Land

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Land has 125 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 73 references, with 10 live disagreements.

125 facts·88 predicates·73 sources·10 in dispute

Mostly:cleared and worked by(11), owned by(8), worked by(8)

Cleared and Worked byin dispute`clearedAndWorkedBy`

Punjabi^[20]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 050
Chinese^[20]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 050
Hindu^[20]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 050
Japanese^[20]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 050
Kanaka Labour^[20]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 050
Chinese, Hindu, Punjabi, Japanese and Kanaka labour^[32]all time · 017 Www Douglashistory Org Au Time Lines Mowbray Html Extracted 28f99d250316
Chinese^[52]all time · Dshs Mowbray Craiglie Reynolds Aboriginal Movement Timeline
Hindu^[52]all time · Dshs Mowbray Craiglie Reynolds Aboriginal Movement Timeline
Japanese^[52]all time · Dshs Mowbray Craiglie Reynolds Aboriginal Movement Timeline
Kanaka Labour^[52]all time · Dshs Mowbray Craiglie Reynolds Aboriginal Movement Timeline

Inbound mentions (112)

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.

`haveContinuingConnectionTo`Have Continuing Connection to(11)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Tsi Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-tsi-peoples
Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-peoples

`isLandAgent`Is Land Agent(8)

Clements and Mccarthyex:clements-and-mccarthy
Gregory and Scholefieldex:gregory-and-scholefield
Mackay Henzell and Thomsonex:mackay-henzell-and-thomson
Onklin Onkin and Du Faurex:onklin-onkin-and-du-faur
Smith and Walkerex:smith-and-walker
Stansfield and Douglasex:stansfield-and-douglas
We Curtisex:we-curtis
Ww Parkeex:ww-parke

`difficultOfAccessBy`Difficult of Access by(2)

Camp at Cape Bedfordex:camp-at-cape-bedford
Mission Campex:mission-camp

`haveContinuingConnection`Have Continuing Connection(2)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples

`madeForLand`Made for Land(2)

Group From Boatex:group-from-boat
Upturned Boat Groupex:upturned-boat-group

`abundantlyWatered`Abundantly Watered(1)

Parron Propertyex:parron-property

`acknowledgesContinuingConnection`Acknowledges Continuing Connection(1)

Acknowledgement of Traditional Ownersex:acknowledgement-of-traditional-owners

`amusingAboutLand`Amusing About Land(1)

Ignoranceex:ignorance

`areLandAgents`Are Land Agents(1)

William Kellett and Coex:william-kellett-and-co

`areReservesOfLand`Are Reserves of Land(1)

Missionsex:missions

`arguedNoFurtherAlienation`Argued No Further Alienation(1)

Mr Fergusonex:mr-ferguson

`assumedLonging`Assumed Longing(1)

Poor Pent Up Wretchesex:poor-pent-up-wretches

`assumesGovernmentCanResume`Assumes Government Can Resume(1)

Deputation Waterlooex:deputation-waterloo

`authorizesOpening`Authorizes Opening(1)

Proclamationex:proclamation

`capturedFrom`Captured From(1)

Focal Recordingex:focal-recording

`carriedPassenger`Carried Passenger(1)

Governor Blackallex:governor-blackall

`cleared`Cleared(1)

Chinese in Cairnsex:chinese-in-cairns

`competedFor`Competed for(1)

Britishex:british

`conductsSalesOf`Conducts Sales of(1)

William Jacksonex:william-jackson

`constantlyArrivingSearchingFor`Constantly Arriving Searching for(1)

Large Number of Peopleex:large-number-of-people

`cultivatesAllLandHimself`Cultivates All Land Himself(1)

Halloranex:halloran

`dispossessedOf`Dispossessed of(1)

Aboriginal Populationex:aboriginal-population

`distributed`Distributed(1)

Pierre Christophe Lenoirex:pierre-christophe-lenoir

`doingToursOn`Doing Tours on(1)

Boys Toursex:boys-tours

`donto:composedOf`Donto:composed of(1)

Mountainex:Mountain

`driftedOutOfSight`Drifted Out of Sight(1)

Daylightex:daylight

`driftedOutOfSightOfLand`Drifted Out of Sight of Land(1)

Daylightex:daylight

`driftedOutOfSightOfLandOvernight`Drifted Out of Sight of Land Overnight(1)

Mary Smith Schoonerex:mary-smith-schooner

`effortsMadeToEncourage`Efforts Made to Encourage(1)

Closer Settlementex:closer-settlement

`ensuredSteadySupplyOfResourcesFrom`Ensured Steady Supply of Resources From(1)

Maja Majaex:maja-maja

`entitlesEightyAcres`Entitles Eighty Acres(1)

Land Orderex:land-order

`exploredAndCleared`Explored and Cleared(1)

European Settlersex:european-settlers

`farmedSameLand`Farmed Same Land(1)

Thorkill Fatherex:thorkill-father

`gainFeeSimple`Gain Fee Simple(1)

Selectorsex:selectors

`habitat`Habitat(1)

Triceratopsex:triceratops

`habituallyHug`Habitually Hug(1)

Coasting Vesselsex:coasting-vessels

`hadIntentionTo`Had Intention to(1)

Smith Informerex:smith-informer

`hadOccupied`Had Occupied(1)

Aboriginal Peoplesex:aboriginal-peoples

`handlesAuctionsOf`Handles Auctions of(1)

R G Shanklin and Coex:r-g-shanklin-and-co

`hasDomainAssociated`Has Domain Associated(1)

Matariki Star Groupex:matariki-star-group

`hasForPrivateSale`Has for Private Sale(1)

John W Toddex:john-w-todd

`hasLand`Has Land(1)

Red Hill Splendid Houseex:red-hill-splendid-house

`hasLittleFencing`Has Little Fencing(1)

Moran Jex:moran-j

`hasNoCultivation`Has No Cultivation(1)

Moran Jex:moran-j

`hasPurchased`Has Purchased(1)

Townsville Ice Companyex:townsville-ice-company

`haveContinuingConnectionToLand`Have Continuing Connection to Land(1)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoplesex:aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples

`haveEssentialConnection`Have Essential Connection(1)

Traditional Ownersex:traditional-owners

`haveOwnPlot`Have Own Plot(1)

Family Membersex:family-members

`haveRailwayAdjoining`Have Railway Adjoining(1)

Selectorsex:selectors

`haveWealthInvestedIn`Have Wealth Invested in(1)

Conservativesex:conservatives

`headedInFor`Headed in for(1)

Journey Partyex:journey-party

`heardFrom`Heard From(1)

Shouts Criesex:shouts-cries

`increasesCarryingCapacity`Increases Carrying Capacity(1)

Grazing Farmerex:grazing-farmer

`inSightOf`In Sight of(1)

Whale Chase Valoraex:whale-chase-valora

`investedCountryMoney`Invested Country Money(1)

Land Salesex:land-sales

`keptNotFarFrom`Kept Not Far From(1)

Canoe Pole Travelex:canoe-pole-travel

`likelyGetsNothingFrom`Likely Gets Nothing From(1)

Defaulting Absenteeex:defaulting-absentee

`linkedTo`Linked to(1)

Religious Belief Systemex:religious-belief-system

`listsCommonTerms`Lists Common Terms(1)

With the White Peopleex:with-the-white-people

`lostSightOf`Lost Sight of(1)

M Glorieuxex:m-glorieux

`maintainCultureAndConnection`Maintain Culture and Connection(1)

Kalkadoon Peopleex:kalkadoon-people

`miserablyBarren`Miserably Barren(1)

Land Kappa Kappa to Redscar Bayex:land-kappa-kappa-to-redscar-bay

`muchWantedOverLand`Much Wanted Over Land(1)

Rainex:rain

`noPassionToOwn`No Passion to Own(1)

Future Societyex:future-society

`notForJobbing`Not for Jobbing(1)

Land Holdersex:land-holders

`notJobbing`Not Jobbing(1)

Land Holdersex:land-holders

`occasionallyBarren`Occasionally Barren(1)

Coast Cloudy Bay to Aromaex:coast-cloudy-bay-to-aroma

`occurredAlong`Occurred Along(1)

Pera Voyage 1623ex:pera-voyage-1623

`outOfSightLand`Out of Sight Land(1)

Daylight Driftex:daylightDrift

`plentyNotUtilisedByNatives`Plenty Not Utilised by Natives(1)

Fertile Land Protected New Guineaex:fertile-land-protected-new-guinea

`presentsEightyAcresLandToFarmer`Presents Eighty Acres Land to Farmer(1)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`presupposedToOwnLand`Presupposed to Own Land(1)

Whitesex:whites

`presupposesEntitlementTo`Presupposes Entitlement to(1)

Frontier Settlersex:frontier-settlers

`riskLivesToReach`Risk Lives to Reach(1)

New Caledonia Escapeesex:new-caledonia-escapees

`sailedNorthwardsWeekSightLand`Sailed Northwards Week Sight Land(1)

Shipex:ship

`sawNoGoodIn`Saw No Good in(1)

Most Europeansex:most-europeans

`shedFumesOver`Shed Fumes Over(1)

Peace Breathing Calumetex:peace-breathing-calumet

`simplifiesTransferOf`Simplifies Transfer of(1)

Real Property Actex:real-property-act

`smallValueLightRating`Small Value Light Rating(1)

Country Improvementsex:country-improvements

`startingSettledFarming`Starting Settled Farming(1)

Cape Tribulationex:cape-tribulation

`takeAsMuchAsWant`Take As Much As Want(1)

Landex:land

`takingEarliestStepsToUtilize`Taking Earliest Steps to Utilize(1)

Land Holdersex:land-holders

`thusTakeUp`Thus Take Up(1)

Chinese Syndicatesex:chinese-syndicates

`tillsLand`Tills Land(1)

Labourex:labour

`toldToSendUnemployedTo`Told to Send Unemployed to(1)

Reply to Mr Nimmoex:reply-to-mr-nimmo

`veryProductive`Very Productive(1)

Islands Off East Coast New Guineaex:islands-off-east-coast-new-guinea

`veryWellSatisfiedWith`Very Well Satisfied With(1)

Hughenden Peopleex:hughenden-people

`willSellLandOnFavourableConditions`Will Sell Land on Favourable Conditions(1)

Prospectus Land Building and Investment Association Nsw and Qldex:prospectus-land-building-and-investment-association-nsw-and-qld

`withinOneMileOf`Within One Mile of(1)

Frankenberg Drowningex:frankenberg-drowning

`wouldBeFirstChargeOn`Would Be First Charge on(1)

Loansex:loans

`wouldBringMore`Would Bring More(1)

Auction Blocksex:auction-blocks

`wouldSettleRapidly`Would Settle Rapidly(1)

Cook District Inhabitantsex:cook-district-inhabitants

Other facts (114)

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.

114 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Owned by	Whites	[20]
Owned by	whites	[32]
Owned by	whites	[40]
Owned by	Whites	[42]
Owned by	Bennett Walker	[44]
Owned by	Whites	[46]
Owned by	Whites	[52]
Owned by	Whites	[63]
Worked by	Japanese Labour	[42]
Worked by	Hindu Labour	[42]
Worked by	Punjabi Labour	[42]
Worked by	Kanaka Labour	[42]
Worked by	Punjabi Labour	[63]
Worked by	Kanaka Labour	[63]
Worked by	Hindu Labour	[63]
Worked by	Japanese Labour	[63]
Rdf:type	Place	[70]
Rdf:type	Location	[71]
Rdf:type	Substance	[72]
Cleared	true	[1]
Cleared		[64]
Essential to	Mayor J E Smith Possession	[17]
Essential to	Aboriginal Defense	[60]
Covered With	Dense Succulent Herbage	[18]
Covered With	Dense Succulent Herbage	[7]
Owned by Whites But Cleared and Worked by	Chinese, Hindu, Punjabi, Japanese and Kanaka labour	[19]
Owned by Whites But Cleared and Worked by	Chinese, Hindu, Punjabi, Japanese and Kanaka labour	[34]
Has Inherent Value	null	[11]
Has Inherent Value	true	[23]
Locked Up by	Grazing Farms Thirty Years Lease	[22]
Locked Up by	Squatters Fifteen Years Lease	[22]
Ontologically Owned by Whites Worked by Others	null	[27]
Ontologically Owned by Whites Worked by Others	null	[28]
Considered	unoccupied, British land under NSW then Queensland 1859	[31]
Considered	unoccupied British land NSW then Queensland 1859	[62]
Cleared by	Chinese Labour	[42]
Cleared by	Chinese Labour	[63]
Organised in	hundreds of countries owned used by complex law rights responsibilities spiritual associations in clan estates	[48]
Organised in	hundreds of countries	[66]
Has Same Meaning As in	Native Title Act 1993 Cth	[57]
Has Same Meaning As in	Native Title Act 1993 Cth	[58]
Has Portions	null	[1]
Bought Up by Speculators	null	[2]
Continues to Be Brought Into Market by	Private Individuals	[2]
Inherent Goodness	true	[1]
Deontic Restriction	no acquisition recognized	[3]
Ontological As Resource	Crown Lands	[1]
Belongs to	Future Comers	[4]
Provides National Prosperity	null	[5]
Does Not Reconstruct	Banks	[4]
Is Best Investment	if obtainable at low figure	[4]
Now Property of	Gentleman at Council Table	[6]
Offered on	Reasonable Terms	[6]
Locked Up Against Agricultural Settlement for	thirty years	[6]
Essential for Unemployed	true	[6]
Being Taken Up Along	Banks of Eleanor Creek	[7]
Twenty Million Acres Good Land	null	[8]
Originally Belonged to	Aboriginal Ancestors	[9]
Held Out As One of Greatest Inducements to Emigrate	true	[2]
Proved Good	has been proved	[10]
Value Owes Mainly to	Exertion of Whole Community	[11]
Axiological As	Acknowledged Good for Cultivation	[12]
Is Selectable	{}	[13]
Ontological Status	great unknown continent	[14]
Forms Outposts of	Great Unknown Continent	[14]
Carries	Large Agricultural Population	[15]
Will Be	Closely Settled	[15]
Not Bought to Hold	but to sell at profit	[16]
Has Ontological Property of Carriable Capacity	null	[11]
Essential for Security	Freehold Land	[21]
Has Teleological Purpose for Subdivision and Profit	null	[21]
Finds Still Advertised	Mr Buckland	[24]
Bought and House Built	paid for in few years by installments	[25]
Ontologically Traditional	Gunggandji	[26]
Ontologically Divided Into Selections Portions	homesteads	[29]
Considered Unoccupied	Terra Nullius	[30]
Ontologically Classed As	unoccupied terra nullius	[30]
Has Continuing Connection	Indigenous Peoples	[33]
Is Connected to	Traditional Owners	[33]
Essential Property Pioneered	Selectors	[35]
Has Continuing Connection to	Aboriginal and Tsi Peoples	[36]
Has Continuing Connection to First Nations	null	[37]
Ontologically Part of	Traditional Indigenous Territory	[38]
Has Traditional Owners	Eastern Kuku Yalanji People	[39]
Worked by Melanesian Labour	{}	[40]
Ontologically Shifts From Hunting to Farming	Mowbray Valley	[41]
Teleologically Traditional	For Yirrganydji	[43]
Has Traditional Owners	null	[45]
Owned Traditionally by	Eastern Kuku Yalanji	[47]
Under Pastoral Leasing	Before Lakefield National Park 1979	[48]
Has Large Swamps at Back	null	[49]
Central to	Aboriginal Identity	[50]
Occupied As	Terra Nullius	[50]
Presupposed Unoccupied	By Europeans	[51]
Annual Rental	£3 per square mile	[53]
Has Essential Suitability Properties	Tobacco Grades	[54]
Alienated	2.5 million acres	[55]
Lived on for	eternity	[56]
Eighty Acres Best Given	Farmer	[59]
Take As Much As Want	Land	[59]

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.

125 undated

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hasPortionstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

null

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boughtUpBySpeculatorstrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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continuesToBeBroughtIntoMarketBytrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:private-individuals

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inherentGoodnesstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

true

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clearedtrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

true

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deonticRestrictiontrove-cooktown/protector-roth

no acquisition recognized

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ontologicalAsResourcetrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:crown-lands

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belongsTotrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:future-comers

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providesNationalProsperitytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

null

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doesNotReconstructtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:banks

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isBestInvestmenttrove-cooktown/john-davis

if obtainable at low figure

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nowPropertyOftrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:gentleman-at-council-table

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offeredOntrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:reasonable-terms

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lockedUpAgainstAgriculturalSettlementFortrove-cooktown/prostitution

thirty years

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essentialForUnemployedtrove-cooktown/prostitution

true

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beingTakenUpAlongtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:banks-of-eleanor-creek

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twentyMillionAcresGoodLandtrove-cooktown/fishing-station

null

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originallyBelongedTocooktown-hospital-registers

ex:aboriginal-ancestors

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heldOutAsOneOfGreatestInducementsToEmigratetrove-cooktown/cingalese

true

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provedGoodtrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

has been proved

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valueOwesMainlyTotrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:exertion-of-whole-community

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axiologicalAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/892298_Tuesday-2-November-1880-m-rose-endeavour-river-blacks-north-shore-letter

ex:acknowledged-good-for-cultivation

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isSelectablebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174699273_Friday-14-August-1885_queensland-news

{}

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ontologicalStatusbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171355620_Saturday-28-November-1896-feminter-or-the-aurora-land-of-the-south-chapter-iv

great unknown continent

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formsOutpostsOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171355620_Saturday-28-November-1896-feminter-or-the-aurora-land-of-the-south-chapter-iv

ex:great-unknown-continent

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carriesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291085937_Friday-12-December-1890-telegraphic-news-cairns-dec-9

ex:large-agricultural-population

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willBebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/291085937_Friday-12-December-1890-telegraphic-news-cairns-dec-9

ex:closely-settled

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notBoughtToHoldbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/39430830_Thursday-3-September-1885-our-brisbane-letter-from-our-own-correspondent

but to sell at profit

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essentialTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67204263_Saturday-18-June-1881-local-general-news

ex:mayor-j-e-smith-possession

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coveredWithbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/97491962_Wednesday-8-May-1889-brisbane-may-7

ex:dense-succulent-herbage

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ownedByWhitesButClearedAndWorkedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-052

Chinese, Hindu, Punjabi, Japanese and Kanaka labour

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