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Mackay District

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Mackay District has 72 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 31 references, with 3 live disagreements.

72 facts·67 predicates·31 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:employs natives in(4), absorbed more immigrants(2), reported heavy rains(2)

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Inbound mentions (45)

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believesSettlersMailmenSupplyOpiumForWorkBelieves Settlers Mailmen Supply Opium for Work(2)

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employedGreatestNumberOfWhitesEmployed Greatest Number of Whites(1)

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Other facts (72)

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72 facts
PredicateValueRef
Employs Natives inSugar Cane Cutting[21]
Employs Natives insugar-cane cutting[24]
Employs Natives inSugar Cane Cutting[25]
Employs Natives insugar-cane cutting[26]
Absorbed More ImmigrantsOther Districts[4]
Absorbed More Immigrantsthan any other district[4]
Reported Heavy Rainsnull[15]
Reported Heavy Rainsthroughout the district[22]
Has Gloomy ProspectLong Continued Drought[1]
Planted Thousands of Acresthousands[1]
Has Superior Attractionstrue[2]
Superior Attractionstrue[2]
Has Sugar Land Acresover 100000[1]
Population Increase2000[3]
Would Employ Only80 white men[4]
Risk ofLarge Coolie Population[5]
Has High Homestead Selections127[5]
Employs3000 Colored Labourersnull[5]
Chief Centre ofSugar Industry Qld[3]
Has Best OrganizedMills Qld[3]
Absorbed More Immigrants Than Any OtherQld Districts[4]
Will Soon HaveFew White Men Left[2]
After Three Bad YearsReally Good Crop[1]
Had Three Bad Yearstrue[1]
Has Heavy Cane Croptrue[1]
Has Considerable Acreage of Cane Standing Over From Last Seasonnull[6]
Large Return of Cane Per Acre Expectednull[6]
Had Copious RainfallUp to End 1887[4]
ContainsNorth Eton[4]
Experienced Wintry WeatherPast Week[1]
Acres Cane12258[5]
Season Crop Estimate13470 tons[5]
Speaks Well for Fitness GrowingMango Fruit[5]
Generates Large Revenuetrue[1]
Revenue Sources IncludeCustoms, land, other[1]
Provides Revenue toQueensland Government[1]
Lacks Public Works Other ThanProposed Railway[1]
SourceLocal Papers[1]
Has Largest Selection125836[7]
Has Sugar CropLarge Sugar Crop[8]
Evidences Advancement byEnormous Machinery Quantities[4]
Land Open to Selectiontrue[9]
True ThatSomething About Mackay[10]
Will Have Few White Mennull[11]
Experienced Heavy Rainstrue[12]
Expresses Strong FeelingNecessity Extreme Penalty[13]
Experiencedheavy rains[14]
Sugar Producingnull[16]
Expanding Sugar Industrynull[16]
Has No Idle Mentrue[17]
Higher Wages Than Queensland Averagetrue[17]
Must Produce Wealth Unassisted byNiggers[17]
Has Proportionately Higher WagesAnywhere Else Queensland[17]
Requires Plenty ofWhite Labor[17]
Has Badly NeededRailway Facilities[18]
Has Much Promised Little Effectedtrue[19]
Shows Unmistakable Signs Rapid Advancementtrue[19]
Pointed to With Pride and Pleasuretrue[19]
Important Districttrue[19]
Should Receive Marked Substantial EncouragementQueensland Government[19]
Has Large Amount Capital Poured intrue[19]
Viewed With Pride and PleasureArticle Author[19]
Experienced Very Dry Weathernull[20]
Employs NativesSugar Cane Cutting[23]
Highest Wage Paid to Native17s. 6d. per week[26]
Average Wage Natives10s. per week[26]
Applications Receivednearly £200,000[27]
Cannot Be Patrolled FromBloomsbury Side[28]
Has EnumeratorThomas Mowbray[29]
Is Census Districttrue[30]
Estimatedpopulation18912,277[31]
Estimatedpopulation19011,475[31]

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hasGloomyProspecttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:long-continued-drought
plantedThousandsOfAcrestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
thousands
hasSuperiorAttractionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
superiorAttractionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
hasSugarLandAcrestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
over 100000
populationIncreasetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
2000
wouldEmployOnlytrove-cooktown/cingalese
80 white men
riskOftrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:large-coolie-population
hasHighHomesteadSelectionstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
127
employs3000ColoredLabourerstrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
null
absorbedMoreImmigrantstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:other-districts
chiefCentreOftrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:sugar-industry-qld
hasBestOrganizedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:mills-qld
absorbedMoreImmigrantsThanAnyOthertrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:qld-districts
absorbedMoreImmigrantstrove-cooktown/cingalese
than any other district
willSoonHavetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:few-white-men-left
afterThreeBadYearstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:really-good-crop
hadThreeBadYearstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
hasHeavyCaneCroptrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
hasConsiderableAcreageOfCaneStandingOverFromLastSeasontrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
null
largeReturnOfCanePerAcreExpectedtrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
null
hadCopiousRainfalltrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:up-to-end-1887
containstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:north-eton
experiencedWintryWeathertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:past-week
acresCanetrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
12258
seasonCropEstimatetrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
13470 tons
speaksWellForFitnessGrowingtrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:mango-fruit
generatesLargeRevenuetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
revenueSourcesIncludetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
Customs, land, other
providesRevenueTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:queensland-government
lacksPublicWorksOtherThantrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:proposed-railway
sourcetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:local-papers
hasLargestSelectiontrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
125836
hasSugarCroptrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:large-sugar-crop
evidencesAdvancementBytrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:enormous-machinery-quantities
landOpenToSelectiontrove-cooktown/watkins
true
trueThatlaura-corridor
ex:something-about-mackay
willHaveFewWhiteMenbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3438049_Monday-12-January-1885_winton-from-our-own-correspondent-december-29
null
experiencedHeavyRainslaura-corridor/loop15-james-reynolds
true
expressesStrongFeelingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20722685_Saturday-1-December-1894-latest-by-telegraph-queensland-news-from-our-own-corresponde
ex:necessity-extreme-penalty
experiencedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81644712_Monday-7-August-1899-telegraphic-news-port-douglas-july-31
heavy rains
reportedHeavyRainsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-051
null
sugarProducingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/122933102_Thursday-31-May-1883_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
null
expandingSugarIndustrybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/122933102_Thursday-31-May-1883_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
null
hasNoIdleMenbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
true
higherWagesThanQueenslandAveragebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
true
mustProduceWealthUnassistedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
ex:niggers
hasProportionatelyHigherWagesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
ex:anywhere-else-queensland
requiresPlentyOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
ex:white-labor
hasBadlyNeededbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION
ex:railway-facilities
hasMuchPromisedLittleEffectedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
true
showsUnmistakableSignsRapidAdvancementbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
true
pointedToWithPrideAndPleasurebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
true
importantDistrictbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
true
shouldReceiveMarkedSubstantialEncouragementbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
ex:queensland-government
hasLargeAmountCapitalPouredInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
true
viewedWithPrideAndPleasurebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
ex:article-author
experiencedVeryDryWeatherbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174699273_Friday-14-August-1885_queensland-news
null
employsNativesInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops318-327-batch-2
ex:sugar-cane-cutting
reportedHeavyRainsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81644712-a2d306387d04
throughout the district
employsNativesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-extracted-1a3c3bb3ddad
ex:sugar-cane-cutting
employsNativesInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-19d625f02a8a
sugar-cane cutting
employsNativesInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-extracted-424ab36dba39
ex:sugar-cane-cutting
highestWagePaidToNativerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-559baa7300ae
17s. 6d. per week
employsNativesInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-559baa7300ae
sugar-cane cutting
averageWageNativesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-559baa7300ae
10s. per week
applicationsReceivedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-reynolds-cattle-creek-mowbray-hotel-4485717
nearly £200,000
cannotBePatrolledFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2191-eid-61935
ex:bloomsbury-side
hasEnumeratorblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 3 april 1886--183124537--census-preparations
ex:thomas-mowbray
isCensusDistrictblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 27 march 1886--4485009--preparing-for-the-census
true
estimatedpopulation1891moore-making-mala-ch3
2,277
estimatedpopulation1901moore-making-mala-ch3
1,475

References (31)

31 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer12 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  3. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  4. [4]Cingalese7 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  5. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  6. [6]Mcivor River2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mcivor-river
  7. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
  8. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  9. [9]Watkins1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  10. [10]Laura Corridor1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor
  11. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3438049_Monday-12-January-1885_winton-from-our-own-correspondent-december-29
  12. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop15-james-reynolds
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20722685_Saturday-1-December-1894-latest-by-telegraph-queensland-news-from-our-own-corresponde
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/81644712_Monday-7-August-1899-telegraphic-news-port-douglas-july-31
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-051
  16. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/122933102_Thursday-31-May-1883_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168435899_Saturday-21-September-1889_No-title
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION
  19. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522660_Wednesday-19-May-1880_No-title
  20. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174699273_Friday-14-August-1885_queensland-news
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops318-327-batch-2
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-81644712-a2d306387d04
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-extracted-1a3c3bb3ddad
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-19d625f02a8a
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-extracted-424ab36dba39
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-63592-pdf-pdf-559baa7300ae
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-reynolds-cattle-creek-mowbray-hotel-4485717
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2191-eid-61935
  29. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 3 april 1886--183124537--census-preparations
  30. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 27 march 1886--4485009--preparing-for-the-census
  31. customctx:src/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

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