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Drought

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Drought has 90 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 46 references, with 3 live disagreements.

90 facts·86 predicates·46 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:ongoing(2), caused(2), affected(2)

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Inbound mentions (61)

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sufferingFromSuffering From(6)

causedByCaused by(3)

affectedByAffected by(2)

livelihoodDestroyedByLivelihood Destroyed by(2)

occurredDuringOccurred During(2)

actsForSurvivalActs for Survival(1)

affectedByDroughtAffected by Drought(1)

afterAfter(1)

almostEntirelyDestroyedAlmost Entirely Destroyed(1)

attractivenessDecreasedByAttractiveness Decreased by(1)

attributedToAttributed to(1)

bearsEvidenceOfBears Evidence of(1)

bulkStillSufferingBulk Still Suffering(1)

cancelledDueToCancelled Due to(1)

collectivelyImpactedByDrynessCollectively Impacted by Dryness(1)

consideredSatisfactoryGivenConsidered Satisfactory Given(1)

couldNotEndureCould Not Endure(1)

culturallyPortendsCulturally Portends(1)

currentlySuffersFromCurrently Suffers From(1)

drivenByDriven by(1)

drivenIntoByDriven Into by(1)

dueToEffectsOfDue to Effects of(1)

emphasizesResilienceEmphasizes Resilience(1)

experiencesDroughtExperiences Drought(1)

expressesFearForStockExpresses Fear for Stock(1)

facesChallengesFaces Challenges(1)

hasBadAccountsHas Bad Accounts(1)

hasSufferedTerriblyFromHas Suffered Terribly From(1)

haveRecoveredToGreatExtentFromHave Recovered to Great Extent From(1)

hesitatesToReferAgainToHesitates to Refer Again to(1)

indicateIndicate(1)

inMuchRequestIn Much Request(1)

inSorryPlightIn Sorry Plight(1)

leadsToLeads to(1)

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precededByPreceded by(1)

recoveredFromRecovered From(1)

recoverFromRecover From(1)

referencedDisadvantagesReferenced Disadvantages(1)

referencesDroughtReferences Drought(1)

reliefSanctionedDueToDroughtRelief Sanctioned Due to Drought(1)

rewardedDespiteRewarded Despite(1)

severeHardWorkSevere Hard Work(1)

shortDueToShort Due to(1)

succumbsToSuccumbs to(1)

sufferingSeverelySuffering Severely(1)

suspendedDueToSuspended Due to(1)

unableToPayRentDueToUnable to Pay Rent Due to(1)

wasDenudedByWas Denuded by(1)

wasSufferingFromWas Suffering From(1)

wouldRelieveWould Relieve(1)

Other facts (90)

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90 facts
PredicateValueRef
Ongoing{}[4]
Ongoingthis one[10]
CausedLivelihood Destruction[31]
CausedLivelihood Destruction[32]
AffectedBlacks[36]
AffectedBollon Races[43]
Rdf:typeNatural Disaster[45]
Rdf:typedrought[46]
Ontologically Cyclical But Unpredictablenull[1]
Long Affected Coast Districtstrue[1]
Chronic in DistrictDubbo District[2]
Caused Halt inTank Excavations[3]
May Be Banishedentirely before long[1]
Hangs OverUS[1]
Relieved byPartial Rains[1]
No Reason to Despondyet[1]
Relieved by RainsPartial[1]
Affected Rockwood CattleRockwood Cattle[5]
Diminished Value of Principal Exporttrue[3]
Caused Colony to Suffer Seriouslytrue[3]
Caused Falling Off in Revenuetrue[3]
Weakens PlantsMaize[2]
Implicature of Recurrence RiskCunnamulla[3]
Intense to Overcometrue[4]
Overcome Only by Heavy Raintrue[4]
Occurred Recently Protractedtrue[1]
Might Delay These People a LittleHughenden Visitors[6]
Prevailed inExtreme North[1]
Caused DeathsBullocks[3]
Caused Serious Lossestrue[7]
AffectsSummer Show Success[8]
Causes Fodder Demand{}[9]
Affects Agriculturists and Stockownersnull[9]
Existential Threat to Agriculturenull[9]
Causes Cattle DeathsTrue[9]
Affected HarvestJames M Intosh[9]
Causes Block to TradeWestern Districts[10]
Had Serious Effect onTrade With Interior[10]
Presupposed Existenceongoing[10]
Described Ashard dry season[10]
Affects WatershedWestern Watershed[10]
Caused Serious Damagetrue[11]
Long Affected Coastnull[11]
Existential CommitmentDrought 1882[10]
Presupposes Lack of Rain Everywhere Impliednull[10]
Has Serious Effect onTrade With Interior[10]
Broken Up inmost places[12]
Not Broken Everywheretrue[12]
Occurs WhenPrecipitation Systems Retire[13]
Previously OccurredLogan Region[14]
Soonest Felt onCentral Line[15]
Caused Losses inStock and Station Inactivity[15]
Causes Blacks to MoveBlacks Driven to Normanby[16]
Exists Currentlynull[16]
Presupposed As Causenull[16]
Prevents Land Law SuccessMr Griffith[14]
Characterized Asunprecedented[17]
Compels Water Conservationtrue[18]
Hinted End byPluvius[19]
Caused AbandonmentTour Extension[20]
Recently Endedtrue[21]
Continues inQld[22]
Occurred LatelySydney[23]
Evaluated Asdestructive[24]
PresupposesNeed for Irrigation[24]
Impacts Meat IndustryQueensland Meat Export Company[25]
Terminated Suddenlytrue[19]
Prevailed OverQld Colonies[15]
Causes Agricultural HardshipFarmers[26]
Temporally Precedes Irrigation WorksNorthern Plains Victoria[27]
Affects Western InteriorNsw[28]
Causes Economic DistressSydney Interior[28]
Causing Need for ReliefRelief Sanctioned[29]
Account for Low Returns12 Returns[30]
Is Unusual and Severenull[33]
Causes Hardship toBlacks[33]
Affects OnlyHughes Creek to Burdekin[34]
Presupposes Negative ImpactAgriculture Grazing[34]
Causes Threat toOld and Feeble Aboriginals Lives[35]
Broke Soon AfterRains[37]
Drives AwayAboriginal People[38]
HamperedSettlement Development[39]
Threatens Pastoral Industrytrue[40]
Affects AreaSpringsure[41]
Felt BadlySpringsure[41]
CausesReduced Mining Activity[42]
Caused Hard TimesPine Hill Region[43]
Has StatusContinued[44]
CausingGreat Inconvenience[44]
Statuscontinuing[46]

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ontologicallyCyclicalButUnpredictabletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
longAffectedCoastDistrictstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
chronicInDistricttrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:dubbo-district
causedHaltIntrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:tank-excavations
ongoingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
{}
mayBeBanishedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
entirely before long
hangsOvertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:us
relievedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:partial-rains
noReasonToDespondtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
yet
relievedByRainstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:partial
affectedRockwoodCattletrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:rockwood-cattle
diminishedValueOfPrincipalExporttrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
causedColonyToSufferSeriouslytrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
causedFallingOffInRevenuetrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
weakensPlantstrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:maize
implicatureOfRecurrenceRisktrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:cunnamulla
intenseToOvercometrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
overcomeOnlyByHeavyRaintrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
occurredRecentlyProtractedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
mightDelayThesePeopleALittletrove-cooktown/mossman-early
ex:hughenden-visitors
prevailedIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:extreme-north
causedDeathstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:bullocks
causedSeriousLossestrove-cooktown/fallen-women
true
affectstrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
ex:summer-show-success
causesFodderDemandtrove-cooktown/nunn
{}
affectsAgriculturistsAndStockownerstrove-cooktown/nunn
null
existentialThreatToAgriculturetrove-cooktown/nunn
null
causesCattleDeathstrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:true
affectedHarvesttrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:james-m-intosh
causesBlockToTradetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:western-districts
hadSeriousEffectOntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:trade-with-interior
presupposedExistencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ongoing
describedAstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
hard dry season
affectsWatershedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:western-watershed
causedSeriousDamagetrove-cooktown/fishing-station
true
longAffectedCoasttrove-cooktown/fishing-station
null
existentialCommitmenttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:drought-1882
presupposesLackOfRainEverywhereImpliedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
null
hasSeriousEffectOntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:trade-with-interior
ongoingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
this one
brokenUpIntrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
most places
notBrokenEverywheretrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
true
occursWhentrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
ex:precipitation-systems-retire
previouslyOccurredtrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:logan-region
soonestFeltOntrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:central-line
causedLossesIntrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:stock-and-station-inactivity
causesBlacksToMovelaura-corridor
ex:blacks-driven-to-normanby
existsCurrentlylaura-corridor
null
presupposedAsCauselaura-corridor
null
preventsLandLawSuccesstrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:mr-griffith
characterizedAslaura-corridor/loop2-massacres
unprecedented
compelsWaterConservationtrove-cooktown/reynolds
true
hintedEndBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:pluvius
causedAbandonmentlaura-corridor/loop9-stations
ex:tour-extension
recentlyEndedlaura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
true
continuesInlaura-corridor/loop14-children-taken
ex:qld
occurredLatelybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3406789_Saturday-27-May-1882-the-brisbane-courier-saturday-may-27-1882
ex:sydney
evaluatedAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
destructive
presupposesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
ex:need-for-irrigation
impactsMeatIndustrybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3614861_Monday-16-December-1895-queensland-by-telegraph-from-our-correspondents-warwick-dece
ex:queensland-meat-export-company
terminatedSuddenlybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
prevailedOvertrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:qld-colonies
causesAgriculturalHardshipbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169504142_Tuesday-4-March-1879_ITEMS-OF-AUSTRALASIAN-NEWS
ex:farmers
temporallyPrecedesIrrigationWorksbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170388541_Wednesday-28-March-1883_No-title
ex:northern-plains-victoria
affectsWesternInteriorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170900554_Saturday-22-May-1886_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-May-18
ex:nsw
causesEconomicDistressbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170900554_Saturday-22-May-1886_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-May-18
ex:sydney-interior
causingNeedForReliefbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT
ex:relief-sanctioned
accountForLowReturnsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174380383_Monday-6-May-1901_Provincial-Pickings-FROM-OUR-EXCHANGES
ex:12-returns
causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-html-extracted-3708f52f4d91
ex:livelihood-destruction
causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-a6450b7e29d9
ex:livelihood-destruction
isUnusualAndSevererosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57971-page-097-57c7c38023b2
null
causesHardshipTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57971-page-097-57c7c38023b2
ex:blacks
affectsOnlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3489196
ex:hughes-creek-to-burdekin
presupposesNegativeImpactrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3489196
ex:agriculture-grazing
causesThreatTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-port-douglas-mowbray-children-line-qsa-index-exact-line-port-douglas-mossman-aboriginal-complaint
ex:old-and-feeble-aboriginals-lives
affectedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-mapoon-yarrabah-child-removal-protection-routes
ex:blacks
brokeSoonAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-44a50102b18c
ex:rains
drivesAwayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0519-eid-19434
ex:aboriginal-people
hamperedblucher-uhr/govt--qldgov-cherbourg
ex:settlement-development
threatensPastoralIndustryblucher-uhr/trove--yululah--19787021--saturday-7-october-1882
true
affectsAreablucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 15 september 1883--183700771--general-epitome-queensland-items
ex:springsure
feltBadlyblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 15 september 1883--183700771--general-epitome-queensland-items
ex:springsure
causesblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--saturday 20 november 1880--20336735--the-miner-mining-notes
ex:reduced-mining-activity
affectedblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 6 september 1884--83674737--turf-gossip
ex:bollon-races
causedHardTimesblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 6 september 1884--83674737--turf-gossip
ex:pine-hill-region
hasStatusblucher-uhr/trove--reynolds-uhrs-camp--65734863
ex:continued
causingblucher-uhr/trove--reynolds-uhrs-camp--65734863
ex:great-inconvenience
typeblackfoot/blackfoot-lost-children-pleiades
ex:NaturalDisaster
typedocument/0017cfd9-1978-4cdc-85a4-fdf3a3dec843
drought
statusdocument/0017cfd9-1978-4cdc-85a4-fdf3a3dec843
continuing

References (46)

46 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer9 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]John Davis2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  3. [3]Cingalese6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  4. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  5. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  6. [6]Mossman Early1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
  7. [7]Fallen Women1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  8. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
  9. [9]Nunn5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
  10. [10]North Shore Full9 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  11. [11]Fishing Station2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fishing-station
  12. [12]Douro Vessel2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/douro-vessel
  13. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
  14. [14]Watkins2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  15. [15]Bloomfield3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  16. [16]Laura Corridor3 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor
  17. [17]Loop2 Massacres1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop2-massacres
  18. [18]Reynolds1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  19. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
  20. [20]Loop9 Stations1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop9-stations
  21. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
  22. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop14-children-taken
  23. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3406789_Saturday-27-May-1882-the-brisbane-courier-saturday-may-27-1882
  24. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
  25. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3614861_Monday-16-December-1895-queensland-by-telegraph-from-our-correspondents-warwick-dece
  26. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169504142_Tuesday-4-March-1879_ITEMS-OF-AUSTRALASIAN-NEWS
  27. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170388541_Wednesday-28-March-1883_No-title
  28. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170900554_Saturday-22-May-1886_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-May-18
  29. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/173435977_Wednesday-22-April-1903_Aborigines-Protection-Dr-Roths-Report-SECOND-INSTALMENT
  30. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174380383_Monday-6-May-1901_Provincial-Pickings-FROM-OUR-EXCHANGES
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-html-extracted-3708f52f4d91
    • full textctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-html-extracted-3708f52f4d91
      text/plain15 KBdoc:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-html-extracted-3708f52f4d91
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      --- source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Douglas-Douglas&oldid=1333871860 source_title: 006_en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Alexander_Douglas Douglas.html.extracted source_type: transcript archive_file: research-notes/cook
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-alexander-douglas-douglas-a6450b7e29d9
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57971-page-097-57c7c38023b2
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3489196
  35. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-port-douglas-mowbray-children-line-qsa-index-exact-line-port-douglas-mossman-aboriginal-complaint
  36. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-mapoon-yarrabah-child-removal-protection-routes
  37. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-44a50102b18c
  38. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0519-eid-19434
  39. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/govt--qldgov-cherbourg
  40. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--yululah--19787021--saturday-7-october-1882
  41. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 15 september 1883--183700771--general-epitome-queensland-items
  42. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--saturday 20 november 1880--20336735--the-miner-mining-notes
  43. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 6 september 1884--83674737--turf-gossip
  44. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--reynolds-uhrs-camp--65734863
  45. ctx:seven-sisters/blackfoot/blackfoot-lost-children-pleiades
    • full textc01
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      [Source: Miohpokoiksi — The Lost Children: Blackfoot / Piegan Origin of the Pleiades — tradition: blackfoot; era: ancestral; recorded by David Duvall (Aamsskapipiikani) from an elder, published Duvall & Wissler 1908; also Grinnell, 'Blackfo
    • full textc03
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      [Source: Miohpokoiksi — The Lost Children: Blackfoot / Piegan Origin of the Pleiades — tradition: blackfoot; era: ancestral; recorded by David Duvall (Aamsskapipiikani) from an elder, published Duvall & Wissler 1908; also Grinnell, 'Blackfo
  46. ctx:claims/document/0017cfd9-1978-4cdc-85a4-fdf3a3dec843
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      11 Sep 1880 - Beenleigh. Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 11 September 1880, page 6 Beenleigh. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] September 7. Our local road parliament holds weekly meetings, and the discussions are becoming fearf

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