Cooktown Residents

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Cooktown Residents

Expressed Sympathy for	Captain Watson^[37]
Expressed Sympathy for	Family Reynolds^[38]
Express Great Sympathy for	Owen Reynolds Family^[48]
Express Great Sympathy for	Reynolds Family^[49]
Capable of Affording Entertainment	fairly average class^[17]
Capable of Affording Entertainment	thoroughly capable... fairly average class^[18]
Express Indignation at	Intention to Shield Joker^[54]
Express Indignation at	Platypus Steamer^[55]
Express Dissatisfaction at	Tenders Delay Maytown Railway^[4]
Express Dissatisfaction at	no vessel sent to search^[15]
Express Satisfaction at	Dredge Platypus Sent^[1]
Express Satisfaction at	Railway Short Section Provision^[3]
Entered Upon Tobacco Cultivation Post Visit	Mr Balser^[8]
Entered Upon Tobacco Cultivation Post Visit	Mr Eidhhom^[8]
Expressed Great Indignation at	Platypus^[22]
Expressed Great Indignation at	Platypus Ship^[22]

ex:cooktown-residents

Cooktown Residents has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 59 references, with 8 live disagreements.

100+ facts·75 predicates·59 sources·8 in dispute

Mostly:expressed sympathy for(9), express great sympathy for(6), entered upon tobacco cultivation post visit(5)

Expressed Sympathy forin dispute`expressedSympathyFor`

Captain Watson^[37]all time · Nunn
Family Reynolds^[38]all time · Trove Owen Reynolds Family Hotel Cooktown
Owen Reynolds Family^[39]all time · Trove Owen Reynolds Carrier Palmer Timeline 20770603
Reynolds Family^[40]all time · Trove Targeted Reynolds Carrier Team Business Timeline 3646292
Reynolds Family^[41]all time · 20770603 36a283328521
Reynolds Family^[42]all time · Downloaded Archive 20770603 E6ba7c4b7ccb
Reynolds Family^[34]all time · 04 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 20770603 9045a39421d7
Reynolds Family^[43]all time · Trove Targeted Reynolds Carrier Team Business Timeline 20770603
Reynolds Family^[44]all time · Family Hotel Cooktown

Express Great Sympathy forin dispute`expressGreatSympathyFor`

Owen Reynolds Family^[48]all time · Local Trove Owen Reynolds Aboriginal
Reynolds Family^[49]all time · Trove Nla News Article3646292
Reynolds Family^[50]all time · Trove Owen Reynolds Carrier Palmer Timeline 3646292
Reynolds Family^[51]all time · 05 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 3646292 54bf4f6bfcbd
Reynolds Family^[52]all time · Local Trove Article 3646292 Owen Reynolds Family Hotel Evidence
Reynolds Family^[53]all time · Local Trove Owen Reynolds Police Aboriginal

Capable of Affording Entertainmentin dispute`capableOfAffordingEntertainment`

fairly average class^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 287291894 Edbd9b37c0be
thoroughly capable... fairly average class^[18]all time · 287291894 240fc318809a

Express Indignation atin dispute`expressIndignationAt`

Intention to Shield Joker^[54]all time · Loop6 Blankets
Platypus Steamer^[55]all time · 23974480 Saturday 23 August 1884 Queensland News Cooktown August 15

Express Dissatisfaction atin dispute`expressDissatisfactionAt`

Tenders Delay Maytown Railway^[4]all time · Bloomfield
no vessel sent to search^[15]all time · Prostitution

Express Satisfaction atin dispute`expressSatisfactionAt`

Dredge Platypus Sent^[1]all time · Beche De Mer
Railway Short Section Provision^[3]all time · John Davis

Entered Upon Tobacco Cultivation Post Visitin dispute`enteredUponTobaccoCultivationPostVisit`

Mr Balser^[8]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 292718679
Mr Eidhhom^[8]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 292718679
Mr Fuller^[8]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 292718679
Mr Robinson Mayor^[8]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 292718679
Mr Williams Bustard Plains^[8]all time · Trove Hislop Bloomfield Rations Children Control 292718679

Expressed Great Indignation atin dispute`expressedGreatIndignationAt`

Platypus^[22]all time · 121933587 Saturday 23 August 1884 Cooktown Tuesday August 19
Platypus Ship^[22]all time · 121933587 Saturday 23 August 1884 Cooktown Tuesday August 19

Express Sympathy for`expressSympathyFor`

Reynolds Family^[57]all time · 3646292 C3dfeffcc617
Reynolds Family^[58]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 022
Reynolds Family^[44]all time · Family Hotel Cooktown

Entrusted to`entrustedTo`

Chinese Commissioners^[14]all time · North Shore Full
Chinese Commissioners^[30]all time · 102549432 Saturday 20 August 1887

Called to Protest`calledToProtest`

Chinese Water Monopoly^[16]sourceall time · Trove Reynolds Uhrs Camp 287292891

Contributed to`contributedTo`

Prospecting Expedition Fund^[23]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles James Noble Yarrabah Wednesday 27 February 1895 290471432 Telegraphic News

Inbound mentions (98)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`attendedBy`Attended by(4)

Funeral of Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:funeral-of-mrs-owen-reynolds
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeral 1897ex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral-1897

`targetsAudience`Targets Audience(4)

Articleex:article
Articleex:article
Article Textex:article-text
Textex:text

`attendedByLargeNumber`Attended by Large Number(3)

Funeral of Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:funeral-of-mrs-owen-reynolds
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral

`attendedByLargeNumberOf`Attended by Large Number of(3)

Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral
Mrs Owen Reynolds Funeralex:mrs-owen-reynolds-funeral

`targetsLocalAudience`Targets Local Audience(3)

Article 130382910ex:article-130382910
Cooktown Notes Articleex:cooktown-notes-article
Marriage Meldrum Reynolds Announcement 1902 02 17ex:marriage-meldrum-reynolds-announcement-1902-02-17

`cannotCompliment`Cannot Compliment(2)

Red Gumex:red-gum
Red Gumex:red-gum

`givenBy`Given by(2)

Big Lump of Beefex:big-lump-of-beef
Half Loaf of Breadex:half-loaf-of-bread

`adoredBy`Adored by(1)

Mrs Balserex:mrs-balser

`advisesRelyOnYourselves`Advises Rely on Yourselves(1)

The Premierex:the-premier

`affectedByTragedies`Affected by Tragedies(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`affects`Affects(1)

News of Tragediesex:news-of-tragedies

`affectsResidents`Affects Residents(1)

Illness Outbreak Cooktown 1897ex:illness-outbreak-cooktown-1897

`agitates`Agitates(1)

Harbour Dredgingex:harbour-dredging

`agitatesResidents`Agitates Residents(1)

Cooktown Harbour Dredgingex:cooktown-harbour-dredging

`attributesStatementToCommunity`Attributes Statement to Community(1)

Article Authorex:article-author

`audienceAddressedAsNews`Audience Addressed As News(1)

Nmp Event 61917ex:nmp-event-61917

`audienceAssumesRisk`Audience Assumes Risk(1)

Leprosy Casesex:leprosy-cases

`audienceDirectedTo`Audience Directed to(1)

Articleex:article

`begFromDoorToDoor`Beg From Door to Door(1)

Aborigines in Townex:aborigines-in-town

`callsToAction`Calls to Action(1)

Public Meeting Announcementex:public-meeting-announcement

`causedDeaths`Caused Deaths(1)

Aboriginal Attacksex:aboriginal-attacks

`causedDelight`Caused Delight(1)

Public Meeting Maytownex:public-meeting-maytown

`causedGreatDissatisfaction`Caused Great Dissatisfaction(1)

Ship Alexandra Delayex:ship-alexandra-delay

`causedManyNarrowEscapes`Caused Many Narrow Escapes(1)

Cyclone 1907 Cooktownex:cyclone-1907-cooktown

`causedMissingPersons`Caused Missing Persons(1)

Aboriginal Attacksex:aboriginal-attacks

`causesAttention`Causes Attention(1)

Hms Karrakatta Arrivalex:hms-karrakatta-arrival

`causesDissatisfaction`Causes Dissatisfaction(1)

Maytown Railway Tender Postponementex:maytown-railway-tender-postponement

`communitySolidarity`Community Solidarity(1)

Arthur Relief Fundex:arthur-relief-fund

`community-wide`Community Wide(1)

Dissatisfactionex:dissatisfaction

`consideredHardCase`Considered Hard Case(1)

Stado Caseex:stado-case

`contrastsWithLivingResidents`Contrasts With Living Residents(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`delayedBy`Delayed by(1)

Watson Memorial Fundex:watson-memorial-fund

`earnsRespectFrom`Earns Respect From(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`emphasizesSelfReliance`Emphasizes Self Reliance(1)

The Premier Speechex:the-premier-speech

`evokesGloom`Evokes Gloom(1)

Cooktown Tragedies Newsex:cooktown-tragedies-news

`evokesGreatSatisfaction`Evokes Great Satisfaction(1)

Mail Tenders Meetingex:mail-tenders-meeting

`evokesNegativeEmotionIn`Evokes Negative Emotion in(1)

News of Tragediesex:news-of-tragedies

`existentiallyCommittedTo`Existentially Committed to(1)

Residentsex:residents

`existsPlural`Exists Plural(1)

Many Othersex:many-others

`fitsHumourOf`Fits Humour of(1)

Cooktown Visitex:cooktown-visit

`foodGivenBy`Food Given by(1)

Tribe Campex:tribe-camp

`generallyBelieved`Generally Believed(1)

German Annexation Rumorex:german-annexation-rumor

`givesAdviceNotToRelyTooMuchOnGovernment`Gives Advice Not to Rely Too Much on Government(1)

The Premierex:the-premier

`hasHungFire`Has Hung Fire(1)

Watson Memorial Fundex:watson-memorial-fund

`hasResidents`Has Residents(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`highlyRespectedBy`Highly Respected by(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`hypocriticalToExpel`Hypocritical to Expel(1)

Cooktown Blacksex:cooktown-blacks

`impliesBroadCommunity`Implies Broad Community(1)

All Sidesex:all-sides

`impliesExistentialThreatToLife`Implies Existential Threat to Life(1)

Cyclone 1907 Cooktownex:cyclone-1907-cooktown

`imposedIronHandOn`Imposed Iron Hand on(1)

Lawex:law

`involvedLingering`Involved Lingering(1)

Viewingex:viewing

`involvedTearfulEyes`Involved Tearful Eyes(1)

Viewingex:viewing

`isBelievedBy`Is Believed by(1)

General Suppositionex:general-supposition

`isFearedBy`Is Feared by(1)

Dangerex:danger

`isGreatFavourite`Is Great Favourite(1)

Father Murrayex:father-murray

`leftPeopleDestitute`Left People Destitute(1)

Cyclone 1907 Cooktownex:cyclone-1907-cooktown

`leftPeopleHomeless`Left People Homeless(1)

Cyclone 1907 Cooktownex:cyclone-1907-cooktown

`leftToPreyOnDecentPeopleInIndecentCostume`Left to Prey on Decent People in Indecent Costume(1)

Aboriginesex:aborigines

`madePeopleUneasy`Made People Uneasy(1)

Cyclonic Disturbanceex:cyclonic-disturbance

`memorableTo`Memorable to(1)

Funeral of Mrs Watsonex:funeral-of-mrs-watson

`mostProminentQuestionAgitating`Most Prominent Question Agitating(1)

Dredging Cooktown Harbourex:dredging-cooktown-harbour

`partOf`Part of(1)

Captain Cook Lodge Odd Fellows Membersex:captain-cook-lodge-odd-fellows-members

`promotesResidentLoyalty`Promotes Resident Loyalty(1)

Cooktown Climateex:cooktown-climate

`provesUsefulToPremierAndAudience`Proves Useful to Premier and Audience(1)

Knowledge Stockex:knowledge-stock

`providedReminiscencesTo`Provided Reminiscences to(1)

Bishop J D Murrayex:bishop-j-d-murray

`provideServicesTo`Provide Services to(1)

Cooktown Blacksex:cooktown-blacks

`receivedBy`Received by(1)

Intelligence of Murderex:intelligence-of-murder

`receivedSympathyFrom`Received Sympathy From(1)

Family Reynoldsex:family-reynolds

`receivesSympathy`Receives Sympathy(1)

Reynolds Family Bereavementex:reynolds-family-bereavement

`receivesSympathyFrom`Receives Sympathy From(1)

Reynolds Familyex:reynolds-family

`receivesWishesOfSuccess`Receives Wishes of Success(1)

School of Arts Committeeex:school-of-arts-committee

`requiresWaitingTurn`Requires Waiting Turn(1)

Harbor Improvementsex:harbor-improvements

`respectedBy`Respected by(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`sendsUnstampedEnvelopesTo`Sends Unstamped Envelopes to(1)

Townsville Lunaticex:townsville-lunatic

`showsWhyInterested`Shows Why Interested(1)

The Premier Speechex:the-premier-speech

`signedBy`Signed by(1)

Cooktown Northern Qld Petitionex:cooktown-northern-qld-petition

`subsetOf`Subset of(1)

Old Residents Cooktownex:old-residents-cooktown

`targetsAudienceLocal`Targets Audience Local(1)

Articleex:article

`valuedByCommunity`Valued by Community(1)

Lifeex:life

`viewedBy`Viewed by(1)

Coffinsex:coffins

`wasMostRespected`Was Most Respected(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`wasOneOfOldest`Was One of Oldest(1)

Mrs Owen Reynoldsex:mrs-owen-reynolds

`wasWellAttended`Was Well Attended(1)

Cooktown Meetingex:cooktown-meeting

`wasWellTreated`Was Well Treated(1)

Blacks in Townex:blacks-in-town

Other facts (63)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

63 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Conspired With Settlers	Abduct Aboriginal Children Outside Districts	[21]
Did Not View As	long-term prospect	[26]
Expressed Nostalgia for	"good old days"	[36]
Attacked by	Aboriginal People	[11]
Expressed Great Sympathy for	Reynolds Family	[35]
Entered Upon Tobacco Cultivation	Mr Robinson	[29]
Are Well Known Residents	null	[8]
Entered or About to Enter	Tobacco Cultivation	[28]
Attended Funeral of	Mrs Owen Reynolds	[12]
Expressed Great Sympathy	Reynolds Family	[34]
Discontent With Brisbane Govt Separation Movement	null	[27]
Evinces Speculation About	Queen of the North Reef	[31]
Express Great Satisfaction at	E and a Company Steamers	[47]
Expresses Positive Evaluation of	Eastern Company Steamers	[45]
Experienced Sorrow	Funeral	[32]
Experienced Difficulty in	getting a man to bury the body	[22]
Claim Little Interest in Railway Question	true	[19]
Express Great Dissatisfaction	Tenders Receipt Delayed to Dec22	[46]
Anxiously Awaiting	Shower of Rain	[7]
Anxiously Await Rain	null	[7]
Claim Little Interest	Land Grant Question	[19]
Fear Disease Spread	{}	[59]
Agitated by	Dredging Cooktown Harbour	[5]
Clamouring for Visit From	Government Geologist	[20]
Behavior After Trip	hasten back	[13]
Demanding Visit From	Government Geologist	[14]
Express General Regret at	Sad End Guretzsky Monteith	[14]
Entertain Grave Doubts About	Stephen Berry	[4]
Demanded From	Mr Griffith	[24]
Believes Rumor	German Annexation Rumor	[15]
Expresses Concern	Mr John Davis Safety	[3]
Accorded Reception to	Premier and Ministerial Party	[1]
Built Great Hopes	Colonist Expedition	[1]
Consider	Cairns and Croydon Inordinate Funds	[3]
Depend on Blacks	Cooktown Blacks	[1]
Express General Satisfaction at	Queensland Elections 1888	[1]
Express General Satisfaction	Election Results	[3]
Advocates for	Sir Thomas Mcilwraith	[3]
Expressed Satisfaction at	Election Results	[3]
Experiences Gloom	null	[33]
Expresses Indignation	great	[1]
Delayed Erecting	Monument for Mrs Watson	[1]
Collective Satisfaction	Railway Progress	[1]
Delighted at Result	Public Meeting Maytown	[1]
Express Great Indignation at	Platypus Steamer	[6]
Express Indignation About	Platypus Not First to Cooktown	[6]
Anticipate Pleasure From	Largest Ship Arrival	[6]
Exists As Group	Cooktown	[1]
Expresses Dissatisfaction	Maytown Railway Tender Postponement	[1]
Asked Question Three Months Ago	Can Get Men From New Guinea	[1]
Already Contributed to	Girls School Fund	[3]
Asked Anxiously If Mrs Watson Safe	null	[10]
Are What Red Gum Takes Them to Be	null	[9]
Desire to See	colour of their coin	[25]
Believe Accident Occurred	Cooktown Sailors	[14]
Advocates for Prospecting	null	[4]
Acquainted With Subject	Pearlshell	[2]
Believe	Cook District Priority	[3]
Advocate for	Sir Thomas Mcilwraith	[1]
Characterized by Red Gum As	what I take them to be	[1]
Committed to Local Issues	null	[1]
Express Positive Evaluation of	Qld Premier	[56]
Contrast With	North Shore Leper Burial	[22]

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.

100 undated

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accordedReceptionTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:premier-and-ministerial-party

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acquaintedWithSubjecttrove-cooktown/oliver-wates

ex:pearlshell

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advocateFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:sir-thomas-mcilwraith

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advocatesFortrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:sir-thomas-mcilwraith

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advocatesForProspectingtrove-cooktown/bloomfield

null

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agitatedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/121930001_Thursday-24-July-1884

ex:dredging-cooktown-harbour

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alreadyContributedTotrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:girls-school-fund

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anticipatePleasureFromtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:largest-ship-arrival

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anxiouslyAwaitingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19062373_Thursday-22-March-1900-queensland-from-our-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-21

ex:shower-of-rain

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anxiouslyAwaitRainbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19062373_Thursday-22-March-1900-queensland-from-our-own-correspondents-ipswich-march-21

null

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areWellKnownResidentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-292718679

null

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areWhatRedGumTakesThemToBebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/121930001_Thursday-24-July-1884-cooktown

null

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askedAnxiouslyIfMrsWatsonSafetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

null

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askedQuestionThreeMonthsAgotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:can-get-men-from-new-guinea

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attackedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-australia-chinese-history-palmer-child-capture-checkpoint

ex:aboriginal-people

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attendedFuneralOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-rations

ex:mrs-owen-reynolds

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behaviorAfterTriptrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

hasten back

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believetrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:cook-district-priority

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believeAccidentOccurredtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:cooktown-sailors

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believesRumortrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:german-annexation-rumor

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builtGreatHopestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:colonist-expedition

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calledToProtestblucher-uhr/trove--reynolds-uhrs-camp--287292891

ex:chinese-water-monopoly

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capableOfAffordingEntertainmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-287291894-edbd9b37c0be

fairly average class

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capableOfAffordingEntertainmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/287291894-240fc318809a

thoroughly capable... fairly average class

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characterizedByRedGumAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

what I take them to be

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claimLittleInterestbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/288864793_Saturday-25-November-1882-premier-cooktown-cingalese-labor-1882

ex:land-grant-question

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claimLittleInterestInRailwayQuestionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/288864793_Saturday-25-November-1882-premier-cooktown-cingalese-labor-1882

true

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clamouringForVisitFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-malay-cingalese/20282289_Saturday-26-April-1890

ex:government-geologist

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collectiveSatisfactiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:railway-progress

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committedToLocalIssuestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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considertrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:cairns-and-croydon-inordinate-funds

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conspiredWithSettlersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cole-2004-battle-camp-to-boralga-coen-child-capture-3344

ex:abduct-aboriginal-children-outside-districts

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contrastWithbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/121933587_Saturday-23-August-1884-cooktown-tuesday-august-19

ex:north-shore-leper-burial

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contributedToblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--wednesday 27 february 1895--290471432--telegraphic-news

ex:prospecting-expedition-fund

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delayedErectingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:monument-for-mrs-watson

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delightedAtResulttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:public-meeting-maytown

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demandedFromtrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:mr-griffith

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demandingVisitFromtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:government-geologist

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dependOnBlackstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:cooktown-blacks

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desireToSeelaura-corridor/loop3-network

colour of their coin

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didNotViewAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/rains-webs-association-cooktown-chinese-social-landscape-25c89b4cab14

long-term prospect

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discontentWithBrisbaneGovtSeparationMovementrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0116

null

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enteredOrAboutToEnterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-20294327

ex:tobacco-cultivation

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enteredUponTobaccoCultivationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3528271

ex:mr-robinson

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