Palmer River Gold Rush

Causedin disputecaused

• Aboriginal Displacements^[5]all time · Billy Gibson
• Cooktown Establishment^[7]sourceall time · Wikipedia Wujal Wujal
• European Aboriginal Conflict^[7]sourceall time · Wikipedia Wujal Wujal
• Population Swell^[8]all time · Kubara Kuku Yalanji Chinese North Queensland Source Pivot
• great violence and depopulation^[9]all time · Land Language Yarrabah Palmer River Chinese European Contact Context Acdfdf8e1704

Most Significant Eventin disputemostSignificantEvent

• true^[29]all time · Jcu Historical Archaeology Chinese Far North Queensland Cooktown Palmer Bd06eb7791b7
• null^[1]all time · Chinese Language Cooktown Oral History Source Pivot
• null^[8]all time · Kubara Kuku Yalanji Chinese North Queensland Source Pivot

Led toin disputeledTo

• Chinese Shrine Cooktown^[12]all time · Chinese Cooktown Gudang Palmer Aboriginal Cemetery Context
• Cooktown Settlement^[26]all time · Cooktown Mayors
• Slaughter of Aborigines^[28]all time · Web Leads Nellie Rosey Cooktown Cemetery Eac Olive Household

Began inin disputebeganIn

• 1873^[5]all time · Billy Gibson
• 1873-06^[6]sourceall time · Wikipedia Kuku Yalanji

Started1873in disputestarted1873

• true^[34]all time · Bobbie Jennie Research
• 1873^[35]all time · V2 P2

Caused byin disputecausedBy

• James Mulligan Confirmation^[10]all time · Downloaded Archive 3290e7bb6192d9f9
• Mulligan Confirmation^[2]all time · Www Queenslandplaces Com Au Palmer River B9346d8a695b

Involvedin disputeinvolved

• Killings^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive 010 Books Google Com Books About River of Gold Html 80034e8ca331
• Native Depredations^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive 010 Books Google Com Books About River of Gold Html 80034e8ca331
• Punitive Measures Against Aborigines^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive 010 Books Google Com Books About River of Gold Html 80034e8ca331

Featuredin disputefeatured

• Cannibalism^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive 010 Books Google Com Books About River of Gold Html 80034e8ca331
• Native Police^[17]all time · Downloaded Archive 010 Books Google Com Books About River of Gold Html 80034e8ca331

Startedstarted

• 1873^[16]all time · Kuku Yalanji Chinese Kubara Palmer Cooktown Context
• 1873^[32]all time · Direct P2
• 1873^[33]all time · Kubara Focused Reynolds Mowbray Opium Children

Began AfterbeganAfter

• 1873^[2]all time · Www Queenslandplaces Com Au Palmer River B9346d8a695b
• 1873^[3]all time · Downloaded Arch 3290e7bb6192

First Newspaper Report MentionsfirstNewspaperReportMentions

• Christie Palmerston^[19]all time · Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 0118
• Christie Palmerston^[20]all time · 005 Nqheritage Jcu Edu Au 1007 1 1007 Nqh Jcu Christie Palmerston Explorer Pdf Pdf Extracted Fe3ca5384dc4

Is Classified AsisClassifiedAs

• Huge Gold Rush^[7]sourceall time · Wikipedia Wujal Wujal

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See also

• Large Numbers of Gold Prospectors
• Qing Dynasty China
• Mulligan Confirmation
• Aboriginal Displacements
• Cooktown Establishment
• European Aboriginal Conflict
• Population Swell
• James Mulligan Confirmation
• Cooktown
• Need for Meat
• J V Mulligan
• Cannibalism
• Native Police
• Christie Palmerston
• Chinese Miners
• Killings
• Native Depredations
• Punitive Measures Against Aborigines
• Chinese From Guangdong
• Huge Gold Rush
• River of Gold Book
• Chinese Shrine Cooktown
• Cooktown Settlement
• Slaughter of Aborigines
• Queensland
• Palmer River Gold Fields
• James Mulligan Report
• Frontier Townships
• James Venture Mulligan Party
• James Venture Mulligan Report
• Gold Discovery Palmer River

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