Islanders

as donto believed on

From Dontopedia, the open, paraconsistent wiki. (Last updated 2026-06-20.)

Islanders has 55 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 19 references, with 3 live disagreements.

55 facts·51 predicates·19 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:will be exceedingly indignant if(2), now demand(2), bartered(2)

Inbound mentions (27)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`acquiredIdiomsFrom`Acquired Idioms From(2)

Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines

`affordsEmploymentTo`Affords Employment to(2)

Mr Brown Pearl Shelling Stationex:mr-brown-pearl-shelling-station
Mr Brown Pearlshelling Stationex:mr-brown-pearlshelling-station

`detestedBy`Detested by(2)

Skull Huntersex:skull-hunters
Skull Hunters Kaua Riverex:skull-hunters-kaua-river

`fearedBy`Feared by(2)

Skull Huntersex:skull-hunters
Skull Hunters Kaua Riverex:skull-hunters-kaua-river

`providesEmploymentTo`Provides Employment to(2)

Mr Brown Pearl Shelling Stationex:mr-brown-pearl-shelling-station
Mr Brown Pearlshelling Stationex:mr-brown-pearlshelling-station

`speaksHighlyOf`Speaks Highly of(2)

H Milmanex:h-milman
H Milmanex:h-milman

`acquiredKnowledgeOf`Acquired Knowledge of(1)

Royal Commission on Polynesian Labourersex:royal-commission-on-polynesian-labourers

`actuallyReceivedGiftsFrom`Actually Received Gifts From(1)

Wild Blacksex:wild-blacks

`attackedBy`Attacked by(1)

Young Dick Crewex:young-dick-crew

`causeFearIn`Cause Fear in(1)

Skull Huntersex:skull-hunters

`committedAbominableActs`Committed Abominable Acts(1)

Recruitersex:recruiters

`expectsReturnees`Expects Returnees(1)

Storm Birdex:storm-bird

`foundGuiltyKidnapping`Found Guilty Kidnapping(1)

John Mclean Francis Rowen Supreme Courtex:john-mclean-francis-rowen-supreme-court

`hadLabourersTaken`Had Labourers Taken(1)

Plantersex:planters

`hasNotPaid`Has Not Paid(1)

Pittex:pitt

`highlyEsteemedBy`Highly Esteemed by(1)

Captain Lowrieex:captain-lowrie

`isMemberOf`Is Member of(1)

Ono Boyex:ono-boy

`negativeEvaluationBy`Negative Evaluation by(1)

Skull Huntersex:skull-hunters

`referredToAs`Referred to As(1)

Kanaka Workersex:kanaka-workers

`undertakenToLand`Undertaken to Land(1)

Schooner Stormbirdex:schooner-stormbird

`with`With(1)

Pittex:pitt

Other facts (55)

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.

55 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Will Be Exceedingly Indignant If	Forbidden to Carry Home Purchases	[3]
Will Be Exceedingly Indignant If	Forbidden to Carry Home Purchases	[10]
Now Demand	Guns or Valuable Consideration	[3]
Now Demand	Guns or Valuable Consideration	[10]
Bartered	Station Clothes Rations	[8]
Bartered	Station Clothes Rations	[9]
Found Employment in	Tomato Growing Around Bowen	[18]
Found Employment in	Banana Industry	[18]
Rely on Natural Abundance	Food Sources	[1]
Well Treated in	Queensland	[2]
To Be Paid Off at	Murray Island	[3]
Formerly Content With	Articles of Small Value	[3]
Chief Inducement to Recruit Is	Hope of Obtaining Means to Purchase Firearms	[3]
Intended for	Mackay	[4]
Have Love of Home As Passion	null	[3]
Presupposed to Exist Engaged	null	[3]
Has	love of home as passion	[3]
Called Misguided by	Brisbane Courier	[3]
Exist As Laborers	Plantations	[5]
Teleological Role	Plantation Labour	[5]
Treated As Labourers With Rights	engagements, wages, death benefits	[3]
Have Great Demand to	return to Queensland	[1]
Alleged Status Implies Uncertainty	True	[6]
Alleged Kidnapped by	Cearn	[6]
Returned by Government	Queensland Government	[6]
Alleged Kidnapped	Carn	[6]
Type	Pacific Islander labourers	[7]
Complained That	Wild Blacks Stole Goods	[8]
Gave Goods Willingly	Goods	[9]
Complained of Theft	Wild Blacks	[9]
Implicates Motivation for Recruiting	Obtaining Guns	[10]
Have Chief Inducement to Recruit	Hope of Obtaining Guns	[10]
Were Once Content With	Small Value Articles As Presents	[10]
Presupposes Labour System	Plantation Economy	[11]
Treated As Cargo	ranged, counted, drafted	[11]
Imbibed	Christianity	[12]
Voluntarily Renewed Service	null	[13]
Returned to Homes by	end of 1890 per 1885 Act	[14]
Deserted Due to	Brutality of Mate	[15]
Some Own Boats	true	[16]
Afforded Opportunity Legal Marriage Thursday Island	True	[17]
Dependent on Aboriginal Programs for	Secure Affordable Housing	[18]
Subsisted on	Large Vegetable Gardens and Livestock	[18]
Baptisedcount	603	[19]
Wereallowedto	wander into her private house before school begins	[19]
Hadrunof	her private house	[19]
Sataboutin	her parlour	[19]
Enteredbeforeschool	her private house	[19]
Satin	her parlour	[19]
Neverabused	the privilege of wandering into her private house	[19]
Traveledtoattend	as far as 30 kilometres	[19]
Built	a thatched-roof church at Cordelia Mount	[19]
Heldregularservicesat	the church on Anderson's farm at Halifax	[19]
Contributedfundsto	the mission	[19]
Paidamountinyeartobuildmissionhall	£70 in 1894	[19]

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.

55 undated

—

relyOnNaturalAbundancetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:food-sources

—

wellTreatedIntrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:queensland

—

toBePaidOffAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:murray-island

—

formerlyContentWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:articlesOfSmallValue

—

willBeExceedinglyIndignantIftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:forbiddenToCarryHomePurchases

—

nowDemandtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:gunsOrValuableConsideration

—

chiefInducementToRecruitIstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:hopeOfObtainingMeansToPurchaseFirearms

—

intendedFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mackay

—

haveLoveOfHomeAsPassiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

presupposedToExistEngagedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

—

hastrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

love of home as passion

—

calledMisguidedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:brisbane-courier

—

existAsLaborerstrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:plantations

—

teleologicalRoletrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:plantation-labour

—

treatedAsLabourersWithRightstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

engagements, wages, death benefits

—

haveGreatDemandTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

return to Queensland

—

allegedStatusImpliesUncertaintytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:true

—

allegedKidnappedBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:cearn

—

returnedByGovernmenttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:queensland-government

—

allegedKidnappedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:carn

—

typetrove-cooktown/bloomfield

Pacific Islander labourers

—

barteredlaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

ex:station-clothes-rations

—

complainedThatlaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

ex:wild-blacks-stole-goods

—

gaveGoodsWillinglylaura-corridor/loop6-blankets

ex:goods

—

barteredlaura-corridor/loop6-blankets

ex:station-clothes-rations

—

complainedOfTheftlaura-corridor/loop6-blankets

ex:wild-blacks

—

implicatesMotivationForRecruitingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction

ex:obtaining-guns

—

haveChiefInducementToRecruitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction

ex:hope-of-obtaining-guns

—

wereOnceContentWithbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction

ex:small-value-articles-as-presents

—

willBeExceedinglyIndignantIfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction

ex:forbidden-to-carry-home-purchases

—

nowDemandbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction

ex:guns-or-valuable-consideration

—

presupposesLabourSystembrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146623772_Monday-17-September-1883_LOCAL-NEWS

ex:plantation-economy

—

treatedAsCargobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146623772_Monday-17-September-1883_LOCAL-NEWS

ranged, counted, drafted

—

imbibedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-d45e8a9888e2

ex:christianity

—

voluntarilyRenewedServicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-4433e6ffd325

null

—

returnedToHomesByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-9094976f09f3

end of 1890 per 1885 Act

—

desertedDueTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman

ex:brutality-of-mate

—

someOwnBoatsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-173435849

true

—

affordedOpportunityLegalMarriageThursdayIslandrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63482-child-removal-rosie-davey-comparison-source

ex:true

—

foundEmploymentInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06

ex:tomato-growing-around-bowen

—

dependentOnAboriginalProgramsForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06

ex:secure-affordable-housing

—

foundEmploymentInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06

ex:banana-industry

—

subsistedOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06

ex:large-vegetable-gardens-and-livestock

—

baptisedcountmoore-making-mala-ch3

603

—

wereallowedtomoore-making-mala-ch3

wander into her private house before school begins

—

hadrunofmoore-making-mala-ch3

her private house

—

sataboutinmoore-making-mala-ch3

her parlour

—

enteredbeforeschoolmoore-making-mala-ch3

her private house

—

satinmoore-making-mala-ch3

her parlour

—

neverabusedmoore-making-mala-ch3

the privilege of wandering into her private house

—

traveledtoattendmoore-making-mala-ch3

as far as 30 kilometres

—

builtmoore-making-mala-ch3

a thatched-roof church at Cordelia Mount

—

heldregularservicesatmoore-making-mala-ch3

the church on Anderson's farm at Halifax

—

contributedfundstomoore-making-mala-ch3

the mission

—

paidamountinyeartobuildmissionhallmoore-making-mala-ch3

£70 in 1894

References (19)

19 references

[1]Coloured Persons2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[2]Mauritius Queensland1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
[3]Beche De Mer10 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[4]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[5]John Davis2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[6]North Shore Full4 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[7]Bloomfield1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
[8]Loop2 Massacres2 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop2-massacres
[9]Loop6 Blankets3 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop6-blankets
[10]3424684 Wednesday 5 December 1883 Summary for Europe Per Rms Dorunda Introduction5 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3424684_Wednesday-5-December-1883-summary-for-europe-per-rms-dorunda-introduction
[11]146623772 Monday 17 September 1883 Local News2 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146623772_Monday-17-September-1883_LOCAL-NEWS
[12]001 Gutenberg Net Au Ebooks13 1303641h Html D45e8a9888e21 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-d45e8a9888e2
[13]010 Gutenberg Net Au Ebooks13 1303641h Html 4433e6ffd3251 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-4433e6ffd325
[14]010 Gutenberg Net Au Ebooks13 1303641h Html Html Extracted 9094976f09f31 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-9094976f09f3
[15]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Hotel Publican Employer Aboriginal Woman1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman
[16]Trove Hartley Sykes Oconnor Cape Bedford 1734358491 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-173435849
[17]Aiatsis 63482 Child Removal Rosie Davey Comparison Source1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-63482-child-removal-rosie-davey-comparison-source
[18]Race Relations North Queensland Fulltext Chunk 064 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06
[19]Moore Making Mala Ch312 facts
customctx:src/moore-making-mala-ch3
- full textdoc:research/rosie-research/south-sea-islander/moore-making-mala-ch3
  text/plain89 KBdoc:research/rosie-research/south-sea-islander/moore-making-mala-ch3
  Show excerpt
  Previous Making Mala 3 Malaitan Christians Overseas, 1880s–1910s It is easy to understand why labourers in Queensland should have become Christians. They were cut off from all home influences, separated from their relatives, and i…

Keep researching

Missing something or suspicious of what's here? Kick off a research session — a Claude agent will investigate, cite its sources, and file new facts into a dedicated context you can review before accepting into the shared view.

Islanders

Inbound mentions (27)

acquiredIdiomsFromAcquired Idioms From(2)

affordsEmploymentToAffords Employment to(2)

detestedByDetested by(2)

fearedByFeared by(2)

providesEmploymentToProvides Employment to(2)

speaksHighlyOfSpeaks Highly of(2)

acquiredKnowledgeOfAcquired Knowledge of(1)

actuallyReceivedGiftsFromActually Received Gifts From(1)

attackedByAttacked by(1)

causeFearInCause Fear in(1)

committedAbominableActsCommitted Abominable Acts(1)

expectsReturneesExpects Returnees(1)

foundGuiltyKidnappingFound Guilty Kidnapping(1)

hadLabourersTakenHad Labourers Taken(1)

hasNotPaidHas Not Paid(1)

highlyEsteemedByHighly Esteemed by(1)

isMemberOfIs Member of(1)

negativeEvaluationByNegative Evaluation by(1)

referredToAsReferred to As(1)

undertakenToLandUndertaken to Land(1)

withWith(1)

Other facts (55)

Timeline

References (19)

See also

Keep researching

`acquiredIdiomsFrom`Acquired Idioms From(2)

`affordsEmploymentTo`Affords Employment to(2)

`detestedBy`Detested by(2)

`fearedBy`Feared by(2)

`providesEmploymentTo`Provides Employment to(2)

`speaksHighlyOf`Speaks Highly of(2)

`acquiredKnowledgeOf`Acquired Knowledge of(1)

`actuallyReceivedGiftsFrom`Actually Received Gifts From(1)

`attackedBy`Attacked by(1)

`causeFearIn`Cause Fear in(1)

`committedAbominableActs`Committed Abominable Acts(1)

`expectsReturnees`Expects Returnees(1)

`foundGuiltyKidnapping`Found Guilty Kidnapping(1)

`hadLabourersTaken`Had Labourers Taken(1)

`hasNotPaid`Has Not Paid(1)

`highlyEsteemedBy`Highly Esteemed by(1)

`isMemberOf`Is Member of(1)

`negativeEvaluationBy`Negative Evaluation by(1)

`referredToAs`Referred to As(1)

`undertakenToLand`Undertaken to Land(1)

`with`With(1)