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Electric Telegraph Department has 14 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references.

14 facts·14 predicates·8 sources

Mostly:received message(1), was beseiged by(1), engaged operator(1)

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Received MessagereceivedMessage

Was Beseiged bywasBeseigedBy

  • Crowds of People[8]all time · 292593126 Saturday 8 March 1890 the Wreck of the Quetta the Wreck of the Quetta Disastrous L

Engaged OperatorengagedOperator

  • competent specially[2]all time · Watkins

Specially Engaged Competent OperatorspeciallyEngagedCompetentOperator

  • null[2]all time · Watkins

Existsexists

  • true[3]all time · Reynolds

Provides UpdateprovidesUpdate

Has Arrangements RequiringhasArrangementsRequiring

Raised Charge to North AmericaraisedChargeToNorthAmerica

  • 2s per word[4]all time · Prostitution

Issued MemorandumissuedMemorandum

  • null[4]all time · Prostitution

Issued NoticeissuedNotice

Beseiged bybeseigedBy

Exists As Government DepartmentexistsAsGovernmentDepartment

  • true[3]all time · Reynolds

Inbound mentions (11)

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.

departmentDepartment(3)

destinationDestination(1)

dismissedFromDismissed From(1)

employerEmployer(1)

forwardedByForwarded by(1)

inDepartmentIn Department(1)

memoFromMemo From(1)

sourceOfInformationSource of Information(1)

worksInWorks in(1)

Other facts (2)

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2 facts
PredicateValueRef
NameElectric Telegraph Department[6]
Rdf:typeGovernment Department[6]

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14 undated
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beseigedBytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:crowds
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engagedOperatortrove-cooktown/watkins
competent specially
—
existstrove-cooktown/reynolds
true
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existsAsGovernmentDepartmenttrove-cooktown/reynolds
true
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hasArrangementsRequiringtrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:improving
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issuedMemorandumtrove-cooktown/prostitution
null
—
issuedNoticetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:sunday-messages-notice
—
namedocument/015b26e5-e2fb-4e3f-84cc-215ab22dcddd
Electric Telegraph Department
—
providesUpdatetrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:bangkok-status
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raisedChargeToNorthAmericatrove-cooktown/prostitution
2s per word
—
typedocument/015b26e5-e2fb-4e3f-84cc-215ab22dcddd
ex:GovernmentDepartment
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receivedMessageblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-noble-yarrabah--friday 3 september 1880--896549--sydney-stock-report-september-2
ex:sydney-weather-message
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speciallyEngagedCompetentOperatortrove-cooktown/watkins
null
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wasBeseigedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/292593126_Saturday-8-March-1890-the-wreck-of-the-quetta-the-wreck-of-the-quetta-disastrous-l
ex:crowds-of-people

References (8)

8 references
  1. [1]Coloured Persons1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  2. [2]Watkins2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  3. [3]Reynolds4 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  4. [4]Prostitution2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  5. [5]Beche De Mer1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  6. [6]Reported Murder of New Guinea Explorers.2 facts
    trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/015b26e5-e2fb-4e3f-84cc-215ab22dcddd
    • full textReported Murder of New Guinea Explorers.
      text/plain475 Btrove:article/174681755
      Show excerpt
      09 Nov 1885 - Reported Murder of New Guinea Explorers. Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Monday 9 November 1885, page 4 Reported Murder of New Guinea Explorers. 'We have been favoured with the following information from the Electric…
  7. [7]Trove Trove Cooktown All James Noble Yarrabah Friday 3 September 1880 896549 Sydney Stock Report September 21 fact
    customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-noble-yarrabah--friday 3 september 1880--896549--sydney-stock-report-september-2
  8. [8]292593126 Saturday 8 March 1890 the Wreck of the Quetta the Wreck of the Quetta Disastrous L1 fact
    customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/292593126_Saturday-8-March-1890-the-wreck-of-the-quetta-the-wreck-of-the-quetta-disastrous-l

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