Cooktown News

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Cooktown News

Dated	1880 04 28^[1]
Dated	December 2^[1]
Sourced From	Courier^[22]
Sourced From	Courier Newspaper^[9]
Reported on Date	1883-01-13^[2]
Reported on Date	May 2 1887^[19]
Date	August 25^[4]
Date	1895-04-15^[5]
Cites Source	Courier Cooktown^[1]
Cites Source	Courier Newspaper^[2]
Rdf:type	News Item^[4]
Rdf:type	News Report^[5]
Tin Ore Brought to Town	over twelve tons^[24]
Reports Tin Ore Shipment	over twelve tons^[21]

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Cooktown News has 67 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 24 references, with 6 live disagreements.

67 facts·36 predicates·24 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:dated(13), sourced from(13), reported on date(4)

Datedin dispute`dated`

1880 04 28^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
December 2^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
July 3 1888^[7]all time · 52018412 Wednesday 4 July 1888 Queensland News Brisbane July 3
1884-08-15^[8]all time · 23974480 Saturday 23 August 1884 Queensland News Cooktown August 15
1884-07-31^[6]all time · Bloomfield
9th November^[9]all time · North Shore Cooktown
November 4^[10]all time · 20346626 Saturday 11 November 1893 Queensland News From Our Own Correspondents Thursday Island
1884-07-30^[6]all time · Bloomfield
Thursday^[11]all time · Loop16 Frontier Violence
1886-11-08^[12]all time · Pearl Shell

Sourced Fromin dispute`sourcedFrom`

Courier^[22]all time · 51985107 Friday 9 January 1880 Reynolds Family Hotel Ah Shew Incident
Courier^[9]all time · North Shore Cooktown
Courier^[2]all time · Cingalese
Courier^[18]all time · Family Hotel Cooktown
Courier Newspaper^[9]all time · North Shore Cooktown
Courier Newspaper^[23]all time · 02 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51985107 5b2ab2036ac2
Courier Newspaper^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
Courier Newspaper^[18]all time · Family Hotel Cooktown
Independent Cooktown^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
Independent Newspaper^[1]all time · Beche De Mer

Reported on Datein dispute`reportedOnDate`

1883-01-13^[2]all time · Cingalese
May 2 1887^[19]all time · 171027092 Wednesday 4 May 1887 Queensland News Warwick May 2
1887-11-25^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
1939-10-31^[20]all time · 150815035 Saturday 4 November 1939 Cooktown News Personal Cooktown October 31

Datein dispute`date`

August 25^[4]sourceall time · 01565ada Acbf 487e A83e Fc1e93a5dc63
1895-04-15^[5]sourceall time · 0341f2db 6313 43a9 86b8 25cdaa964649
July 31^[6]all time · Bloomfield

Cites Sourcein dispute`citesSource`

Courier Cooktown^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
Courier Newspaper^[2]all time · Cingalese

Rdf:typein dispute`rdf:type`

News Item^[4]all time · 01565ada Acbf 487e A83e Fc1e93a5dc63
News Report^[5]all time · 0341f2db 6313 43a9 86b8 25cdaa964649

Tin Ore Brought to Town`tinOreBroughtToTown`

over twelve tons^[24]all time · 006 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51982736 Bed269afb736

Reports Tin Ore Shipment`reportsTinOreShipment`

over twelve tons^[21]all time · 02 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51982736 E2dbafea8362

Is Section of`isSectionOf`

Cairns Post^[17]all time · 42209291 Thursday 2 November 1939 Cooktown News Personal Cooktown October 31

Covers Period Up to`coversPeriodUpTo`

1887-09-27^[3]all time · 287314457 Thursday 6 October 1887 Cooktown From Local Papers to 27th September

Involves`involves`

Two Black Troopers^[16]all time · Loop13 Named Percy

Reported Date`reportedDate`

1885-02-23^[2]all time · Cingalese

Inbound mentions (28)

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Other facts (24)

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24 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Dateline Date	24-june-1884	[15]
Written by	Cooktown Correspondent	[6]
References External Source	Courier Newspaper	[2]
Reports on	Normanby River Garden Burning	[2]
References	Courier Cooktown	[14]
No Later Than	Catterthun News	[2]
Precedes	Cairns News	[1]
Reported by Newspaper	Courier Cooktown	[1]
Came From Cooktown	null	[2]
Assumes Existence of	Duke of Manchester	[1]
Promises to Provide	Full Particulars Ceremony	[9]
Regrets Lack of	Full Particulars Ceremony	[9]
Published on	Saturday 24 May 1884	[9]
Headline Date	29 Apr 1880	[1]
Precedes Cairns News	true	[18]
Relies on Courier Attribution	Courier Newspaper	[18]
Framed As Local Gossip	true	[3]
Report Date	1883-11-07	[15]
Temporal Precedes Publication	25-june-1884	[15]
Expresses Opinion That	Northern Natives Useful	[9]
Emphasizes Maritime Activity	True	[1]
Reported in	Toowoomba Chronicle	[4]
Presupposes Maritime Risks	{}	[6]
Glad to State	true	[14]

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67 undated

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null

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coversPeriodUpTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/287314457_Thursday-6-October-1887-cooktown-from-local-papers-to-27th-september

1887-09-27

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1895-04-15

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July 31

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1884-08-15

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1884-07-31

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9th November

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November 4

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1884-07-30

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Thursday

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datedtrove-cooktown/pearl-shell

1886-11-08

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datedtrove-cooktown/bloomfield

1884-07-25

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datedtrove-cooktown/reynolds

1885-11-01

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datedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

April 7

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24-june-1884

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true

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true

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29 Apr 1880

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true

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{}

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Saturday 24 May 1884

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1883-11-07

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1885-02-23

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1883-01-13

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May 2 1887

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reportedOnDatetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

1887-11-25

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1939-10-31

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over twelve tons

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