Maytown
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Maytown has 324 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 130 references, with 13 live disagreements.
Mostly:located in(9), has visible relics(7), originally named(4)
Maturity scale
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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.
| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Located in | Qld | [19] |
| Located in | Queensland | [19] |
| Located in | Queensland Colony | [20] |
| Located in | Queensland | [30] |
| Located in | Queensland | [35] |
| Located in | North Queensland | [98] |
| Located in | Palmer | [101] |
| Located in | Palmer | [115] |
| Located in | Queensland Colony | [129] |
| Has Visible Relics | Kerbing and Flagstones Leslie Street | [49] |
| Has Visible Relics | Coach Road to Laura | [49] |
| Has Visible Relics | Kerbing Flagstones Leslie Street Coach Road to Laura | [89] |
| Has Visible Relics | Coach Road to Laura | [91] |
| Has Visible Relics | Kerbing and Flagstones | [91] |
| Has Visible Relics | coach road to Laura | [97] |
| Has Visible Relics | kerbing and flagstones of former main (Leslie) street | [97] |
| Originally Named | Edwardston | [49] |
| Originally Named | edwardston | [89] |
| Originally Named | Edwardston | [91] |
| Originally Named | Edwardston | [92] |
| Had Church Services in | Divisional Boards Hall | [49] |
| Had Church Services in | Divisional Board Hall | [89] |
| Had Church Services in | Divisional Board Hall | [97] |
| Had Church Services in | Divisional Board Hall | [105] |
| Report Date | 1885-01-08 | [2] |
| Report Date | 1885-01-? | [2] |
| Report Date | September 20 | [2] |
| Located Near | Cooktown | [18] |
| Located Near | Limestone Road | [122] |
| Located Near | Palmer River | [130] |
| Located East of | Palmerville | [49] |
| Located East of | Palmerville | [97] |
| Located East of | Palmerville | [105] |
| Has Coach Service to | Cooktown | [74] |
| Has Coach Service to | Cooktown | [75] |
| Has Coach Service to | Cooktown | [76] |
| Renamed by | Phillip Sellheim | [88] |
| Renamed by | Phillip Sellheim | [91] |
| Renamed by | Phillip Sellheim | [105] |
| Described Fully in | Australian Handbook 1903 | [91] |
| Described Fully in | Australian Handbook 1903 | [97] |
| Described Fully in | Australian Handbook 1903 | [105] |
| Mentioned Having | School | [105] |
| Mentioned Having | Miners Institute | [105] |
| Mentioned Having | Courthouse | [105] |
| Located in Queensland | true | [19] |
| Located in Queensland | true | [39] |
| Experiencing | Raining Weather | [24] |
| Experiencing | Raining | [24] |
| Was Very Hilly | null | [29] |
| Was Very Hilly | null | [53] |
| Was Very Dull | True | [36] |
| Was Very Dull | Town Condition | [52] |
| Began As | camp in late 1873 | [49] |
| Began As | Camp Late 1873 | [89] |
| Had Nearest Telegraph Office | 70 miles away | [50] |
| Had Nearest Telegraph Office | seventy miles away | [60] |
| Visited by Large Numbers Natives | occasionally | [57] |
| Visited by Large Numbers Natives | occasionally | [58] |
| Is Head Camp of | Wool Boor Ara | [66] |
| Is Head Camp of | Wool Boor Ara | [67] |
| Has Mail Service to | Cooktown | [82] |
| Has Mail Service to | Cooktown | [84] |
| Initially Named | Edwardston | [88] |
| Initially Named | Edwardston | [97] |
| Located25 Km East of | Palmerville | [88] |
| Located25 Km East of | Palmerville | [91] |
| Later Had School | null | [92] |
| Later Had School | true | [97] |
| Located25km East of | Palmerville | [97] |
| Located25km East of | Palmerville | [105] |
| Is Around Location for | Tin Scratching | [1] |
| Part of | Palmer Goldfield | [2] |
| Connected by Railway to | Cooktown | [3] |
| Hosts Political Visit | Hon T M Ilwraith | [3] |
| Inland Destination From | Cooktown | [3] |
| Appears As Location in | Cifhs Records | [4] |
| Central to Multiple Entries | null | [4] |
| Ontological Role As | Origin Point | [5] |
| Is Palmer River Goldfield Country | true | [6] |
| Has No Vegetation | for miles not a vestige | [7] |
| Site of Public Meeting | Public Meeting Maytown | [2] |
| Associated With Palmer | Palmer | [2] |
| Has Abundant Grass Everywhere | null | [2] |
| Rainfall During Week Was Fine | null | [2] |
| Has Had Occasional Storms Since Last Report | null | [2] |
| Has Fine Weather Now | null | [2] |
| Received Telegrams From | Walsh River | [2] |
| Exists As Goldfield Town | null | [8] |
| States That | Another Chinaman Carried Off | [9] |
| In Depressed State | true | [10] |
| Sources Gold to Cooktown | Gold Escort Cooktown 27 Jun 1885 | [2] |
| Had Excessive Heat | past week | [8] |
| Has Weather | fine | [8] |
| Has Due Mails | two mails | [8] |
| Covered by | Cooktown Independent | [11] |
| Has Abundance of Pasturage | Luxuriant | [3] |
| Has Positive Pasturage Outlook | True | [3] |
| Experienced Heavy Rains | since-last-weeks-report | [3] |
| Lacks Active Canvassing | true | [8] |
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[125]Trove Trove Cooktown All Reginald Uhr Saturday 3 April 1886 183124537 Census Preparations1 fact
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See also
- Tin Scratching
- Palmer Goldfield
- Cooktown
- Hon T M Ilwraith
- Cifhs Records
- Origin Point
- Public Meeting Maytown
- Palmer
- Walsh River
- Another Chinaman Carried Off
- Gold Escort Cooktown 27 Jun 1885
- Cooktown Independent
- Luxuriant
- True
- Anglosaxon Crushing
- Null
- Queenslander Correspondent Maytown
- Queensland National Bank
- Queensland National Bank Limited
- New Quartz Reef Maytown
- Qld
- Queensland
- Hospital Ward
- Queensland Colony
- Palmer River Goldfields
- The Colony
- Cape York Peninsula
- Chinese Maytown Sellers
- Raining Weather
- Town Hall Maytown
- Blacks Camp Maytown
- Raining
- Cooktown Report
- Conglomerate Range
- Something Like Panic
- Northern Mail News
- Laura
- Chinese Leper
- Mail Route
- Head Camp of Wool Boor Ara
- Palmer River Goldfield
- Palmerville
- Edwardston
- Divisional Boards Hall
- Hann Local Government Division
- Kerbing and Flagstones Leslie Street
- Coach Road to Laura
- Town Condition
- Hann Party 14 Aug
- Travelling Blacks
- Police
- Blacks
- Edwardstown
- Wool Boor Ara
- Locations List3
- Locations List2
- John Mclean Shooting
- Rosey
- Rosey 36238
- Anglo Saxon Mine
- J C Hodel
- Null
- Removal to Palm Island
- Keechamp Family
- J C Rodul
- Cooktown Via Removals
- Rosie Reynolds Massacre Connection
- Phillip Sellheim
- Palmer River
- 5000 Vs 1104
- Camp Late 1873
- Kerbing Flagstones Leslie Street Coach Road to Laura
- School Courthouse Miners Institute
- Divisional Board Hall
- Australian Handbook 1903
- Kerbing and Flagstones
- Handbook Vs Census
- Hann Local Government Area
- Gold District
- Chinese Gatherings
- Chinese City
- Palmer River Bank
- North Queensland
- Gold Mining District
- Palmer River Gold Rush
- School
- Miners Institute
- Courthouse
- Excelsior Rifle Club
- Nmp Event 18682
- Maytown Local Papers
- Nmp Event 18138
- Palmer Road
- Maytown Hospital
- Nmp Event 20796
- Event Location
- 1886 12 17
- Limestone Road
- Limestone
- Deserted
- Phoenix Resurrection
- Boom and Bust
- Phoenix Metaphor
- Settlement
- Palmer River South of Maytown
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