Payment to Treasury Last Half Year Loans	£149	[2]
Population Last Year	1593	[4]
Entered Receivership in Year	1888	[6]
Had First Mayor	Edward Darcy	[6]
Was Proclaimed on	25 November 1879	[6]

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22 undated

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accusedOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

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annualPaymentPerActtrove-cooktown/john-davis

£903

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appointedAldermentrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:john-clunn-senior

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arrearAmounttrove-cooktown/john-davis

£490

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borrowedAdditional1881trove-cooktown/john-davis

£3000

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censusPopulationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

2620

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electionForAldermanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-288044759-1e773240cf74

extraordinary vacancy

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endowmentReceived1881trove-cooktown/john-davis

£1356

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enteredReceivershipInYearctx:test/cooktown-mayors

1888

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hadFirstMayorctx:test/cooktown-mayors

ex:edward-darcy

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needsToBeHeldtrove-cooktown/john-davis

with a firm hand

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officeExpensesSalariesOtherExpensesExclPublicWorks1881trove-cooktown/john-davis

nearly £1400

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ordinaryExpenditure1881ExcessReceiptstrove-cooktown/john-davis

nearly £500

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populationLastYeartrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

1593

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proclaimedThreeYearsAfterbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/63488442_Wednesday-8-October-1952-cooktown-and-the-palmer-gold-diggings-spencer-brownes-memoir

ex:cooktown-port-opening

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rateRevenue1881trove-cooktown/john-davis

£729

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servedWithWrittrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

£500

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totalDebttrove-cooktown/john-davis

£14,833

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totalIncome1881trove-cooktown/john-davis

£2448

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totalPaymentToTreasuryLastHalfYearLoanstrove-cooktown/john-davis

£149

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townClerkrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-288044759-ee9e85ef4f15

ex:brooks-clay

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wasProclaimedOnctx:test/cooktown-mayors

25 November 1879

References (8)

8 references

[1]North Shore Cooktown2 facts
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[2]John Davis11 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[3]Coloured Persons1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[4]Beche De Mer2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[5]Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 288044759 1e773240cf741 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-288044759-1e773240cf74
[6]Cooktown Mayors3 facts
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[7]63488442 Wednesday 8 October 1952 Cooktown and the Palmer Gold Diggings Spencer Brownes Memoir1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/63488442_Wednesday-8-October-1952-cooktown-and-the-palmer-gold-diggings-spencer-brownes-memoir
[8]Downloaded Archive Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 288044759 Ee9e85ef4f151 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-288044759-ee9e85ef4f15

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Cooktown Municipality

Town ClerktownClerk

Election for AldermanelectionForAlderman

Proclaimed Three Years AfterproclaimedThreeYearsAfter

Census PopulationcensusPopulation

Appointed AldermenappointedAldermen

Accused ofaccusedOf

Served With WritservedWithWrit

Annual Payment Per ActannualPaymentPerAct

Arrear AmountarrearAmount

Borrowed Additional1881borrowedAdditional1881

Endowment Received1881endowmentReceived1881

Needs to Be HeldneedsToBeHeld

Inbound mentions (26)

affiliatedWithAffiliated With(5)

appointedAldermanAppointed Alderman(3)

returnedAsAldermanOfReturned As Alderman of(3)

appointedForAppointed for(2)

electedAsAuditorOfElected As Auditor of(2)

areEssentialToMunicipalityAre Essential to Municipality(1)

criticizesDebtAccumulationCriticizes Debt Accumulation(1)

hasMunicipalityHas Municipality(1)

implicatesFinancialFailureImplicates Financial Failure(1)

isElectiveOfficeIs Elective Office(1)

isMunicipalRoleIs Municipal Role(1)

isOversightRoleIs Oversight Role(1)

onBehalfOfOn Behalf of(1)

prominentFigureInProminent Figure in(1)

servedTwoTermsAsMayorOfServed Two Terms As Mayor of(1)

wasAldermanOfWas Alderman of(1)

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References (8)

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Town Clerk`townClerk`

Election for Alderman`electionForAlderman`

Proclaimed Three Years After`proclaimedThreeYearsAfter`

Census Population`censusPopulation`

Appointed Aldermen`appointedAldermen`

Accused of`accusedOf`

Served With Writ`servedWithWrit`

Annual Payment Per Act`annualPaymentPerAct`

Arrear Amount`arrearAmount`

Borrowed Additional1881`borrowedAdditional1881`

Endowment Received1881`endowmentReceived1881`

Needs to Be Held`needsToBeHeld`

`affiliatedWith`Affiliated With(5)

`appointedAlderman`Appointed Alderman(3)

`returnedAsAldermanOf`Returned As Alderman of(3)

`appointedFor`Appointed for(2)

`electedAsAuditorOf`Elected As Auditor of(2)

`areEssentialToMunicipality`Are Essential to Municipality(1)

`criticizesDebtAccumulation`Criticizes Debt Accumulation(1)

`hasMunicipality`Has Municipality(1)

`implicatesFinancialFailure`Implicates Financial Failure(1)

`isElectiveOffice`Is Elective Office(1)

`isMunicipalRole`Is Municipal Role(1)

`isOversightRole`Is Oversight Role(1)

`onBehalfOf`On Behalf of(1)

`prominentFigureIn`Prominent Figure in(1)

`servedTwoTermsAsMayorOf`Served Two Terms As Mayor of(1)

`wasAldermanOf`Was Alderman of(1)