Letter
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Letter has 159 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 59 references, with 14 live disagreements.
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Other facts (158)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Performs Speech Act of | Correction of Telegram | [9] |
| Performs Speech Act of | warning | [10] |
| Performs Speech Act of | request permission | [19] |
| Performs Speech Act of | correction | [19] |
| Performs Speech Act of | informing | [46] |
| Performs Speech Act of | Informing Superior | [47] |
| Dated | 1897-02-17 | [20] |
| Dated | 1898-05-03 | [28] |
| Dated | 1889-09-07 | [42] |
| Dated | 1902-12-02 | [45] |
| Dated | 1902-10-24 | [47] |
| Dated | 1861-06-01 | [50] |
| Presupposes | Prior Correspondence | [55] |
| Presupposes | Gazette Process | [55] |
| Presupposes | Swearing in Process | [55] |
| Presupposes | Squatter Presence | [55] |
| Presupposes | Indigenous Presence | [55] |
| Presupposes | Colonial Justice System | [55] |
| Addressed to | Colonial Secretary | [14] |
| Addressed to | Commissioner of Police Brisbane | [19] |
| Addressed to | Sir Recipient | [21] |
| Addressed to | W E Parry Okeden | [22] |
| Addressed to | Wee Roth | [43] |
| Performs | Request Speech Act | [55] |
| Performs | Reminder Speech Act | [55] |
| Performs | Urgency Speech Act | [55] |
| Documents | Frontier Violence 1868 | [55] |
| Documents | Colonial Bureaucracy 1868 | [55] |
| Documents | Police Objection Power | [55] |
| Performs Speech Act | contradiction | [4] |
| Performs Speech Act | granting provisional permits | [24] |
| Preserves All Names Details | Target Terms | [17] |
| Preserves All Names Details | Ocr Extraction | [30] |
| Performs Complaint | Mr Chester | [31] |
| Performs Complaint | Aborigine Treatment | [34] |
| Sent From | Several Aboriginals Cape Bedford | [37] |
| Sent From | Cooktown | [53] |
| Constructs | Uhr Identity | [55] |
| Constructs | Indigenous Other | [55] |
| Rdf:type | Document | [56] |
| Rdf:type | Document | [59] |
| References Newspaper | Letter references Courier newspaper paragraph from Saturday, March 1st | [57] |
| References Newspaper | Second reference: Courier newspaper Monday, March 3rd | [57] |
| Asks Question | Question: Does official report differ from newspaper account? | [57] |
| Asks Question | Question: Is Sub-Inspector in both paragraphs the same person? | [57] |
| Appeals to Humanity | Audience | [1] |
| References Captain Cook | Captain Cook | [1] |
| Performs Recommendation | Commission | [1] |
| Intertextually Quotes | Maori Private Letter | [1] |
| Expresses Gladness | Ventilation | [1] |
| Reports Events | Tragedy at Bootless Inlet | [2] |
| Frames Mission As Successful | {} | [2] |
| Warns Against | Forced Labour | [2] |
| Regrets Procedure Gave Rise to Remarks | True | [3] |
| Might Content With Submissions | True | [3] |
| Addresses Question Raised in Assembly | True | [3] |
| Asks Feasibility | Boundary Extension | [5] |
| Dated at Sea | 22nd May 1889 | [2] |
| In Reply to | Company Letter to Marine Board Secretary | [2] |
| Encloses | Resolution | [2] |
| Forwarded by | Outgoing Mail | [2] |
| Forwarded to | Secretary of State | [2] |
| Is Speech Act of Suggestion | null | [6] |
| Makes Specific Allegations | various | [6] |
| Criticises Savagely | Customs Administration | [6] |
| Corrects Public Record | Cooktown Telegram | [7] |
| Sent to Newspaper | Cooktown Independent | [8] |
| Addresses Topic | Church Raffles | [8] |
| Is Rhetorical Critique | Church Fundraising Practices | [8] |
| Targets Audience of | Editor and Government | [9] |
| Employs Rhetoric of | Revenons a Nous Moutons | [9] |
| Emphasizes Risk to Life | null | [9] |
| Uses French Idiom | revenons a nous moutons | [9] |
| Is Genre Letter to Editor | null | [9] |
| Genre Is | letter-to-editor | [10] |
| States No New Discoveries | lead improving | [11] |
| Has Attachment | Copy Telegrams to Native Police | [12] |
| Has Attachments | References | [12] |
| Emphasizes Future Trouble | {} | [13] |
| Performs Confession | Aware Matters | [13] |
| Frames Aborigines As Trouble | {} | [13] |
| Implies Government Responsibility | Supply Food to Aborigines | [14] |
| Signed by | Shan He Tonir by Doaston | [14] |
| From Location | Cooktown Divisional Board | [14] |
| Is Speech Act of | request | [14] |
| Dated Around | 1894 | [15] |
| Hedges on Details | Ocr Garbles | [16] |
| Frames Rations As | Inadequate | [18] |
| Is Report | true | [19] |
| Concerns | Aboriginal Health | [19] |
| Recommends Teaching | How to Make Maizemeal Bread | [20] |
| Is Addressed As | Dear sir | [20] |
| Authored by | Walter E Roth | [21] |
| Genre | official correspondence | [21] |
| Makes Recommendation | Fishing Net Charge | [21] |
| Sent From Location | Cooktown | [22] |
| Has Date | 1898-05-15 | [22] |
| Opens With Honorific | I have the honour to forward | [22] |
| Expects Followup | Next Week Particulars | [23] |
| Emphasizes Efficiency | Time Saving | [24] |
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WARNING Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this record contains graphic content and may cause distress. It may include descriptions of violence, racist and offensive language, sexual assault and references to pe…
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09 Jul 1881 - Notices to Correspondents. Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Saturday 9 July 1881, page 50 Notices to Correspondents. OUR country correspondents are particularly requested to put the date at the head of their letter…
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13 Feb 1886 - GENERAL NEWS. Colonist (Maryborough, Qld. : 1884 - 1952), Saturday 13 February 1886, page 7 GENERAL NEWS. a terrible mutiny occurred some weeks back on a ship belonging to the British Mercantile Marine, which has been doing du…
See also
- Audience
- Captain Cook
- Commission
- Maori Private Letter
- Ventilation
- Tragedy at Bootless Inlet
- Forced Labour
- True
- Boundary Extension
- Company Letter to Marine Board Secretary
- Resolution
- Outgoing Mail
- Secretary of State
- Customs Administration
- Cooktown Telegram
- Cooktown Independent
- Church Raffles
- Church Fundraising Practices
- Editor and Government
- Revenons a Nous Moutons
- Correction of Telegram
- Copy Telegrams to Native Police
- References
- Aware Matters
- Supply Food to Aborigines
- Colonial Secretary
- Shan He Tonir by Doaston
- Cooktown Divisional Board
- Ocr Garbles
- Target Terms
- Aborigines
- Inadequate
- Aboriginal Health
- Commissioner of Police Brisbane
- How to Make Maizemeal Bread
- Walter E Roth
- Fishing Net Charge
- Sir Recipient
- W E Parry Okeden
- Cooktown
- Next Week Particulars
- Time Saving
- Recipient
- Original Letter
- Boat Wreck Report
- Walter E Roth Pla
- Conversation With He
- Ocr Extraction
- Mr Chester
- Government Appointees
- George Demetries Actions
- Aborigine Treatment
- Queensland Frontier Conflict
- Chinese and Other Aliens
- Aboriginals on Vessels
- Native Police Wide Bay District
- Chief Protector
- Several Aboriginals Cape Bedford
- Letter 2844 95
- Mr Hislop Junior
- Further Report Re Hislop
- Wee Roth
- Under Secretary
- Informing Superior
- Telegram
- Policy Against Intimacy
- Qld Times
- Nmp Event 52606
- Snellgrove Selection
- Duke of York
- Moreton Bay Settlement
- Seamen Strayed
- Request Speech Act
- Reminder Speech Act
- Urgency Speech Act
- Justification
- Situational Report
- Formal Register
- Prior Correspondence
- Gazette Process
- Swearing in Process
- Squatter Presence
- Indigenous Presence
- Colonial Justice System
- Uhr Identity
- Indigenous Other
- Colonial Attitudes
- Colonial Correspondence Genre
- Frontier Violence 1868
- Colonial Bureaucracy 1868
- Police Objection Power
- Queensland Colonial History
- Document
- Deficient Date
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