Hells Gates

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Hells Gates

Located on	Cooktown Palmer Road^[9]
Located on	Palmer Road^[10]
Opened by	Inspector Douglas^[13]
Opened by	Inspector Douglas Native Police^[14]
Described As	wild, desolate looking dangerous defile flanked by overhanging rocks^[2]
Described As	dangerous road for all^[3]
Located Near	Douglas Track^[8]
Saw Death Come to	Many Lone Travellers^[16]
Was on	Short Cut^[16]
Was Rocky Defile	true^[16]
Site of	Isolated Tragedies^[3]

ex:hells-gates

Hells Gates has 32 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 21 references, with 3 live disagreements.

32 facts·27 predicates·21 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:located on(3), opened by(3), described as(2)

Located onin dispute`locatedOn`

Cooktown Palmer Road^[9]all time · Downloaded Archive 001 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 42272412 F7898476871c
Palmer Road^[10]all time · 42482459 Saturday 9 February 1946 the Old Palher Road
Path to Palmer River^[4]all time · Chinese Palmer Forum Capture Wording

Opened byin dispute`openedBy`

Inspector Douglas^[13]all time · Downloaded Arch 5cd0b8c13570
Inspector Douglas Native Police^[14]all time · Downloaded Archive 0707daa1ff2c160d
Inspector Douglas Native Police^[15]all time · 009 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm B79c6ef2026d

Described Asin dispute`describedAs`

wild, desolate looking dangerous defile flanked by overhanging rocks^[2]all time · 001 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm B8cb38abbfce
dangerous road for all^[3]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 1873

Located Near`locatedNear`

Douglas Track^[8]sourceall time · Trove Reynolds Uhrs Camp 287292891

Saw Death Come to`sawDeathComeTo`

Many Lone Travellers^[16]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Was on`wasOn`

Short Cut^[16]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Was Rocky Defile`wasRockyDefile`

true^[16]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu

Site of`siteOf`

Isolated Tragedies^[3]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 1873

Located Relative to`locatedRelativeTo`

Palmer River^[3]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 1873

Is Place Type`isPlaceType`

rocky gorge^[3]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 1873

Is Dangerous Pass to`isDangerousPassTo`

Palmer River Goldfield^[6]all time · Chinese Cooktown Gudang Palmer Aboriginal Cemetery Context

Deadly for Miners`deadlyForMiners`

Chinese Gold Miners^[1]all time · Chinese Cooktown Business Aboriginal Exact Snippet Log

Inbound mentions (27)

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`murderedByBlacksAt`Murdered by Blacks at(4)

Macquarie Brothersex:macquarie-brothers
Macquarie Brothersex:macquarie-brothers
Macquarie Brothersex:macquarie-brothers
Macquarie Brothersex:macquarie-brothers

`broughtFrom`Brought From(2)

Bay Horseex:bay-horse
Bay Horseex:bay-horse

`drivenFrom`Driven From(2)

Blacksex:blacks
Normanby Blacksex:normanby-blacks

`locatedNear`Located Near(2)

New Rushex:new-rush
New Rush Locationex:new-rush-location

`broughtNewsMacquarieBrothersMurder`Brought News Macquarie Brothers Murder(1)

Robert Jenkinsex:robert-jenkins

`containsPass`Contains Pass(1)

Mountain Pathex:mountain-path

`describesFocus`Describes Focus(1)

Notesex:notes

`diedAtLocation`Died at Location(1)

Chinese Gold Minersex:chinese-gold-miners

`drivenInFrom`Driven in From(1)

Blacksex:blacks

`droveBlacksFrom`Drove Blacks From(1)

Unprecedented Droughtex:unprecedented-drought

`facedAttacksAt`Faced Attacks at(1)

Chinese Minersex:chinese-miners

`foundThreeHorsesKilled`Found Three Horses Killed(1)

Police Hells Gatesex:police-hells-gates

`frequentlyAttackedAndKilledAt`Frequently Attacked and Killed at(1)

Chinese Peopleex:chinese-people

`inspector-douglas-native-police`Inspector Douglas Native Police(1)

Opened byex:openedBy

`murderedByBlacks`Murdered by Blacks(1)

Macquarie Brothersex:macquarie-brothers

`mustNotBeConfusedWith`Must Not Be Confused With(1)

Battle Campex:battle-camp

`occurredAt`Occurred at(1)

Macquarrie Brothers Murderex:macquarrie-brothers-murder

`occurredThreeMilesFrom`Occurred Three Miles From(1)

Nmp Event 18137ex:nmp-event-18137

`referencesLocation`References Location(1)

Brisbane Letter 1878 01 22ex:brisbane-letter-1878-01-22

`riskHellSGates`Risk Hell S Gates(1)

Chinese Gold Minersex:chinese-gold-miners

`rumouredNear`Rumoured Near(1)

New Goldfieldex:new-goldfield

Other facts (15)

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.

15 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Exists on Mountain Path	Mountain Path	[1]
Synonym of	Dangerous Pass	[21]
Precedes Access to	Palmer River	[4]
Location	narrow pass on road to Palmer	[11]
Shortcut Used by	Packhorses	[13]
Many Diggers Lost Lives There	null	[12]
Shortcut Opened by Inspector Douglas	null	[12]
Shortcut Used by Packhorses Opened by	Inspector Douglas	[19]
Shortcut Used Mostly by	Packhorses	[15]
Shortcut by Packhorses	Inspector Douglas	[18]
Shortcut by	Packhorses	[17]
Source Location of	Blacks	[20]
Historical Location	null	[5]
Is Location	Geographic Feature	[7]
Functions As Danger Point	Travel Route	[4]

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32 undated

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deadlyForMinersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-business-aboriginal-exact-snippet-log

ex:chinese-gold-miners

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describedAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-b8cb38abbfce

wild, desolate looking dangerous defile flanked by overhanging rocks

—

describedAsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

dangerous road for all

—

existsOnMountainPathrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-business-aboriginal-exact-snippet-log

ex:mountain-path

—

functionsAsDangerPointrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-palmer-forum-capture-wording

ex:travel-route

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historicalLocationlaura-corridor

null

—

isDangerousPassTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-gudang-palmer-aboriginal-cemetery-context

ex:palmer-river-goldfield

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isLocationblucher-uhr/trove--reynolds-uhrs-camp--65734863

ex:geographic-feature

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isPlaceTypeblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

rocky gorge

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

ex:douglas-track

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locatedOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-001-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-42272412-f7898476871c

ex:cooktown-palmer-road

—

locatedOnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42482459_Saturday-9-February-1946-the-old-palher-road

ex:palmer-road

—

locatedOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-palmer-forum-capture-wording

ex:path-to-palmer-river

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locatedRelativeToblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

ex:palmer-river

—

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

narrow pass on road to Palmer

—

manyDiggersLostLivesThererosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-owen-reynolds-dan-mcgrath-hotel-line-later-and-battle-camp-warning

null

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openedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-5cd0b8c13570

ex:inspector-douglas

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openedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-0707daa1ff2c160d

ex:inspector-douglas-native-police

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openedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-b79c6ef2026d

ex:inspector-douglas-native-police

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precedesAccessTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-palmer-forum-capture-wording

ex:palmer-river

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sawDeathComeToblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu

ex:many-lone-travellers

—

shortcutByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439

ex:packhorses

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shortcutByPackhorsesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-e1b45ef315e2

ex:inspector-douglas

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shortcutOpenedByInspectorDouglasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-owen-reynolds-dan-mcgrath-hotel-line-later-and-battle-camp-warning

null

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shortcutUsedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-5cd0b8c13570

ex:packhorses

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shortcutUsedByPackhorsesOpenedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-chapter-owen-reynolds-carrier-hotel-line-later-cooktown

ex:inspector-douglas

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shortcutUsedMostlyByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-b79c6ef2026d

ex:packhorses

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siteOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

ex:isolated-tragedies

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sourceLocationOflaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

ex:blacks

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synonymOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-palmer-hells-gates-capture-passage

ex:dangerous-pass

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wasOnblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu

ex:short-cut

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wasRockyDefileblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrs-camp--friday 1 june 1951--40373371--jubilee-feature-stars-of-gold-presenting-the-historical-background-to-north-qu

true

References (21)

21 references

[1]Chinese Cooktown Business Aboriginal Exact Snippet Log2 facts
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[2]001 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm B8cb38abbfce1 fact
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[3]Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 18734 facts
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[4]Chinese Palmer Forum Capture Wording3 facts
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[5]Laura Corridor1 fact
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[6]Chinese Cooktown Gudang Palmer Aboriginal Cemetery Context1 fact
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[7]Trove Reynolds Uhrs Camp 657348631 fact
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[8]Trove Reynolds Uhrs Camp 2872928911 fact
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[10]42482459 Saturday 9 February 1946 the Old Palher Road1 fact
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[11]Mandarin Cooktown Palmer Chinese Goldfields Blogs1 fact
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[12]Palmer Days Owen Reynolds Dan Mcgrath Hotel Line Later and Battle Camp Warning2 facts
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[13]Downloaded Arch 5cd0b8c135702 facts
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[14]Downloaded Archive 0707daa1ff2c160d1 fact
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[15]009 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm B79c6ef2026d2 facts
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[16]Trove Trove Articles Uhrs Camp Friday 1 June 1951 40373371 Jubilee Feature Stars of Gold Presenting the Historical Background to North Qu3 facts
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[17]001 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm Htm Extracted 3d8dd7cd04391 fact
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[19]Palmer Days Chapter Owen Reynolds Carrier Hotel Line Later Cooktown1 fact
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[20]Loop2 Massacres1 fact
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[21]Chinese Palmer Hells Gates Capture Passage1 fact
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Hells Gates

Located onin disputelocatedOn

Opened byin disputeopenedBy

Described Asin disputedescribedAs

Located NearlocatedNear

Saw Death Come tosawDeathComeTo

Was onwasOn

Was Rocky DefilewasRockyDefile

Site ofsiteOf

Located Relative tolocatedRelativeTo

Is Place TypeisPlaceType

Is Dangerous Pass toisDangerousPassTo

Deadly for MinersdeadlyForMiners

Inbound mentions (27)

murderedByBlacksAtMurdered by Blacks at(4)

broughtFromBrought From(2)

drivenFromDriven From(2)

locatedNearLocated Near(2)

broughtNewsMacquarieBrothersMurderBrought News Macquarie Brothers Murder(1)

containsPassContains Pass(1)

describesFocusDescribes Focus(1)

diedAtLocationDied at Location(1)

drivenInFromDriven in From(1)

droveBlacksFromDrove Blacks From(1)

facedAttacksAtFaced Attacks at(1)

foundThreeHorsesKilledFound Three Horses Killed(1)

frequentlyAttackedAndKilledAtFrequently Attacked and Killed at(1)

inspector-douglas-native-policeInspector Douglas Native Police(1)

murderedByBlacksMurdered by Blacks(1)

mustNotBeConfusedWithMust Not Be Confused With(1)

occurredAtOccurred at(1)

occurredThreeMilesFromOccurred Three Miles From(1)

referencesLocationReferences Location(1)

riskHellSGatesRisk Hell S Gates(1)

rumouredNearRumoured Near(1)

Other facts (15)

Timeline

References (21)

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`murderedByBlacks`Murdered by Blacks(1)

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`occurredThreeMilesFrom`Occurred Three Miles From(1)

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