Goldfields
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Goldfields has 99 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 62 references, with 5 live disagreements.
Mostly:exist in(7), exist as destination(3), extend to(2)
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- Normanton
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Other facts (99)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Exist in | New Guinea | [5] |
| Exist in | West Australia | [19] |
| Exist in | West Australia | [23] |
| Exist in | West Leichhardt | [25] |
| Exist in | West Australia | [28] |
| Exist in | West Australia | [29] |
| Exist in | West Australia | [32] |
| Exist As Destination | West Australia Gold Fields | [5] |
| Exist As Destination | Presupposed Gold Rush | [24] |
| Exist As Destination | West Lofolid Hurdt | [27] |
| Extend to | Unknown North West Regions | [1] |
| Extend to | Gulf of Carpentaria Head | [1] |
| Romanticised in | Popular Press | [16] |
| Romanticised in | Popular Press | [39] |
| Employed People in | Professions Like Teachers Lawyers Bankers | [16] |
| Employed People in | Range of Professions | [60] |
| Subject to Political Agitation for | Railways | [39] |
| Subject to Political Agitation for | Improved Roads | [39] |
| Extend From Head of | Gulf of Carpentaria | [1] |
| Comprise Nearly Whole of | Cap York Peninsula | [1] |
| Not Fully Ascertained | Full Extent | [1] |
| Cover Area | Cape York Peninsula | [1] |
| Exist and Prosper | Gympie Palmer Etc | [2] |
| Proclaimed | null | [3] |
| Chinese Presence Issue | true | [4] |
| Ontological Category | natural resource | [3] |
| Saved Colony | Queensland | [1] |
| Essential Water for Operations | Croydon No Water | [5] |
| Exist in Colony | true | [3] |
| Exist on | St Aignan | [2] |
| Supports Too Many Men | St Aignan | [2] |
| Exist Multiple | Queensland | [6] |
| Has Activity | gold mining | [2] |
| Teleologically Accessible Via Ports | Normanton | [5] |
| Accessed Via | Normanton Burketown | [5] |
| Require Modern Equipment | Hodgkinson Properties | [2] |
| Teleologically Drive Settlement Prosperity | null | [2] |
| Presupposed to Exist | New Guinea Goldfields | [5] |
| Existentially Committed to | New Guinea | [5] |
| Has Regulations | Clause 42 | [7] |
| Dependent on Rain | Normanby Goldfield | [8] |
| Have Payable Potential | New Guinea | [8] |
| Exist With Prospects | Several | [9] |
| Attracted Labor Migration | Mathew Connolly 22yo | [10] |
| Presupposes Rugged Peaks | Area Peaks | [10] |
| Presupposes Historical Gold Rush | true | [10] |
| Ontological As Economic Opportunities | true | [11] |
| Face Labour Issues | some | [12] |
| Lure Made Road Famous | Palmer Road | [13] |
| Drives Colonization | true | [14] |
| Reliant on Packers | true | [15] |
| Had Professions | Teachers Lawyers Bankers Carters Sawyers Saddlers Blacksmiths Midwives Bakers Storekeepers | [16] |
| Transformed Landscape in Areas | Pullenvale Brisbane Forest Park Kingaroy Burnett Boyne Valley Calliope Rockhampton Mackay Croydon Etheridge Cape York | [16] |
| Caused Migration | Reynolds Siblings | [17] |
| At Heights Above Sea | 300-1200 | [18] |
| Essential to | Mineral Wealth Queensland | [18] |
| Connected Sequentially by | Smaller Fields | [18] |
| Is Destination | S S Lubra | [20] |
| Associated With Ports | Esperance | [21] |
| Accessible Via Ports | Normanton | [22] |
| Accessible Via Sea | West Leichhardt Goldfields | [26] |
| Accessible Via | Normanton Burketown | [27] |
| Have Teleological Importance | Economic Migration | [30] |
| Exist and Are Accessible | null | [31] |
| Implicature of Accessibility Via Cooktown | null | [33] |
| Presupposes Accessibility by Sea | Croydon Goldfields | [34] |
| Attract Bank Agencies | Etheridge Goldfield | [35] |
| Drew Attention Northward | null | [36] |
| Are Ontologically | Auriferous Country | [37] |
| Presupposes Existence of | Hodgkinson River Gold | [38] |
| Allowed Social Mobility | null | [39] |
| Encouraged | Rushes to New Fields | [39] |
| Caused Town Establishment | null | [39] |
| Attract Miners | Chinese | [40] |
| Exist With Reefs to Limestone | Limestone | [41] |
| Require Specialized Services | Packer Teamster Accommodations | [42] |
| Presupposes Discovery by | Mulligan | [43] |
| Caused Need for Access | Thornborough | [44] |
| Need Rain | true | [45] |
| Presupposes Discovery by Mulligan | null | [46] |
| Drove Settlement North | Cooktown Cairns | [47] |
| Teleological Purpose | mining | [48] |
| Driver of Settlement | null | [49] |
| Involve | Cheating Unwary | [50] |
| Presupposes | Prior Exploration | [51] |
| Caused Need for Direct Access | Coast to Thornborough | [52] |
| Demanded Supplies | true | [53] |
| Require Native Police | null | [54] |
| Dependent on Access | Bump Track | [55] |
| Presupposes Discovery Impact | Settlement | [56] |
| Teleological Richness | European Miners | [57] |
| Existed | Palmer River Goldfield | [58] |
| Had National Animosities | true | [59] |
| Birthplace of Multicultural Australia | true | [59] |
| Created | Towns and Communities | [60] |
| Presupposes Existential Commitment to | Aboriginal Pathways | [60] |
| Romanticised in Popular Press | null | [60] |
| Had Arrivals | 50 to 80 new prospectors every day | [61] |
| Diverts Carriers From | Nogoa Line | [62] |
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See also
- Unknown North West Regions
- Gulf of Carpentaria
- Cap York Peninsula
- Full Extent
- Gulf of Carpentaria Head
- Cape York Peninsula
- Gympie Palmer Etc
- Queensland
- Croydon No Water
- St Aignan
- West Australia Gold Fields
- Normanton
- Normanton Burketown
- Hodgkinson Properties
- New Guinea Goldfields
- New Guinea
- Clause 42
- Normanby Goldfield
- Several
- Mathew Connolly 22yo
- Area Peaks
- Palmer Road
- Teachers Lawyers Bankers Carters Sawyers Saddlers Blacksmiths Midwives Bakers Storekeepers
- Popular Press
- Pullenvale Brisbane Forest Park Kingaroy Burnett Boyne Valley Calliope Rockhampton Mackay Croydon Etheridge Cape York
- Professions Like Teachers Lawyers Bankers
- Reynolds Siblings
- Mineral Wealth Queensland
- Smaller Fields
- West Australia
- S S Lubra
- Esperance
- Presupposed Gold Rush
- West Leichhardt
- West Leichhardt Goldfields
- West Lofolid Hurdt
- Economic Migration
- Croydon Goldfields
- Etheridge Goldfield
- Auriferous Country
- Hodgkinson River Gold
- Railways
- Improved Roads
- Rushes to New Fields
- Chinese
- Limestone
- Packer Teamster Accommodations
- Mulligan
- Thornborough
- Cooktown Cairns
- Cheating Unwary
- Prior Exploration
- Coast to Thornborough
- Bump Track
- Settlement
- European Miners
- Palmer River Goldfield
- Towns and Communities
- Aboriginal Pathways
- Range of Professions
- Nogoa Line
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