gold discovery

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gold discovery has 44 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 36 references, with 2 live disagreements.

44 facts·38 predicates·36 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:caused(4), occurred at(2), salvation for queensland(2)

Inbound mentions (21)

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`afterHearingOf`After Hearing of(1)

James Mulligan Expeditionex:james-mulligan-expedition

`articleMentionedEvent`Article Mentioned Event(1)

Gh Bodeex:gh-bode

`askedMulliganNotReport`Asked Mulligan Not Report(1)

Mcleodex:mcleod

`beganWith`Began With(1)

European Settlement Mossman Gorgeex:european-settlement-mossman-gorge

`believesNecessarily`Believes Necessarily(1)

Mr F S Hodsonex:mr-f-s-hodson

`causedBy`Caused by(1)

Notice Lodgingex:notice-lodging

`emphasizesTopic`Emphasizes Topic(1)

Reporterex:reporter

`europeanSettlementBeganWith`European Settlement Began With(1)

Mossman Gorge Districtex:mossman-gorge-district

`experienced`Experienced(1)

Palmer River Areaex:palmer-river-area

`experiencesExcitement`Experiences Excitement(1)

Gladstoneex:gladstone

`guardedReportOn`Guarded Report on(1)

William Hannex:william-hann

`hasRichDiscovery`Has Rich Discovery(1)

Block 45 Kalgoorlieex:block-45-kalgoorlie

`mentionedEvent`Mentioned Event(1)

Evening Telegraph 3 March 1914ex:evening-telegraph-3-march-1914

`misses`Misses(1)

Tracks Through Goldex:tracks-through-gold

`referencesMiningNews`References Mining News(1)

Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazetteex:gympie-times-and-mary-river-mining-gazette

`reportsFact`Reports Fact(1)

Telegram From Cooktownex:telegram-from-cooktown

`reportsOn`Reports on(1)

Articleex:article

`reportsRumoursOf`Reports Rumours of(1)

Policemagistrate Thargomindahex:policemagistrate-thargomindah

`siteOf`Site of(1)

Gregorys Beachex:gregorys-beach

`teleologicallyAimedAt`Teleologically Aimed at(1)

Mining Venturesex:mining-ventures

`triggeredBy`Triggered by(1)

Gold Prospectingex:gold-prospecting

Other facts (43)

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.

43 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Caused	influx of tens of thousands of miners	[27]
Caused	Gold Rush	[30]
Caused	Gold Rush to District	[32]
Caused	European Settlement Beginning	[35]
Occurred at	Palmer River	[17]
Occurred at	Palmer River	[18]
Salvation for Queensland	true	[22]
Salvation for Queensland	economic boost	[28]
Will Cause Rush	inevitable	[1]
Would Revolutionise Everything	True	[2]
Modifies Settlement Policy	Settlement Policy	[3]
Attracts Followers	null	[3]
Implies Economic Potential	Wales Quartz Reef	[4]
Caused Commissioning	Sir a H Palmer Commission	[5]
Brought Prosperity	Colonies	[6]
Implicates Prosperity	Batavia River	[7]
Hears Little or Nothing	little or nothing	[8]
Location Near	Torquay Devonshire	[9]
Presupposes Prior Existence	Palmer	[10]
Made Money Plentiful	Digging Precious Metal	[11]
Causes Excitement	Gladstone	[12]
Focused Attention on	Cooktown	[13]
Focused Attention North	Cooktown	[14]
Presupposes	Need for Access	[15]
At	Palmer River	[16]
Focused Attention North to	Cooktown	[16]
Known to Trigger Settlement	null	[19]
Presupposes Rush of Prospectors	European Chinese Prospectors	[20]
Witnessed in	1870s	[21]
Caused Flocking	Would Be Diggers	[23]
Caused Influx of Miners	tens of thousands including Chinese	[24]
Salvation for Country	true	[25]
Caused Influx of	Would Be Diggers	[26]
Triggered	Cooktown Establishment	[29]
Followed Next Year by Big Discovery on	Etheridge	[31]
Triggered Chain of Settlements	Cooktown	[33]
Caused Gold Rush	Palmer River	[34]
Rdf:type	Event	[36]
Event Location	Goose Lagoons Area	[36]
Led to	Gold Prospecting	[36]
Discovery Date	pre-1872	[36]
Discovery Location	Goose Lagoons Area	[36]
Led to Activity	Gold Prospecting	[36]

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.

44 undated

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willCauseRushtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

inevitable

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wouldRevolutioniseEverythingtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:true

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modifiesSettlementPolicytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:settlement-policy

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attractsFollowerstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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impliesEconomicPotentialtrove-cooktown/fallen-women

ex:wales-quartz-reef

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causedCommissioningbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/287306931_Saturday-8-July-1882

ex:sir-a-h-palmer-commission

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broughtProsperitylaura-corridor/loop5-fitzgerald

ex:colonies

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implicatesProsperitybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/183119428_Friday-6-October-1893_cooktown-september-29

ex:batavia-river

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hearsLittleOrNothingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/23976268_Saturday-15-November-1884-country-news-from-our-own-correspondents

little or nothing

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locationNearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285778964_Saturday-13-April-1889-general-news

ex:torquay-devonshire

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presupposesPriorExistencebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/61036576_Saturday-8-September-1928-the-palmer-carriers-king-of-the-road

ex:palmer

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madeMoneyPlentifulbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169523090_Saturday-21-August-1880_No-title

ex:digging-precious-metal

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causesExcitementbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170900554_Saturday-22-May-1886_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-May-18

ex:gladstone

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focusedAttentionOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops308-317-batch-6

ex:cooktown

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focusedAttentionNorthrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops318-327-batch-8

ex:cooktown

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presupposesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-stratfordfreshwater-org-19-naming-the-barron-html-extracted-5e5dee298ef7

ex:need-for-access

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atrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-c-e1f2bcded359

ex:palmer-river

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focusedAttentionNorthTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-c-e1f2bcded359

ex:cooktown

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occurredAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/06-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-co-82548b28b941

ex:palmer-river

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occurredAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/008-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-c-0324d5385afd

ex:palmer-river

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knownToTriggerSettlementrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-mowbray-spring-creek-map-transcript-exact-map-extraction-port-douglas-mowbray-river-tribal-geographic-corridor

null

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presupposesRushOfProspectorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-anu-richards-port-douglas-record-identifier-record-identifier-synthesis-port-douglas-police-and-qsa-correspondence-targets

ex:european-chinese-prospectors

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witnessedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-c48cbd38952d

1870s

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salvationForQueenslandrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-4b1be7e7ec91

true

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causedFlockingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8e91651bdcb2

ex:would-be-diggers

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causedInfluxOfMinersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-06b218937088

tens of thousands including Chinese

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salvationForCountryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-7a96b5b9dcdc

true

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causedInfluxOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-66cc3e40a9ff

ex:would-be-diggers

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causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-25fee60f17bb

influx of tens of thousands of miners

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salvationForQueenslandrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-44069d7bab20

economic boost

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triggeredrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/mandarin-cooktown-palmer-chinese-goldfields-blogs

ex:cooktown-establishment

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causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-d9be04d0a1b214c6

ex:gold-rush

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followedNextYearByBigDiscoveryOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-003-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-d765a3d433be

ex:etheridge

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causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-gov-mossman-gorge-qsa-barnard-inquest-abducted-women-15cc4afacd4d

ex:gold-rush-to-district

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triggeredChainOfSettlementsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-gov-mossman-gorge-focused-native-police-newspaper-citations-c44ff2334b12

ex:cooktown

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causedGoldRushrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/qld-mossman-gorge-dd58af07df7b

ex:palmer-river

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causedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/mossman-gorge-wikipedia-a32ed8c4965b

ex:european-settlement-beginning

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typefrontier-massacres/10620

ex:Event

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labelfrontier-massacres/10620

gold discovery

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eventLocationfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:goose-lagoons-area

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ledTofrontier-massacres/10620

ex:gold-prospecting

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discoveryDatefrontier-massacres/10620

pre-1872

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discoveryLocationfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:goose-lagoons-area

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ledToActivityfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:gold-prospecting

References (36)

36 references

[1]Malay Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[2]Protector Roth1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/protector-roth
[3]Beche De Mer2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[4]Fallen Women1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
[5]287306931 Saturday 8 July 18821 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/287306931_Saturday-8-July-1882
[6]Loop5 Fitzgerald1 fact
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop5-fitzgerald
[7]183119428 Friday 6 October 1893 Cooktown September 291 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/183119428_Friday-6-October-1893_cooktown-september-29
[8]23976268 Saturday 15 November 1884 Country News From Our Own Correspondents1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/23976268_Saturday-15-November-1884-country-news-from-our-own-correspondents
[9]285778964 Saturday 13 April 1889 General News1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/285778964_Saturday-13-April-1889-general-news
[10]61036576 Saturday 8 September 1928 the Palmer Carriers King of the Road1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/61036576_Saturday-8-September-1928-the-palmer-carriers-king-of-the-road
[11]169523090 Saturday 21 August 1880 No Title1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169523090_Saturday-21-August-1880_No-title
[12]170900554 Saturday 22 May 1886 From Our Exchanges Brisbane May 181 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/170900554_Saturday-22-May-1886_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-May-18
[13]Downloaded Archive Text Loops308 317 Batch 61 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops308-317-batch-6
[14]Downloaded Archive Text Loops318 327 Batch 81 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops318-327-batch-8
[15]007 Stratfordfreshwater Org 19 Naming the Barron Html Extracted 5e5dee298ef71 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-stratfordfreshwater-org-19-naming-the-barron-html-extracted-5e5dee298ef7
[16]005 Www Qld Gov Au Firstnations Cultural Awareness Heritage Arts Community Histories Community Histories U Y C E1f2bcded3592 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-c-e1f2bcded359
[17]06 Www Qld Gov Au Firstnations Cultural Awareness Heritage Arts Community Histories Community Histories U Y Co 82548b28b9411 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/06-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-co-82548b28b941
[18]008 Www Qld Gov Au Firstnations Cultural Awareness Heritage Arts Community Histories Community Histories U Y C 0324d5385afd1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/008-www-qld-gov-au-firstnations-cultural-awareness-heritage-arts-community-histories-community-histories-u-y-c-0324d5385afd
[19]Focused Mowbray Spring Creek Map Transcript Exact Map Extraction Port Douglas Mowbray River Tribal Geographic Corridor1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-mowbray-spring-creek-map-transcript-exact-map-extraction-port-douglas-mowbray-river-tribal-geographic-corridor
[20]Qsa Anu Richards Port Douglas Record Identifier Record Identifier Synthesis Port Douglas Police and Qsa Correspondence Targets1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-anu-richards-port-douglas-record-identifier-record-identifier-synthesis-port-douglas-police-and-qsa-correspondence-targets
[21]Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch C48cbd38952d1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-c48cbd38952d
[22]Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch 4b1be7e7ec911 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-4b1be7e7ec91
[23]Downloaded Arch 8e91651bdcb21 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8e91651bdcb2
[24]Downloaded Arch 06b2189370881 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-06b218937088
[25]Downloaded Arch 7a96b5b9dcdc1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-7a96b5b9dcdc
[26]Downloaded Arch 66cc3e40a9ff1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-66cc3e40a9ff
[27]Downloaded Arch 25fee60f17bb1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-25fee60f17bb
[28]Downloaded Arch 44069d7bab201 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-44069d7bab20
[29]Mandarin Cooktown Palmer Chinese Goldfields Blogs1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/mandarin-cooktown-palmer-chinese-goldfields-blogs
[30]Downloaded Archive D9be04d0a1b214c61 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-d9be04d0a1b214c6
[31]Downloaded Archive 003 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhist D765a3d433be1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-003-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-d765a3d433be
[32]Qld Gov Mossman Gorge Qsa Barnard Inquest Abducted Women 15cc4afacd4d1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-gov-mossman-gorge-qsa-barnard-inquest-abducted-women-15cc4afacd4d
[33]Qld Gov Mossman Gorge Focused Native Police Newspaper Citations C44ff2334b121 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-gov-mossman-gorge-focused-native-police-newspaper-citations-c44ff2334b12
[34]Qld Mossman Gorge Dd58af07df7b1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/qld-mossman-gorge-dd58af07df7b
[35]Mossman Gorge Wikipedia A32ed8c4965b1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/mossman-gorge-wikipedia-a32ed8c4965b
[36]106207 facts
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Frederick Toll at Goose Lagoons, Gooraganga (also Goorganga), Proserpine (25 March 1875) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" …

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