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Palmer Rush

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Palmer Rush has 48 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 30 references, with 5 live disagreements.

48 facts·41 predicates·30 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:sparked(3), references historical gold rush(2), described as(2)

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Inbound mentions (24)

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Other facts (48)

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48 facts
PredicateValueRef
SparkedMonumental Population Movement[8]
Sparkedmonumental population movement[9]
SparkedMonumental Population Movement[15]
References Historical Gold Rushnull[3]
References Historical Gold Rushnull[4]
Described Asmad rush[5]
Described Asbest rush in North Queensland[29]
Sparked Exploration ProspectingCape York 1870s 1880s[17]
Sparked Exploration Prospecting1870s-1880s cape-york[18]
Involved HardshipsStarvation[30]
Involved HardshipsPrivations[30]
Was Talk ofMining Circles[30]
Was Talk ofEvery Circle[30]
Renowned Alluvial Gold Diggingstrue[1]
Spoken ofPalmer River[1]
Green in Memory ofQueenslanders[1]
Preceded byLeichhardt Arrival[2]
Occasion of First Robbing Shootingnull[3]
Temporal Precedes Prolonged Conflictnull[3]
Is Alluvial Rush ofQueensland[4]
Caused Deaths byBlacks Fever Hardships[5]
Had25,000 white men and Chinese[6]
Involvedall manner of men, all nationalities[7]
Caused Rush toHodgkinson[10]
Sparks Interest inSavage Coast[11]
Faced UN Equalled Dangers HardshipsWest Australian Fields[12]
Smaller ThanVictoria Rushes[13]
Faced DangersUnequalled Hardships[14]
Sparked Population Movement Intoarea beyond previous European settlement[16]
Very Rich1 million ounces good quality gold first five years[17]
Acquired Reputation forFierce Aboriginal Resistance[17]
Produced1 million ounces gold first 5 years[18]
Caused Frontier PushCape York[18]
Reputation forFierce Aboriginal Resistance[18]
Drew SettlementNorthward[19]
Began Hostilities byRobbing Shooting Blacks[20]
Began by Robbing Shooting Blacksnull[21]
Initiated byRobbing Shooting Blacks[22]
PresupposesChinese Dreams Unfulfilled Elsewhere[23]
Last Real Alluvial Gold Rush Class Extinctnull[24]
Was Opportunity Not to Be Missedtrue[25]
Lasted Approximatelythree years[26]
Bigger Than Previous1851 Gold Rushes[27]
Initiated Race Conflict by Robbing and Shooting Blacksnull[28]
Will BeWorked Out[29]
Involved Conflict WithPalmer Blacks[30]
Knocked Romance Out ofGold Digging Experience[30]
Was Unpopular in1874-03 to 1874-05[30]

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48 undated
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renownedAlluvialGoldDiggingstrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
true
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spokenOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:palmer-river
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greenInMemoryOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:queenslanders
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precededBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:leichhardt-arrival
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occasionOfFirstRobbingShootinglaura-corridor/loop5-palmer-massacre
null
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temporalPrecedesProlongedConflictlaura-corridor/loop5-palmer-massacre
null
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referencesHistoricalGoldRushlaura-corridor/loop5-palmer-massacre
null
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isAlluvialRushOflaura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
ex:queensland
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referencesHistoricalGoldRushlaura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
null
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describedAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/62431471_Thursday-2-February-1922-track-blazers-of-the-cooktown-district
mad rush
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causedDeathsBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/62431471_Thursday-2-February-1922-track-blazers-of-the-cooktown-district
ex:blacks-fever-hardships
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hadrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-032
25,000 white men and Chinese
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involvedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0084
all manner of men, all nationalities
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sparkedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0131
ex:monumental-population-movement
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sparkedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0129
monumental population movement
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causedRushTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0009
ex:hodgkinson
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sparksInterestInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops378-387/summary-loop-382-e466a8fea5
ex:savage-coast
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facedUnEqualledDangersHardshipsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops358-367/archive-text-loop363-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistor-6013118fc0
ex:west-australian-fields
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smallerThanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/012-www-qhatlas-com-au-content-gold-84f6681f19e4
ex:victoria-rushes
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facedDangersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
ex:unequalled-hardships
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sparkedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-nqheritage-jcu-edu-au-65-1-readings-20in-20north-20qld-20mining-20history-20vol-202-pdf-pdf-daa314b0bc2c
ex:monumental-population-movement
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sparkedPopulationMovementIntorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-nqheritage-jcu-edu-au-65-1-readings-20in-20north-20qld-20mining-20history-20vol-202-pdf-pdf-extracted-6af72ffbe5de
area beyond previous European settlement
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veryRichrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-extracted-b7bdd5f1e8fc
1 million ounces good quality gold first five years
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sparkedExplorationProspectingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-extracted-b7bdd5f1e8fc
ex:cape-york-1870s-1880s
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acquiredReputationForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-extracted-b7bdd5f1e8fc
ex:fierce-aboriginal-resistance
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sparkedExplorationProspectingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-8d17cd748015
1870s-1880s cape-york
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producedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-8d17cd748015
1 million ounces gold first 5 years
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causedFrontierPushrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-8d17cd748015
ex:cape-york
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reputationForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-mininghistory-asn-au-wp-content-uploads-5-ellwoodv16-compressed-pdf-pdf-8d17cd748015
ex:fierce-aboriginal-resistance
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drewSettlementrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/thornborough-kingsborough-aboriginal-employment-reynolds-context-b4b03c24a4
ex:northward
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beganHostilitiesByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-ba93583b3e71
ex:robbing-shooting-blacks
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beganByRobbingShootingBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-5b37dfc51c83
null
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initiatedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-f3eead437504
ex:robbing-shooting-blacks
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presupposesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/mandarin-cooktown-palmer-chinese-goldfields-blogs
ex:chinese-dreams-unfulfilled-elsewhere
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lastRealAlluvialGoldRushClassExtinctrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-7d19cb8c6c8e341e
null
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wasOpportunityNotToBeMissedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kirkman-1984-chinese-north-queensland-thesis-fulltext-chunk-07
true
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lastedApproximatelyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-012-www-qhatlas-com-au-content-gold-3ba2130e1ee1
three years
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biggerThanPreviousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jcu-race-relations-nq-cooktown-palmer-chinese-reynolds-861ef9ea0cb9
ex:1851-gold-rushes
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initiatedRaceConflictByRobbingAndShootingBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/wikisource-way-we-civilise-cooktown-massacre-school-3222
null
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describedAsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 22 august 1874--168911710--the-palmer-diggings-lower-camp-july-21
best rush in North Queensland
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willBeblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--blucher-aboriginal--saturday 22 august 1874--168911710--the-palmer-diggings-lower-camp-july-21
ex:worked-out
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involvedHardshipsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:starvation
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involvedHardshipsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:privations
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involvedConflictWithblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:palmer-blacks
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knockedRomanceOutOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:gold-digging-experience
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wasTalkOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:mining-circles
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wasTalkOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
ex:every-circle
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wasUnpopularInblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--noble-tracker--tuesday 16 september 1890--125080313--glimpses-of-northern-towns-and-life-no-iii
1874-03 to 1874-05

References (30)

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  2. [2]Beche De Mer1 fact
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  3. [3]Loop5 Palmer Massacre3 facts
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  4. [4]Loop10 Goldfield Towns2 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
  5. [5]62431471 Thursday 2 February 1922 Track Blazers of the Cooktown District2 facts
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  6. [6]Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 0321 fact
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