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Cooktown Port has 69 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 36 references, with 6 live disagreements.

69 facts·61 predicates·36 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:located in(3), chief exports past quarter(2), is better than(2)

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Located inin disputelocatedIn

Chief Exports Past Quarterin disputechiefExportsPastQuarter

  • Beche De Mer[2]all time · Beche De Mer
  • 29 tons 11 dwt. beche-de-mer, 705 hides, 2,648 ozb. gold, 5,704 cwt. tin[10]all time · 177860477 Tuesday 17 April 1888 Queensland News

Is Better Thanin disputeisBetterThan

  • Brisbane Port[19]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Davenport Walker Monday 6 December 1880 85758122 D D Gazette Published Daily Ferio Tego Monday December 6 1880
  • Rockhampton Port[19]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Davenport Walker Monday 6 December 1880 85758122 D D Gazette Published Daily Ferio Tego Monday December 6 1880

Has Steamer Departurein disputehasSteamerDeparture

Establishment Triggered Arrival ofin disputeestablishmentTriggeredArrivalOf

  • 5000 white miners[6]all time · 63488442 Wednesday 8 October 1952 Cooktown and the Palmer Gold Diggings Spencer Brownes Memoir
  • 20000 Chinese[6]all time · 63488442 Wednesday 8 October 1952 Cooktown and the Palmer Gold Diggings Spencer Brownes Memoir

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  • Port[29]all time · 049b6302 2ae9 4482 Bfae B75ef3a08ec0
  • Port[22]all time · 0289ee46 14ba 431e Abb3 57d0ca784e13

Established Soon AfterestablishedSoonAfter

Unable tounableTo

  • Lighter Mail Boat[21]all time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 16 July 1881 183952060 Northern News

Lackslacks

Age in YearageInYear

  • seven years old[4]all time · Downloaded Archive Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 150836805 E8b231d7df01

Alternative NamealternativeName

  • 库克港[5]all time · Chinese Tam Gee Kee Aboriginal Attack Naming

Preferred Landing forpreferredLandingFor

Inbound mentions (100)

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arrivedFromArrived From(13)

arrivedFromPortArrived From Port(6)

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Other facts (49)

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49 facts
PredicateValueRef
Mentioned in Shippingtrue[24]
Served byRoyal Mail Coastal Service[24]
Behind CreationVivid Chapter Australian Gold[7]
Age In18807 years[3]
Behind Vivid Chapter Australian Gold ProductionPalmer Gold[8]
Referenced in Querynull[18]
Rockton Departs Tuesday at3 p.m.[18]
Mentioned in Querynull[23]
Has Return Fare£1 7s 0d[17]
Has Saloon Fare£2 16s 0d[17]
Has Second Saloon Fare£4 16s 0d[17]
Mentioned in Shipping SchedulesArticle 172844140[25]
Tranships atCooktown Port[33]
Serviced byWodonga Ship[35]
Had Two Steamers Pass Going SouthTrue[15]
Became Terminus ofSubsidised Mail Service to New Guinea[6]
Opened Years After3[6]
Complained About byCooktown Residents and British India Captains[11]
Lacks Accommodation forLoading Unloading Cargoes[11]
Served by AusnAustralasian United Steam Navigation Company[32]
Part of Comparative TableQueensland Customs Duties[27]
Handles ExportsCooktown Exports[2]
Alive WithShipping[2]
Presupposes Trade Existencetrue[12]
Entrance Is Filling UpTrue[12]
Additional Dutyone-third in Brisbane[2]
Exported Gold188142948 oz worth £171792[2]
Exported Tin1881535 tons[2]
Exports1881£232083[2]
Imports1881£124619[2]
Revenue Last Year£43905[2]
Shipped In1881245 tons beche-de-mer valued £24069[2]
PossessesRich Mineral Resources[1]
Has Great Futuretrue[1]
Presupposes Inferior toCairns Port[28]
Mystic Something CharacteristicVivid Gold Chapter[26]
Served by ShippingMultiple Ships[34]
Is Northern PortYes[20]
Saloon Fare From Brisbane£3 14s 0d[31]
Served by ShipCintra Ship[33]
Serviced by Multiple LinesAustralasian United Steam Navigation Company[36]
Frequently Mentioned{}[14]
Has Prospect of Coal Tradenull[16]
Exists inCooktown[13]
Busy Shipping HubTrue[9]
Exists Asport[1]
Rdfs:labelCooktown port[22]
Active in1893[1]
Related to QueryOddfellows Cooktown[30]

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one-third in Brisbane
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7 years
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seven years old
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库克港
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busyShippingHubtrove-cooktown/prostitution
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chiefExportsPastQuartertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
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29 tons 11 dwt. beche-de-mer, 705 hides, 2,648 ozb. gold, 5,704 cwt. tin
complainedAboutBylaura-corridor/loop5-fitzgerald
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entranceIsFillingUptrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
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5000 white miners
establishmentTriggeredArrivalOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/63488442_Wednesday-8-October-1952-cooktown-and-the-palmer-gold-diggings-spencer-brownes-memoir
20000 Chinese
existsAstrove-cooktown/john-davis
port
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ex:cooktown
exportedGold1881trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
42948 oz worth £171792
exportedTin1881trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
535 tons
exports1881trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
£232083
frequentlyMentionedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171941087_Friday-7-September-1894_Advertising
{}
hadTwoSteamersPassGoingSouthbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
ex:true
handlesExportstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown-exports
hasGreatFuturetrove-cooktown/john-davis
true
hasProspectOfCoalTradebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146902356_Tuesday-7-May-1895_GENERAL-NEWS
null
hasReturnFarebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174697435_Saturday-26-September-1885_Advertising
£1 7s 0d
hasSaloonFarebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174697435_Saturday-26-September-1885_Advertising
£2 16s 0d
hasSecondSaloonFarebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174697435_Saturday-26-September-1885_Advertising
£4 16s 0d
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ex:rockhampton-port
isNorthernPortbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174757477_Tuesday-14-June-1887_Advertising
ex:yes
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mentionedInQuerybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174958902_Wednesday-16-October-1901_Advertising
null
mentionedInShippingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-289344095
true
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ex:article-172844140
mysticSomethingCharacteristicrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
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openedYearsAfterbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/63488442_Wednesday-8-October-1952-cooktown-and-the-palmer-gold-diggings-spencer-brownes-memoir
3
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possessestrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:rich-mineral-resources
preferredLandingForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-tam-gee-kee-aboriginal-attack-naming
ex:chinese-workers
presupposesInferiorTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-john-reynolds-gira
ex:cairns-port
presupposesTradeExistencetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
true
labeldocument/0289ee46-14ba-431e-abb3-57d0ca784e13
Cooktown port
typedocument/049b6302-2ae9-4482-bfae-b75ef3a08ec0
ex:Port
typedocument/0289ee46-14ba-431e-abb3-57d0ca784e13
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referencedInQuerybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176703885_Saturday-21-January-1888_Advertising
null
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revenueLastYeartrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
£43905
rocktonDepartsTuesdayAtbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176703885_Saturday-21-January-1888_Advertising
3 p.m.
saloonFareFromBrisbanebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174673798_Tuesday-30-December-1884_Advertising
£3 14s 0d
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ex:royal-mail-coastal-service
servedByAUSNtrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:australasian-united-steam-navigation-company
servedByShipbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172680435_Monday-11-May-1891_Advertising
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servedByShippingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174958985_Wednesday-16-October-1901_Advertising
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servicedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172577567_Tuesday-4-November-1902_Advertising
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References (36)

36 references
  1. [1]John Davis5 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  2. [2]Beche De Mer10 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
    • full textctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
      text/plain17 KBdoc:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-bc7235483ce6
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      --- source_url: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150836805 source_title: trove.nla.gov.au_newspaper_article_150836805 source_type: webpage archive_file: research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-archive-2026-05-06/webpages/
  4. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-150836805-e8b231d7df01
  5. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-tam-gee-kee-aboriginal-attack-naming
  6. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/63488442_Wednesday-8-October-1952-cooktown-and-the-palmer-gold-diggings-spencer-brownes-memoir
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-c7c53cb82a89
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
  9. [9]Prostitution1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  10. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/177860477_Tuesday-17-April-1888-queensland-news
  11. [11]Loop5 Fitzgerald2 facts
    customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop5-fitzgerald
  12. [12]Coloured Persons2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  13. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/122555990_Thursday-28-January-1886_COOKTOWN-Monday-January-25
  14. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171941087_Friday-7-September-1894_Advertising
  15. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
  16. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146902356_Tuesday-7-May-1895_GENERAL-NEWS
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174697435_Saturday-26-September-1885_Advertising
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176703885_Saturday-21-January-1888_Advertising
  19. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--davenport-walker--monday 6 december 1880--85758122--d-d-gazette-published-daily-ferio-tego-monday-december-6-1880
  20. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174757477_Tuesday-14-June-1887_Advertising
  21. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 16 july 1881--183952060--northern-news
  22. ctx:claims/document/0289ee46-14ba-431e-abb3-57d0ca784e13
  23. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174958902_Wednesday-16-October-1901_Advertising
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-289344095
  25. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172844140_Tuesday-27-January-1903_Advertising
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
  27. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-john-reynolds-gira
  29. ctx:claims/document/049b6302-2ae9-4482-bfae-b75ef3a08ec0
  30. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176704798_Wednesday-29-February-1888_Advertising
  31. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174673798_Tuesday-30-December-1884_Advertising
  32. [32]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  33. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172680435_Monday-11-May-1891_Advertising
  34. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174958985_Wednesday-16-October-1901_Advertising
  35. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172577567_Tuesday-4-November-1902_Advertising
  36. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171948844_Friday-26-October-1894_Advertising

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