Normanby Diggings

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Normanby Diggings

Deserted by	Chinese^[1]
Deserted by	Europeans^[1]
Is Polling Place for	Bowen Electoral Division^[8]
Is Polling Place for	Cook Electorate^[6]
Has	Engine^[1]
Has	Ten Stamper Battery^[1]
Located in	Queensland Colony^[10]
Located at	Forty Five Miles From Cooktown^[10]
Is Few Miles From	Machine^[7]
Is Mining Location	true^[4]
Has Battery	Ten Stamper Battery Normanby^[4]

ex:normanby-diggings

Normanby Diggings has 34 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 12 references, with 3 live disagreements.

34 facts·29 predicates·12 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:deserted by(4), is polling place for(2), has(2)

Deserted byin dispute`desertedBy`

Chinese^[1]all time · Storekeeper Cooktown
Chinese^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville
Europeans^[1]all time · Storekeeper Cooktown
Europeans^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Is Polling Place forin dispute`isPollingPlaceFor`

Bowen Electoral Division^[8]all time · 70831541 Saturday 23 February 1901 Polling Places Albert
Cook Electorate^[6]all time · Bloomfield

Hasin dispute`has`

Engine^[1]all time · Storekeeper Cooktown
Ten Stamper Battery^[1]all time · Storekeeper Cooktown

Located in`locatedIn`

Queensland Colony^[10]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 5 November 1881 20710774 Current News by Telegraph and Otherwise

Located at`locatedAt`

Forty Five Miles From Cooktown^[10]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 5 November 1881 20710774 Current News by Telegraph and Otherwise

Is Few Miles From`isFewMilesFrom`

Machine^[7]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Darcy Uhr Wednesday 11 February 1885 174165922 Concentrated News Queensland

Is Mining Location`isMiningLocation`

true^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Has Battery`hasBattery`

Ten Stamper Battery Normanby^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Has European Population`hasEuropeanPopulation`

5^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Has Chinese Population`hasChinesePopulation`

80^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Has Desertion Status`hasDesertionStatus`

Almost Deserted^[4]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville

Has Distance From`hasDistanceFrom`

45 miles from Cooktown^[5]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 5 November 1881 267148528 Queensland Gympie October 30

Inbound mentions (52)

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`hasPollingPlace`Has Polling Place(5)

Bowen Divisionex:bowen-division
Bowen Electoral Divisionex:bowen-electoral-division
Bowen Electorateex:bowen-electorate
Cook Electorateex:cook-electorate
Cook Electorateex:cook-electorate

`openedStoreOn`Opened Store on(4)

Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace
Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace
Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace
Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace

`gotIllAt`Got Ill at(2)

Brownex:brown
Brownex:brown

`illnessOnsetLocation`Illness Onset Location(2)

Brownex:brown
Brown Hospital 1886ex:brown-hospital-1886

`location`Location(2)

Mr E Corr Injuryex:mr-e-corr-injury
Mr E Corr Spearingex:mr-e-corr-spearing

`occurredOnNormanbyDiggings`Occurred on Normanby Diggings(2)

Nmp Event 49496ex:nmp-event-49496
Tenna Shootingex:tenna-shooting

`openedStore`Opened Store(2)

Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace
Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace

`associatedWithCamp`Associated With Camp(1)

Bowmanex:bowman

`at`At(1)

Blacks Killingex:blacks-killing

`attackedAtLocation`Attacked at Location(1)

Chinaman Normanbyex:chinaman-normanby

`attackedByBlacks`Attacked by Blacks(1)

Chinaman Normanbyex:chinaman-normanby

`directionallyRelatedTo`Directionally Related to(1)

Daintreeex:daintree

`from`From(1)

Normanby Quartz Specimensex:normanby-quartz-specimens

`gotBadOn`Got Bad on(1)

Brown 1886ex:brown-1886

`gotIllOnNormanbyDigging`Got Ill on Normanby Digging(1)

Bomanex:boman

`gotSickAt`Got Sick at(1)

Boman Hos13 4ex:boman-hos13-4

`hasPendingPollingPlaces`Has Pending Polling Places(1)

Cook Electionex:cook-election

`illAt`Ill at(1)

Brown 1886ex:brown-1886

`injuryAt`Injury at(1)

Mr E Correx:mr-e-corr

`isNorthOf`Is North of(1)

Horse Attack 1875ex:horse-attack-1875

`located12MilesFrom`Located12 Miles From(1)

Horse Attack 1875ex:horse-attack-1875

`locatedAt`Located at(1)

Chinese Camp Normanby Diggingsex:chinese-camp-normanby-diggings

`occurredInOctober1881`Occurred in October1881(1)

Nmp Event 21127ex:nmp-event-21127

`occurredNear`Occurred Near(1)

Nmp Event 18777ex:nmp-event-18777

`occursAt`Occurs at(1)

Nmp Event 49494ex:nmp-event-49494

`outnumberEuropeansIn`Outnumber Europeans in(1)

Chineseex:chinese

`patrolledNear`Patrolled Near(1)

Inspector Fitzgeraldex:inspector-fitzgerald

`pollingPlace`Polling Place(1)

Cook Electorateex:cook-electorate

`pollingPlacesIncludes`Polling Places Includes(1)

Bowes Electorateex:bowes-electorate

`postedTo`Posted to(1)

Alexander Douglasex:alexander-douglas

`presupposesDesertionImpliesAbandonment`Presupposes Desertion Implies Abandonment(1)

Textex:text

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

Horse Attack 1875ex:horse-attack-1875

`removedPortableArticles`Removed Portable Articles(1)

Chineseex:chinese

`sharedProsperityOf`Shared Prosperity of(1)

Sandy Wallaceex:sandy-wallace

`spatialDistanceFrom`Spatial Distance From(1)

Horse Attack 1875ex:horse-attack-1875

`spearingLocation`Spearing Location(1)

Mr E Correx:mr-e-corr

`visited`Visited(1)

Warden Townerex:warden-towner

`visitedOnDate`Visited on Date(1)

Warden Townerex:warden-towner

`wasMiner`Was Miner(1)

Unnamed Chinese Minerex:unnamed-chinese-miner

`wasSpearedAt`Was Speared at(1)

E Correx:e-corr

Other facts (17)

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17 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Is Type	mineral field	[9]
Was Favourite Resort for	Aboriginal People	[12]
Has Remaining Chinese	80	[1]
Has Remaining Europeans	5	[1]
Is Almost Deserted	true	[1]
Has Pending Returns	Cook Election	[6]
Drought Has	broken up	[2]
Experienced Drought Breakup	entirely	[2]
Specimens Brought to	town	[3]
Distance From	Cooktown	[2]
Characterized As	little frequented	[2]
Former Favorite Resort for	Natives	[2]
Favourite Resort Natives	used to be	[2]
Little Frequented Locality	true	[2]
Part of	Normanby Rush	[11]
Cultural Context Gold Rush	Queensland gold fields	[3]
Causes Desertion	Chinese Removal	[1]

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34 undated

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causesDesertiontrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

ex:chinese-removal

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characterizedAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

little frequented

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culturalContextGoldRushtrove-cooktown/cingalese

Queensland gold fields

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desertedBytrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

ex:chinese

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desertedByblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

ex:chinese

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desertedBytrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

ex:europeans

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desertedByblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

ex:europeans

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distanceFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:cooktown

—

droughtHastrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

broken up

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experiencedDroughtBreakuptrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

entirely

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favouriteResortNativestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

used to be

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formerFavoriteResortFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:natives

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hastrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

ex:engine

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hastrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

ex:ten-stamper-battery

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hasBatteryblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

ex:ten-stamper-battery-normanby

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hasChinesePopulationblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

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hasDesertionStatusblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

ex:almost-deserted

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hasDistanceFromblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 5 november 1881--267148528--queensland-gympie-october-30

45 miles from Cooktown

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hasEuropeanPopulationblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

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hasPendingReturnstrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:cook-election

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hasRemainingChinesetrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

—

hasRemainingEuropeanstrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

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isAlmostDesertedtrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

true

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isFewMilesFromblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--wednesday 11 february 1885--174165922--concentrated-news-queensland

ex:machine

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isMiningLocationblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville

true

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isPollingPlaceForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/70831541_Saturday-23-February-1901-polling-places-albert

ex:bowen-electoral-division

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isPollingPlaceFortrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:cook-electorate

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isTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1631-eid-50755

mineral field

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littleFrequentedLocalitytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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locatedAtblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 5 november 1881--20710774--current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise

ex:forty-five-miles-from-cooktown

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locatedInblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 5 november 1881--20710774--current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise

ex:queensland-colony

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partOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1525-eid-49496

ex:normanby-rush

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specimensBroughtTotrove-cooktown/cingalese

town

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wasFavouriteResortForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0790-eid-21127

ex:aboriginal-people

References (12)

12 references

[1]Storekeeper Cooktown8 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
[2]Beche De Mer7 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[3]Cingalese2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[4]Trove Trove Cooktown All Uhrs Camp Wednesday 8 September 1880 890855 Warden S Report Palmerville7 facts
customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--uhrs-camp--wednesday 8 september 1880--890855--warden-s-report-palmerville
[5]Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 5 November 1881 267148528 Queensland Gympie October 301 fact
customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 5 november 1881--267148528--queensland-gympie-october-30
[6]Bloomfield2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
[7]Trove Trove Cooktown All Darcy Uhr Wednesday 11 February 1885 174165922 Concentrated News Queensland1 fact
customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--wednesday 11 february 1885--174165922--concentrated-news-queensland
[8]70831541 Saturday 23 February 1901 Polling Places Albert1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/70831541_Saturday-23-February-1901-polling-places-albert
[9]Row 1631 Eid 507551 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1631-eid-50755
[10]Trove Trove Cooktown All Native Police Maryborough Saturday 5 November 1881 20710774 Current News by Telegraph and Otherwise2 facts
customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--native-police-maryborough--saturday 5 november 1881--20710774--current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
[11]Row 1525 Eid 494961 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1525-eid-49496
[12]Row 0790 Eid 211271 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0790-eid-21127

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Normanby Diggings

Deserted byin disputedesertedBy

Is Polling Place forin disputeisPollingPlaceFor

Hasin disputehas

Located inlocatedIn

Located atlocatedAt

Is Few Miles FromisFewMilesFrom

Is Mining LocationisMiningLocation

Has BatteryhasBattery

Has European PopulationhasEuropeanPopulation

Has Chinese PopulationhasChinesePopulation

Has Desertion StatushasDesertionStatus

Has Distance FromhasDistanceFrom

Inbound mentions (52)

hasPollingPlaceHas Polling Place(5)

openedStoreOnOpened Store on(4)

gotIllAtGot Ill at(2)

illnessOnsetLocationIllness Onset Location(2)

locationLocation(2)

occurredOnNormanbyDiggingsOccurred on Normanby Diggings(2)

openedStoreOpened Store(2)

associatedWithCampAssociated With Camp(1)

atAt(1)

attackedAtLocationAttacked at Location(1)

attackedByBlacksAttacked by Blacks(1)

directionallyRelatedToDirectionally Related to(1)

fromFrom(1)

gotBadOnGot Bad on(1)

gotIllOnNormanbyDiggingGot Ill on Normanby Digging(1)

gotSickAtGot Sick at(1)

hasPendingPollingPlacesHas Pending Polling Places(1)

illAtIll at(1)

injuryAtInjury at(1)

isNorthOfIs North of(1)

located12MilesFromLocated12 Miles From(1)

locatedAtLocated at(1)

occurredInOctober1881Occurred in October1881(1)

occurredNearOccurred Near(1)

occursAtOccurs at(1)

outnumberEuropeansInOutnumber Europeans in(1)

patrolledNearPatrolled Near(1)

pollingPlacePolling Place(1)

pollingPlacesIncludesPolling Places Includes(1)

postedToPosted to(1)

presupposesDesertionImpliesAbandonmentPresupposes Desertion Implies Abandonment(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

removedPortableArticlesRemoved Portable Articles(1)

sharedProsperityOfShared Prosperity of(1)

spatialDistanceFromSpatial Distance From(1)

spearingLocationSpearing Location(1)

visitedVisited(1)

visitedOnDateVisited on Date(1)

wasMinerWas Miner(1)

wasSpearedAtWas Speared at(1)

Other facts (17)

Timeline

References (12)

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Deserted byin dispute`desertedBy`

Is Polling Place forin dispute`isPollingPlaceFor`

Hasin dispute`has`

Located in`locatedIn`

Located at`locatedAt`

Is Few Miles From`isFewMilesFrom`

Is Mining Location`isMiningLocation`

Has Battery`hasBattery`

Has European Population`hasEuropeanPopulation`

Has Chinese Population`hasChinesePopulation`

Has Desertion Status`hasDesertionStatus`

Has Distance From`hasDistanceFrom`

`hasPollingPlace`Has Polling Place(5)

`openedStoreOn`Opened Store on(4)

`gotIllAt`Got Ill at(2)

`illnessOnsetLocation`Illness Onset Location(2)

`location`Location(2)

`occurredOnNormanbyDiggings`Occurred on Normanby Diggings(2)

`openedStore`Opened Store(2)

`associatedWithCamp`Associated With Camp(1)

`at`At(1)

`attackedAtLocation`Attacked at Location(1)

`attackedByBlacks`Attacked by Blacks(1)

`directionallyRelatedTo`Directionally Related to(1)

`from`From(1)

`gotBadOn`Got Bad on(1)

`gotIllOnNormanbyDigging`Got Ill on Normanby Digging(1)

`gotSickAt`Got Sick at(1)

`hasPendingPollingPlaces`Has Pending Polling Places(1)

`illAt`Ill at(1)

`injuryAt`Injury at(1)

`isNorthOf`Is North of(1)

`located12MilesFrom`Located12 Miles From(1)

`locatedAt`Located at(1)

`occurredInOctober1881`Occurred in October1881(1)

`occurredNear`Occurred Near(1)

`occursAt`Occurs at(1)

`outnumberEuropeansIn`Outnumber Europeans in(1)

`patrolledNear`Patrolled Near(1)

`pollingPlace`Polling Place(1)

`pollingPlacesIncludes`Polling Places Includes(1)

`postedTo`Posted to(1)

`presupposesDesertionImpliesAbandonment`Presupposes Desertion Implies Abandonment(1)

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

`removedPortableArticles`Removed Portable Articles(1)

`sharedProsperityOf`Shared Prosperity of(1)

`spatialDistanceFrom`Spatial Distance From(1)

`spearingLocation`Spearing Location(1)

`visited`Visited(1)

`visitedOnDate`Visited on Date(1)

`wasMiner`Was Miner(1)

`wasSpearedAt`Was Speared at(1)