Mapoon Mission Station

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Mapoon Mission Station has 77 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 29 references, with 8 live disagreements.

77 facts·40 predicates·29 sources·8 in dispute

Mostly:located at(13), in charge of(7), attracts aboriginals from(5)

Located atin dispute`locatedAt`

Mouth of Batavia River^[5]all time · Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 0065
Batavia River Mouth^[7]all time · 001 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Docs Digitised Collections Remove 92163 Pdf Pdf 156422b402ca
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Batavia River Mouth^[11]all time · Trove Nla News Article20765884
Mouth of Batavia River^[13]all time · Focused Captured Sold Boys Mechanism Focused Qsa847047 Captured Black Boy Taken by Native Police or Settlers
Mouth of Batavia River^[15]all time · Qsa6826 Meston 1896 Report Fromthepage
Mouth of Batavia River^[17]all time · Focused Captured Sold Boys Mechanism Focused Demetries Boys Moved for Work Cooktown Bloomfield Island Point
Mouth of Batavia River^[19]all time · Meston 1896 Page1 Kidnapping Boys Girls Service
Batavia River Mouth^[20]all time · Trove Meston Article 20765884
Mouth of Batavia River^[21]all time · Qsa6826 Meston Main Source Rearchive

Inbound mentions (89)

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`residedAt`Resided at(14)

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`returnedWithWhaleboatTo`Returned With Whaleboat to(9)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown
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Mr Brownex:mr-brown
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Mr Brownex:mr-brown
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`arrivedAt`Arrived at(5)

Mr and Mrs Brownex:mr-and-mrs-brown
Mr and Mrs Brownex:mr-and-mrs-brown
Mr and Mrs Brownex:mr-and-mrs-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mrs Brownex:mrs-brown

`crossedPortMusgraveTo`Crossed Port Musgrave to(3)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Mr a Mestonex:mr-a-meston

`isMissionaryAt`Is Missionary at(3)

Mr Heyex:mr-hey
Mrs Heyex:mrs-hey
Mrs Wardex:mrs-ward

`isNewMissionary`Is New Missionary(3)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`returnedTo`Returned to(3)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`tookMestonTo`Took Meston to(3)

Albatrossex:albatross
Albatrossex:albatross
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`tookTo`Took to(3)

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`diedAt`Died at(2)

Mr Wardex:mr-ward
Mr Wardex:mr-ward

`grantsAnnuallyTo`Grants Annually to(2)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government
Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`previouslyAt`Previously at(2)

Gndootaringwanex:gndootaringwan
Gnootaringwanex:gnootaringwan

`returnedWithWhaleboat`Returned With Whaleboat(2)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown
Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`traveledTo`Traveled to(2)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`wentAllOver`Went All Over(2)

Mr W E Parry Okedenex:mr-w-e-parry-okeden
W E Parry Okedenex:w-e-parry-okeden

`anchoredOffOpenBeachNearMission`Anchored Off Open Beach Near Mission(1)

Lugger Boatex:lugger-boat

`arrivedAtMapoonViaDucieRiver`Arrived at Mapoon Via Ducie River(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`calledAt`Called at(1)

Six Nativesex:six-natives

`calledAtMissionStation`Called at Mission Station(1)

Six Nativesex:six-natives

`coversOfficialVisitTo`Covers Official Visit to(1)

Aias Ms 346ex:aias-ms-346

`crossedTo`Crossed to(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`diedAtMapoon`Died at Mapoon(1)

Mr Wardex:mr-ward

`grantsTo`Grants to(1)

Queensland Governmentex:queensland-government

`hasSection`Has Section(1)

Parry Okeden 1897 Reportex:parry-okeden-1897-report

`killedCattleAt`Killed Cattle at(1)

Tick Plagueex:tick-plague

`landedAt`Landed at(1)

Groupex:group

`leftWithWhaleboat`Left With Whaleboat(1)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`lingerAround`Linger Around(1)

Mapoon Blacksex:mapoon-blacks

`newMissionary`New Missionary(1)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`newMissionaryAt`New Missionary at(1)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`recogniseAs`Recognise As(1)

Aboriginals at Mapoonex:aboriginals-at-mapoon

`recogniseAsRefuge`Recognise As Refuge(1)

Musgrave Aboriginalsex:musgrave-aboriginals

`recogniseMissionAsRefuge`Recognise Mission As Refuge(1)

Musgrave Tribesex:musgrave-tribes

`recognizesAsRefuge`Recognizes As Refuge(1)

Aboriginals at Mapoonex:aboriginals-at-mapoon

`returnsWithWhaleboatTo`Returns With Whaleboat to(1)

Mr Brownex:mr-brown

`takenTo`Taken to(1)

Shipwreck Survivorsex:shipwreck-survivors

`takesTo`Takes to(1)

Albatrossex:albatross

`tookNarratorTo`Took Narrator to(1)

Albatrossex:albatross

`transportedMestonTo`Transported Meston to(1)

Albatrossex:albatross

`transportedTo`Transported to(1)

Albatrossex:albatross

`visited`Visited(1)

Mr W E Parry Okedenex:mr-w-e-parry-okeden

`visitedAfterCrossing`Visited After Crossing(1)

Six Nativesex:six-natives

`visitedAllOver`Visited All Over(1)

W E Parry Okedenex:w-e-parry-okeden

`wasAtMapoonMissionStation`Was at Mapoon Mission Station(1)

Gndootaringwanex:gndootaringwan

`wasIntenselyPleasedWith`Was Intensely Pleased With(1)

W E Parry Okedenex:w-e-parry-okeden

`wasStationedInitiallyToGuard`Was Stationed Initially to Guard(1)

Policeman at Mapoonex:policeman-at-mapoon

Other facts (64)

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64 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[5]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[7]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[9]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[15]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[19]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[21]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[28]
Attracts Aboriginals From	Batavia River Upstream	[2]
Attracts Aboriginals From	Coen River	[2]
Attracts Aboriginals From	East Side Port Musgrave	[2]
Attracts Aboriginals From	Local Tribe	[2]
Attracts Aboriginals From	South Forty Miles	[2]
Location	Batavia River Mouth	[1]
Location	mouth of the Batavia River, 120 miles down the west coast	[1]
Location	mouth of Batavia River, 120 miles down west coast	[9]
Location	Mouth Batavia River	[10]
Location	Batavia River	[25]
Distance From	120 miles	[15]
Distance From	120 miles	[19]
Distance From	Thursday Island	[21]
Distance From	120 miles down the west coast	[22]
Located at Mouth of	Batavia River	[1]
Located at Mouth of	Batavia River	[4]
Located at Mouth of	Batavia River	[27]
Distance From Thursday Island	120 miles	[1]
Distance From Thursday Island	120 miles down west coast	[13]
Distance From Thursday Island	120	[23]
Site Described by	Special Commissioner	[2]
Site Described by	Mr Archibald Meston	[2]
Visited by	Author	[6]
Visited by	Mr Meston	[18]
At Mouth of	Batavia River	[12]
At Mouth of	Batavia River	[19]
Proclaimed As	reformatory	[25]
Proclaimed As	Reformatory	[26]
Is Unhealthy Location	true	[2]
Government Grant Amount	£250	[2]
Aboriginal Population Range	few to 300	[2]
Hypothetically With	50 acres good land	[2]
Has Unfit Soil Radius	5 miles	[2]
Located on	West Coast	[2]
Site Quality	bad in many respects	[2]
Average Attendance	300	[2]
Minimum Attendance	100	[2]
Performs Good Work	Aborigines	[3]
Recognized by	Aboriginals	[6]
Located at Mouth Batavia River West Cape York120 Miles South Thursday Island	null	[7]
In Charge of Moravian Missionaries	null	[8]
In Charge of	Moravian Missionaries	[10]
Daily Work Conducted Methodically	null	[14]
Engaged by	Federal Assembly Presbyterian Churches Australia	[15]
Conducted Methodically	daily work	[16]
Located Near	Musgrave	[16]
Stands on	Sheltered Bend West Side	[19]
Has Assistant	White Man Assistant	[19]
Distance South From	Thursday Island	[19]
On West Coast	Cape York Peninsula	[19]
Stands in	Sheltered Bend West Side	[21]
On Long Sandpoint	{}	[21]
Distance South From Thursday Island	about 120 miles	[22]
Located at Mouth of Batavia River West Coast Cape York Peninsula	null	[22]
Next Place of Call	null	[24]
Government Subsidy	£200	[26]
Conducts Daily Work	methodically	[29]

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