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Cooktown

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Cooktown has 65 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 38 references, with 2 live disagreements.

65 facts·58 predicates·38 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:proposed extension from(2), proposed extension to(2), has washed away(2)

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Inbound mentions (53)

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forRailwayFor Railway(4)

forRailwaysFor Railways(3)

contractorsForContractors for(2)

washedAwayWashed Away(2)

areContractorsForAre Contractors for(1)

belongsToBelongs to(1)

brokeOverBroke Over(1)

builtRailwayStationBuilt Railway Station(1)

carriedRevolversCarried Revolvers(1)

carriedRevolversForProtectionCarried Revolvers for Protection(1)

causesDisruptionToCauses Disruption to(1)

concernsCooktownRailwayConcerns Cooktown Railway(1)

contractForContract for(1)

currentTerminusOfCurrent Terminus of(1)

expressesSorryAboutExpresses Sorry About(1)

forBridgeRenewalsOnFor Bridge Renewals on(1)

forProjectFor Project(1)

hasRailwayProjectHas Railway Project(1)

hasRoleInHas Role in(1)

hasSubcategoryHas Subcategory(1)

indicatesProgressIndicates Progress(1)

invitedToTurnFirstSodInvited to Turn First Sod(1)

isContractorIs Contractor(1)

isContractorForIs Contractor for(1)

isRailwayContractorIs Railway Contractor(1)

isRailwayStationIs Railway Station(1)

isTerminusOfIs Terminus of(1)

locatedAt42MileLocated At42 Mile(1)

locatedAt42MileRailwayLocated At42 Mile Railway(1)

locatedAt58MileRailwayLocated At58 Mile Railway(1)

madePromiseMade Promise(1)

occurredNearOccurred Near(1)

partOfPart of(1)

plansForPlans for(1)

previouslyPromisedPreviously Promised(1)

procuresTimberForRailwayProcures Timber for Railway(1)

promisedPlansWithinWeekPromised Plans Within Week(1)

promisedRailwayConstructionPromised Railway Construction(1)

rdf:typeRdf:type(1)

siteOfSite of(1)

spearedCharlieRossCooktownRailwaySpeared Charlie Ross Cooktown Railway(1)

tendersForRailwaysIncludingTenders for Railways Including(1)

urgingImmediateCommencementOfUrging Immediate Commencement of(1)

wasOfficerInChargeOfWas Officer in Charge of(1)

willBePublishedWill Be Published(1)

willGiveWill Give(1)

Other facts (63)

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63 facts
PredicateValueRef
Proposed Extension From31.5[6]
Proposed Extension From31.5[23]
Proposed Extension to50[6]
Proposed Extension to50[23]
Has Washed AwayTwelve Mile Bridge Approaches[8]
Has Washed AwayNormanby Bridge Approaches[8]
Has TerminusPalmer Road[27]
Has TerminusPalmer Road[29]
Rdf:typeRailway[37]
Rdf:typeCooktown Railway[38]
Construction Tender Pending Adjustmentnull[1]
Construction TenderLowest Tenderer[1]
Has Lowest TenderUnnamed Tenderer[1]
Has Multiple SectionsSecond Section Railway[2]
Rails Laid PastEight Miles Survey[2]
Not Pushed Through Townenough to justify expectations[3]
Traffic Earnings Two Days59[2]
Had Traffic Increase£73[4]
Decrease£17[1]
Earnings Increase11 pounds[2]
Inspected byRailway Commissioners[1]
March Earnings318 3s[1]
Increase Amount11[1]
200000 Would Startnull[5]
Health CrisisFever[5]
Making Satisfactory Progressnull[5]
Will Be Constructed PerQueensland Government Promise[6]
Conditional onReturn of Opposition Candidates[7]
March Earnings Decrease£31[9]
PaysSouthern Wages[10]
July Receipts£610 7s 6d[11]
Traffic Decrease March1894£61[12]
Construction Independent ofCoal Discovery[13]
Earned Amount285[14]
Decrease From Previous Year225[14]
Employs Workers520 men[15]
Construction Phaseplatelaying and ballasting begun[15]
Construction Has Begunplatelaying and ballasting[15]
Will Be Constructedper government promise[16]
Had Earnings Decrease December36[17]
Is One of Two ExceptionsDecember Earnings[17]
Exists As First Sectiontrue[18]
Has First Section Traffic Returns for MonthMay[18]
First Section Opened From Cooktown to Palmer Roadnull[19]
Under Developmentnull[20]
Needs Bridge RenewalsTimber for Bridge Renewals[21]
Requires Sawn and Hewn TimberSAWN AND HEWN TIMBER FOR RENEWAL TO BRIDGES[21]
Contextually Related to Query07 Aboriginal Servant Cooktown[22]
Mentioned in Query ContextTrove Query[24]
Mentioned in Tendernull[25]
Headed West From CooktownCooktown[26]
Abandoned at LauraLaura[26]
Advocated ConstructionCooktown Maytown Line[28]
Connects toPalmer Road[30]
Has Present TerminusPalmer Road[30]
Part of Queensland RailwaysKootheen Carpentaria Division[31]
Has Decrease£61[32]
Requires UniformsSummer Uniforms[33]
October Earnings£361 10s[34]
IsRailway[35]
Has Earnings for MonthSeptember 1891[36]
Earnings Amount£401 4s. 4d.[36]
Has ComponentRailways Revenue[38]

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.

constructionTenderPendingAdjustmenttrove-cooktown/cingalese
null
constructionTendertrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:lowest-tenderer
hasLowestTendertrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:unnamed-tenderer
hasMultipleSectionstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:second-section-railway
railsLaidPasttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:eight-miles-survey
notPushedThroughTowntrove-cooktown/mossman-early
enough to justify expectations
trafficEarningsTwoDaystrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
59
hadTrafficIncreasetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
£73
decreasetrove-cooktown/cingalese
£17
earningsIncreasetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
11 pounds
inspectedBytrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:railway-commissioners
marchEarningstrove-cooktown/cingalese
318 3s
increaseAmounttrove-cooktown/cingalese
11
200000WouldStarttrove-cooktown/prostitution
null
healthCrisistrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:fever
makingSatisfactoryProgresstrove-cooktown/prostitution
null
willBeConstructedPertrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:queensland-government-promise
conditionalOntrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:return-of-opposition-candidates
proposedExtensionFromtrove-cooktown/reynolds
31.5
proposedExtensionTotrove-cooktown/reynolds
50
hasWashedAwaytrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
ex:twelve-mile-bridge-approaches
hasWashedAwaytrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
ex:normanby-bridge-approaches
march-earnings-decreasebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/3669525_Friday-8-April-1898
£31
paysbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/121930001_Thursday-24-July-1884
ex:southern-wages
julyReceiptslaura-corridor/loop7-mckenzie-murder
£610 7s 6d
trafficDecreaseMarch1894laura-corridor/loop10-reynolds-corridor
£61
constructionIndependentOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19784605_Saturday-3-June-1882-northern-mail-news-from-latest-exchanges
ex:coal-discovery
earnedAmountbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
285
decreaseFromPreviousYearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
225
employsWorkersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285107704_Thursday-7-August-1884-pith-and-point
520 men
constructionPhasebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285107704_Thursday-7-August-1884-pith-and-point
platelaying and ballasting begun
constructionHasBegunbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285107704_Thursday-7-August-1884-pith-and-point
platelaying and ballasting
willBeConstructedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3411652_Monday-29-May-1882-northern-mail-news-from-latest-exchanges
per government promise
hadEarningsDecreaseDecemberbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3594577_Wednesday-9-January-1895-advancement-of-science
36
isOneOfTwoExceptionsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3594577_Wednesday-9-January-1895-advancement-of-science
ex:december-earnings
existsAsFirstSectionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/66318581_Saturday-3-July-1886-northern-mail-news-cooktown
true
hasFirstSectionTrafficReturnsForMonthbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/66318581_Saturday-3-July-1886-northern-mail-news-cooktown
May
firstSectionOpenedFromCooktownToPalmerRoadbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67954757_Saturday-19-December-1885-northern-mail-news-normanton
null
underDevelopmentbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130804078_Thursday-18-October-1888_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
null
needsBridgeRenewalsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/148145532_Thursday-14-September-1899_Advertising
ex:timber-for-bridge-renewals
requiresSawnAndHewnTimberbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/148145532_Thursday-14-September-1899_Advertising
SAWN AND HEWN TIMBER FOR RENEWAL TO BRIDGES
contextuallyRelatedToQuerybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172899117_Friday-7-August-1903_The-Estimates-Expenditure-1903-4-Requirements-Analysed-No-Local-Endowments
ex:07-aboriginal-servant-cooktown
proposedExtensionFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174674438_Tuesday-9-December-1884_Minor-Topics
31.5
proposedExtensionTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174674438_Tuesday-9-December-1884_Minor-Topics
50
mentionedInQueryContextbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176703626_Wednesday-25-January-1888_Advertising
ex:trove-query
mentionedInTenderrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/04-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-175116986-d09f1fb816fb
null
headedWestFromCooktownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
ex:cooktown
abandonedAtLaurarosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
ex:laura
hasTerminusrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-precise-search-patrick-reynolds-daintree
ex:palmer-road
advocatedConstructionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-mowbray-massacre-network-mowbray-bridge-aboriginal-massacre
ex:cooktown-maytown-line
hasTerminusrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-patrick-reynolds-port-douglas
ex:palmer-road
connectsTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-patrick-reynolds-range-hotel
ex:palmer-road
hasPresentTerminusrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-patrick-reynolds-range-hotel
ex:palmer-road
partOfQueenslandRailwaysrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/proximity-family-hotel-native
ex:kootheen-carpentaria-division
hasDecreaserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-181827363
£61
requiresUniformsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-bros-carriers-teamsters-174067860
ex:summer-uniforms
octoberEarningsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-39432021
£361 10s
isblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--wednesday 11 february 1885--174165922--concentrated-news-queensland
ex:railway
hasEarningsForMonthblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--boralga-camp--saturday 10 october 1891--20296797--queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondent-thursday-island-october-2
September 1891
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£401 4s. 4d.
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Cooktown
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ex:railways-revenue

References (38)

38 references
  1. [1]Cingalese7 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  2. [2]Beche De Mer4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. [3]Mossman Early1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
  4. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  5. [5]Prostitution3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  6. [6]Reynolds3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  7. [7]Nunn1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
  8. [8]Douro Vessel2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/douro-vessel
  9. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/3669525_Friday-8-April-1898
  10. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/121930001_Thursday-24-July-1884
  11. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop7-mckenzie-murder
  12. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-reynolds-corridor
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19784605_Saturday-3-June-1882-northern-mail-news-from-latest-exchanges
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
  15. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285107704_Thursday-7-August-1884-pith-and-point
  16. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3411652_Monday-29-May-1882-northern-mail-news-from-latest-exchanges
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3594577_Wednesday-9-January-1895-advancement-of-science
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/66318581_Saturday-3-July-1886-northern-mail-news-cooktown
  19. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67954757_Saturday-19-December-1885-northern-mail-news-normanton
  20. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/130804078_Thursday-18-October-1888_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
  21. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/148145532_Thursday-14-September-1899_Advertising
  22. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172899117_Friday-7-August-1903_The-Estimates-Expenditure-1903-4-Requirements-Analysed-No-Local-Endowments
  23. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174674438_Tuesday-9-December-1884_Minor-Topics
  24. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/176703626_Wednesday-25-January-1888_Advertising
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/04-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-175116986-d09f1fb816fb
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-precise-search-patrick-reynolds-daintree
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-mowbray-massacre-network-mowbray-bridge-aboriginal-massacre
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-patrick-reynolds-port-douglas
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-patrick-reynolds-range-hotel
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/proximity-family-hotel-native
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-181827363
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-bros-carriers-teamsters-174067860
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-39432021
  35. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--wednesday 11 february 1885--174165922--concentrated-news-queensland
  36. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--boralga-camp--saturday 10 october 1891--20296797--queensland-news-from-our-own-correspondent-thursday-island-october-2
  37. ctx:claims/document/04952417-9bd3-48d8-a214-128b3080404a
    • text/plain1 KBtrove:article/3479149
      Show excerpt
      30 Jun 1888 - RAILWAY TRAFFIC EARNINGS. Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 30 June 1888, page 6 RAILWAY TRAFFIC EARNINGS. The following table shows the earnings of the several Queensland railways for the week ending 30th June,
  38. ctx:claims/document/01e72a1c-4ff3-43c5-a8bc-14e0ac17af8d
    • text/plain4 KBtrove:article/20281888
      Show excerpt
      05 Apr 1890 - Treasury Returns. Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Saturday 5 April 1890, page 639 Treasury Returns. Comparative Statement of the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony of Queensland paid Into the Treasury, at Brisbane

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