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Cooktown Population

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Cooktown Population has 23 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 14 references, with 2 live disagreements.

23 facts·21 predicates·14 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:has not increased much(2), included(2), is known to have peaked over(1)

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Inbound mentions (6)

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afflictsMultiplePeopleAfflicts Multiple People(1)

contrastsWithPopulationContrasts With Population(1)

formConsiderablePortionForm Considerable Portion(1)

formedSignificantPartOfFormed Significant Part of(1)

impliesDiseaseSpreadRiskImplies Disease Spread Risk(1)

presupposesPopulationPresupposes Population(1)

Other facts (23)

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23 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Not Increased Muchrecently[3]
Has Not Increased MuchCooktown[4]
IncludedChinese Immigrants[8]
Includedmany Chinese immigrants[13]
Is Known to Have Peaked Over5000[1]
Two Thirds ofPopulation 1879[2]
IncludesChinese[2]
Exists As Communitynull[4]
Has Not Much Increasednull[5]
Experiences ExcitementApprehension of Danger[6]
Includes Papuantrue[7]
Includes Chinesetrue[7]
Includes Europeanstrue[7]
Includes Kanakatrue[7]
Includes Malaytrue[7]
Includes Aboriginaltrue[7]
Many Chinese Immigrantstrue[9]
Estimated At7660uncertain[10]
Included ManyChinese Immigrants[11]
Boomed1870s 1880s[12]
Included Many Chinese Immigrantsnull[14]
Reached About3000 Within4 Monthsnull[14]
Grew to About7000 by1880[14]

Timeline

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.

23 undated
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isKnownToHavePeakedOverctx:test/cooktown-mayors
5000
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twoThirdsOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:population-1879
—
includestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese
—
hasNotIncreasedMuchlaura-corridor/loop3-network
recently
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existsAsCommunitylaura-corridor/loop9-stations
null
—
hasNotIncreasedMuchlaura-corridor/loop9-stations
ex:cooktown
—
hasNotMuchIncreasedlaura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
null
—
experiencesExcitementbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/290358367_Friday-23-January-1891-telegraphic-news-cairns-jan-22
ex:apprehension-of-danger
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includesPapuanbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includesChinesebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includesEuropeansbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includesKanakabrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includesMalaybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includesAboriginalbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
true
—
includedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-0ea975b65d3f
ex:chinese-immigrants
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manyChineseImmigrantsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-1476e3499fd5
true
—
estimatedAt7660trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
uncertain
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includedManyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-74808eb4a962
ex:chinese-immigrants
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boomedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
1870s 1880s
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includedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-d9be04d0a1b214c6
many Chinese immigrants
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includedManyChineseImmigrantsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-hope-vale-official-history-roth-record-ids-cooktown-removals-57dd96dc9f05
null
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reachedAbout3000Within4Monthsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-hope-vale-official-history-roth-record-ids-cooktown-removals-57dd96dc9f05
null
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grewToAbout7000Byrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-hope-vale-official-history-roth-record-ids-cooktown-removals-57dd96dc9f05
1880

References (14)

14 references
  1. [1]Cooktown Mayors1 fact
    ctx:_quarantine/ctx:test/cooktown-mayors
  2. [2]Beche De Mer2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. [3]Loop3 Network1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop3-network
  4. [4]Loop9 Stations2 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop9-stations
  5. [5]Loop10 Goldfield Towns1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
  6. [6]290358367 Friday 23 January 1891 Telegraphic News Cairns Jan 221 fact
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/290358367_Friday-23-January-1891-telegraphic-news-cairns-jan-22
  7. [7]123272246 Thursday 25 May 1882 a Ramble About Cooktown No Iii6 facts
    ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123272246_Thursday-25-May-1882_A-RAMBLE-ABOUT-COOKTOWN-No-III
  8. [8]Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch 0ea975b65d3f1 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-0ea975b65d3f
  9. [9]Downloaded Arch 1476e3499fd51 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-1476e3499fd5
  10. [10]Coloured Persons1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  11. [11]Downloaded Arch 74808eb4a9621 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-74808eb4a962
  12. [12]Kuku Yalanji Chinese Kubara Palmer Cooktown Context1 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
  13. [13]Downloaded Archive D9be04d0a1b214c61 fact
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-d9be04d0a1b214c6
  14. [14]Qld Hope Vale Official History Roth Record Ids Cooktown Removals 57dd96dc9f053 facts
    ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-hope-vale-official-history-roth-record-ids-cooktown-removals-57dd96dc9f05

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