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Hodgkinson Field

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Hodgkinson Field has 53 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 27 references, with 3 live disagreements.

53 facts·40 predicates·27 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:had population group(9), drawing good deal of attention(2), experienced rush from(2)

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Inbound mentions (43)

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wasWardenOfWas Warden of(9)

locatedOnLocated on(3)

markedClaimsOnMarked Claims on(3)

wardenOfWarden of(3)

isProspectorOfIs Prospector of(2)

beginningOfEndForHodgkinsonBeginning of End for Hodgkinson(1)

developedDeveloped(1)

discoveredGoldHodgkinson23October1875Discovered Gold Hodgkinson23 October1875(1)

discoveredHodgkinsonFieldDiscovered Hodgkinson Field(1)

divertedToDiverted to(1)

earlyArrivalEarly Arrival(1)

earlyArrivalOnEarly Arrival on(1)

evidenceSuggestsMarkingClaimsOnEvidence Suggests Marking Claims on(1)

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runningShortAllOverRunning Short All Over(1)

searchedShortTrackSearched Short Track(1)

wardenOfFieldNamedAfterHimWarden of Field Named After Him(1)

Other facts (53)

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53 facts
PredicateValueRef
Had Population GroupWomen and Children[26]
Had Population GroupChinese Business Owners[26]
Had Population GroupCarters[26]
Had Population GroupChinese Gardeners[26]
Had Population GroupChinese Miners[26]
Had Population GroupEuropeans[26]
Had Population GroupFarmers[26]
Had Population GroupTimber Getters[26]
Had Population GroupTradespeople[26]
Drawing Good Deal of AttentionCurrently[2]
Drawing Good Deal of Attentiontrue[2]
Experienced Rush FromPalmer[3]
Experienced Rush FromSouth[3]
Named AfterW O Hodgkinson[12]
Named AfterW O Hodgkinson[19]
Located NearThornborough[14]
Located NearThornborough[15]
Had Chinese Population104[17]
Had Chinese Population104[18]
Has Lack ofQuartz Miners[1]
Expected Prosperitymuch more prosperous condition[1]
Many Men Going ThereCurrently[2]
Attracting Many Mentrue[2]
Drawing Attentiontrue[2]
Many Men Going totrue[2]
Exemplifies Better Qld Fieldtrue[2]
Compares With Any Other in Australia forRichness and Extent[3]
Yielded300,000 ounces[4]
Has71 StampersTrue[5]
Compares With Any OtherRichest Extent Australia[5]
Yield300000oz to Early20th C Compared Palmer3 5 Mnull[6]
Led to Creation ofCairns City[7]
Less Rich ThanPalmer Field[7]
Eight Machines Operating Within Year of DiscoveryMachines[8]
Gold Discovered23 Oct1875James Venture Mulligan[9]
Population1888 Euro Chinese351[10]
Superior Showto other new fields[11]
Will Belarge reefing field[11]
Existstrue[11]
Led to Huge RushHuge Gold Rush[13]
Now Silent Except CrowsCrows[13]
Causally Led to Town FoundingThornborough Kingsborough[13]
South of Mitchell RiverMitchell River[13]
NearThornborough[16]
Had Population351[17]
Had Total Population in Year351[18]
Yield300000 Ounces to Early20th Cnull[20]
More Attractive ThanPalmer Field[21]
Combined European and Chinese Population in Yearabout 351 in 1888[22]
Yield 300000oz Up Early Century Small Vs Palmer 3.5million But Richest Reefing After Charters Towers Gold Stone Easy at First Eyes Picked Water Level Shafts Abandoned Plundered Riches First Year 33887oznull[23]
Yield300000oz to Early Centurynull[24]
Yield Up to Early This Century300000oz Small Compared to Palmer3.5 Million But One of Norths Richest Reefing Fields After Charters Towers Gold Stone Easy at First Eyes Picked Out Water Level Shafts Abandoned Old Timers Plundered Riches First Year33887oznull[25]
Was Goldfieldtrue[27]

Timeline

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.

hasLackOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:quartz-miners
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much more prosperous condition
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ex:currently
manyMenGoingTheretrove-cooktown/mossman-early
ex:currently
attractingManyMentrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
drawingAttentiontrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
manyMenGoingTotrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
exemplifiesBetterQldFieldtrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
drawingGoodDealOfAttentiontrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
experiencedRushFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-resource-bank-loop-41-thornborough-pathway
ex:palmer
comparesWithAnyOtherInAustraliaForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-resource-bank-loop-41-thornborough-pathway
ex:richness-and-extent
experiencedRushFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-resource-bank-loop-41-thornborough-pathway
ex:south
yieldedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-032
300,000 ounces
has71Stampersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-053
ex:true
comparesWithAnyOtherrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-053
ex:richest-extent-australia
yield300000ozToEarly20thCComparedPalmer3-5Mrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0088
null
ledToCreationOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0084
ex:cairns-city
lessRichThanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0084
ex:palmer-field
eightMachinesOperatingWithinYearOfDiscoveryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0138
ex:machines
goldDiscovered23Oct1875rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0167
ex:james-venture-mulligan
population1888EuroChineserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough-and-thornborough-qld-brief-html-8148eb168d39
351
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to other new fields
willBerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-18341668-0bb565fb4d8d
large reefing field
existsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-18341668-0bb565fb4d8d
true
namedAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-douglashistory-org-au-time-lines-mowbray-6c37863bfe0e
ex:w-o-hodgkinson
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ex:huge-gold-rush
nowSilentExceptCrowsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
ex:crows
causallyLedToTownFoundingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
ex:thornborough-kingsborough
southOfMitchellRiverrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
ex:mitchell-river
locatedNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-adb-anu-edu-au-biography-pluto-31649-29dcc3def3ad
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ex:thornborough
nearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-ia-anu-edu-au-biography-pluto-31649-html-extracted-e844ab7ae5d4
ex:thornborough
hadPopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-ba48e57743dc
351
hadChinesePopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-ba48e57743dc
104
hadChinesePopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-a24c51ae0ea7
104
hadTotalPopulationInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-a24c51ae0ea7
351
namedAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-douglashistory-org-au-time-lines-mowbray
ex:w-o-hodgkinson
yield300000OuncesToEarly20thCrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-historyoftheathertontableland-htm
null
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combinedEuropeanAndChinesePopulationInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough--2703a478b8f3
about 351 in 1888
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null
yield300000ozToEarlyCenturyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-007-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-1dfca0c567e5
null
yieldUpToEarlyThisCentury300000ozSmallComparedToPalmer3.5MillionButOneOfNorthsRichestReefingFieldsAfterChartersTowersGoldStoneEasyAtFirstEyesPickedOutWaterLevelShaftsAbandonedOldTimersPlunderedRichesFirstYear33887ozrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-thornborough-kingsborough-wason-reynolds-goldfield-context-78c349529fad
null
hadPopulationGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/highland-comes-nicholls-3109
ex:women-and-children
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ex:chinese-business-owners
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ex:carters
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ex:chinese-miners
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ex:timber-getters
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ex:tradespeople
wasGoldfieldblucher-uhr/adb--douglas-alexander-douglas-3429
true

References (27)

27 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]Mossman Early7 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
  3. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-resource-bank-loop-41-thornborough-pathway
  4. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-032
  5. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-053
  6. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0088
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0084
  8. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0138
  9. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0167
  10. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough-and-thornborough-qld-brief-html-8148eb168d39
  11. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-18341668-0bb565fb4d8d
  12. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-douglashistory-org-au-time-lines-mowbray-6c37863bfe0e
  13. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-www-4x4australia-com-au-explore-qld-exploring-the-mining-trails-of-north-queensland-html-extracted-75f71b13b0ae
  14. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-adb-anu-edu-au-biography-pluto-31649-29dcc3def3ad
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/005-adb-anu-edu-au-biography-pluto-31649-html-extracted-ed4331bf800c
  16. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-ia-anu-edu-au-biography-pluto-31649-html-extracted-e844ab7ae5d4
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-ba48e57743dc
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/independent-academia-edu-garyhighland-a24c51ae0ea7
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-douglashistory-org-au-time-lines-mowbray
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-historyoftheathertontableland-htm
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-03
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough--2703a478b8f3
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-003-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-d765a3d433be
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-007-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-1dfca0c567e5
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-thornborough-kingsborough-wason-reynolds-goldfield-context-78c349529fad
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/highland-comes-nicholls-3109
  27. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/adb--douglas-alexander-douglas-3429

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