Herberton Railway

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Herberton Railway

Advocated by	Mr Griffith^[1]
Source of	Prospective Wealth^[12]
Taps	Mineral Agricultural Forest Country^[12]
Trial Survey Line From	Herberton^[8]
Trial Survey Line to	Port Douglas^[8]
Surveyed Near Barron Falls	null^[13]
Ought to Be Made by	Government^[10]
Government Intervention	Contractor Stoppage^[7]

ex:herberton-railway

Herberton Railway has 30 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 13 references.

30 facts·30 predicates·13 sources

Mostly:advocated by(1), source of(1), taps(1)

Advocated by`advocatedBy`

Mr Griffith^[1]all time · 04 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 19782524 8a2d326678d4

Source of`sourceOf`

Prospective Wealth^[12]all time · 005 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 19925186 Bf81ab1ab797

Taps`taps`

Mineral Agricultural Forest Country^[12]all time · 005 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 19925186 Bf81ab1ab797

Trial Survey Line From`trialSurveyLineFrom`

Herberton^[8]all time · 174680365 Saturday 31 May 1884 Queensland News Gympie Saturday

Trial Survey Line to`trialSurveyLineTo`

Port Douglas^[8]all time · 174680365 Saturday 31 May 1884 Queensland News Gympie Saturday

Surveyed Near Barron Falls`surveyedNearBarronFalls`

null^[13]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 051

Ought to Be Made by`oughtToBeMadeBy`

Government^[10]all time · Davis Cooktown

Government Intervention`governmentIntervention`

Contractor Stoppage^[7]all time · Cingalese

Third Section Contractor`thirdSectionContractor`

Herberton Railway Contractor^[7]all time · Cingalese

Concreting Finished`concretingFinished`

Big Tunnel^[4]all time · Coloured Persons

Iron Bridges Finished`ironBridgesFinished`

Second Section^[4]all time · Coloured Persons

Remaining Work`remainingWork`

ballasting and platelaying^[4]all time · Coloured Persons

Inbound mentions (11)

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`admittedOwe`Admitted Owe(1)

Mr Dicksonex:mr-dickson

`advocatesFor`Advocates for(1)

Port Douglasex:port-douglas

`advocatesGovernmentConstruction`Advocates Government Construction(1)

Mr Griffithex:mr-griffith

`betterEntitledTo`Better Entitled to(1)

Cairnsex:cairns

`cargoDestination`Cargo Destination(1)

Comadre Barqueex:comadre-barque

`condemnedForHerberton`Condemned for Herberton(1)

Mourilyan Railway Routeex:mourilyan-railway-route

`couldNotStatePolicyOn`Could Not State Policy on(1)

Premier Qldex:premier-qld

`ifAcceptedFor`If Accepted for(1)

Bean Treeex:bean-tree

`incompleteAtEnd`Incomplete at End(1)

Article 174680365ex:article-174680365

`requestedRailwayHerbertonToCoast1884CairnsGeraldtonInnisfailPortDouglasVied`Requested Railway Herberton to Coast1884 Cairns Geraldton Innisfail Port Douglas Vied(1)

Mining Communitiesex:mining-communities

`strongProbabilityOfStarting`Strong Probability of Starting(1)

Railwayex:railway

Other facts (18)

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18 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Weather Condition	fine	[4]
Work Proceeding	rapidly	[4]
Has Second Section	null	[6]
Develops	Tinaroo District Resources	[6]
Unnecessarily Delayed Despite Promises	null	[6]
Will Open Up	Magnificent Country	[6]
Intend to Push on	Quickly	[5]
Could Use Bean Sleepers	Whole Line	[5]
Port of	Cairns	[11]
Via	Barron River Valley	[11]
Expected to Pay If Cheap	True	[5]
In Planning Stage	Trial Survey	[8]
Causes Capital Attraction	Southern Capitalists	[2]
Nearing Completion	almost done	[4]
Presupposes Union Influence	Sons of Toil Activity	[11]
Government Earnest About	Yes	[5]
Less Desirable Than	Port Douglas to Bloomfield Railway	[9]
Completion Implies Infrastructure Boom	{}	[3]

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advocatedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/04-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-19782524-8a2d326678d4

ex:mr-griffith

—

causesCapitalAttractiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:southern-capitalists

—

completionImpliesInfrastructureBoomlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson

{}

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concretingFinishedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:big-tunnel

—

couldUseBeanSleeperstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:whole-line

—

developstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:tinaroo-district-resources

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expectedToPayIfCheaptrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:true

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governmentEarnestAbouttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:yes

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governmentInterventiontrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:contractor-stoppage

—

hasSecondSectiontrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

null

—

inPlanningStagebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174680365_Saturday-31-May-1884_QUEENSLAND-NEWS-GYMPIE-Saturday

ex:trial-survey

—

intendToPushOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:quickly

—

ironBridgesFinishedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:second-section

—

lessDesirableThantrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:port-douglas-to-bloomfield-railway

—

nearingCompletiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

almost done

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oughtToBeMadeBytrove-cooktown/davis-cooktown

ex:government

—

portOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:cairns

—

presupposesUnionInfluencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:sons-of-toil-activity

—

remainingWorktrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ballasting and platelaying

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sourceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-19925186-bf81ab1ab797

ex:prospective-wealth

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surveyedNearBarronFallsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-051

null

—

tapsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-19925186-bf81ab1ab797

ex:mineral-agricultural-forest-country

—

thirdSectionContractortrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:herberton-railway-contractor

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trialSurveyLineFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174680365_Saturday-31-May-1884_QUEENSLAND-NEWS-GYMPIE-Saturday

ex:herberton

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trialSurveyLineTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174680365_Saturday-31-May-1884_QUEENSLAND-NEWS-GYMPIE-Saturday

ex:port-douglas

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unnecessarilyDelayedDespitePromisestrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

null

—

viatrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:barron-river-valley

—

weatherConditiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

fine

—

willOpenUptrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:magnificent-country

—

workProceedingtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

rapidly

References (13)

13 references

[1]04 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 19782524 8a2d326678d41 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/04-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-19782524-8a2d326678d4
[2]North Shore Full1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[3]Loop11 Hodgkinson1 fact
customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson
[4]Coloured Persons6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[5]Beche De Mer4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[6]Mauritius Queensland4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
[7]Cingalese2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[8]174680365 Saturday 31 May 1884 Queensland News Gympie Saturday3 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174680365_Saturday-31-May-1884_QUEENSLAND-NEWS-GYMPIE-Saturday
[9]Mossman Early1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
[10]Davis Cooktown1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
[11]North Shore Cooktown3 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[12]005 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 19925186 Bf81ab1ab7972 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-19925186-bf81ab1ab797
[13]Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 0511 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-051

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Herberton Railway

Advocated byadvocatedBy

Source ofsourceOf

Tapstaps

Trial Survey Line FromtrialSurveyLineFrom

Trial Survey Line totrialSurveyLineTo

Surveyed Near Barron FallssurveyedNearBarronFalls

Ought to Be Made byoughtToBeMadeBy

Government InterventiongovernmentIntervention

Third Section ContractorthirdSectionContractor

Concreting FinishedconcretingFinished

Iron Bridges FinishedironBridgesFinished

Remaining WorkremainingWork

Inbound mentions (11)

admittedOweAdmitted Owe(1)

advocatesForAdvocates for(1)

advocatesGovernmentConstructionAdvocates Government Construction(1)

betterEntitledToBetter Entitled to(1)

cargoDestinationCargo Destination(1)

condemnedForHerbertonCondemned for Herberton(1)

couldNotStatePolicyOnCould Not State Policy on(1)

ifAcceptedForIf Accepted for(1)

incompleteAtEndIncomplete at End(1)

requestedRailwayHerbertonToCoast1884CairnsGeraldtonInnisfailPortDouglasViedRequested Railway Herberton to Coast1884 Cairns Geraldton Innisfail Port Douglas Vied(1)

strongProbabilityOfStartingStrong Probability of Starting(1)

Other facts (18)

Timeline

References (13)

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Advocated by`advocatedBy`

Source of`sourceOf`

Taps`taps`

Trial Survey Line From`trialSurveyLineFrom`

Trial Survey Line to`trialSurveyLineTo`

Surveyed Near Barron Falls`surveyedNearBarronFalls`

Ought to Be Made by`oughtToBeMadeBy`

Government Intervention`governmentIntervention`

Third Section Contractor`thirdSectionContractor`

Concreting Finished`concretingFinished`

Iron Bridges Finished`ironBridgesFinished`

Remaining Work`remainingWork`

`admittedOwe`Admitted Owe(1)

`advocatesFor`Advocates for(1)

`advocatesGovernmentConstruction`Advocates Government Construction(1)

`betterEntitledTo`Better Entitled to(1)

`cargoDestination`Cargo Destination(1)

`condemnedForHerberton`Condemned for Herberton(1)

`couldNotStatePolicyOn`Could Not State Policy on(1)

`ifAcceptedFor`If Accepted for(1)

`incompleteAtEnd`Incomplete at End(1)

`requestedRailwayHerbertonToCoast1884CairnsGeraldtonInnisfailPortDouglasVied`Requested Railway Herberton to Coast1884 Cairns Geraldton Innisfail Port Douglas Vied(1)

`strongProbabilityOfStarting`Strong Probability of Starting(1)