Prospecting Party

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Prospecting Party has 101 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 24 references, with 8 live disagreements.

101 facts·76 predicates·24 sources·8 in dispute

Mostly:members include(11), consists of(7), driven back to(3)

Members Includein dispute`membersInclude`

R Richardson^[6]all time · North Shore Full
S Christie^[6]all time · North Shore Full
W Kerr^[6]all time · North Shore Full
E Fronde^[6]all time · North Shore Full
F Price^[6]all time · North Shore Full
H Lander^[6]all time · North Shore Full
J Christie^[6]all time · North Shore Full
J Rowan^[6]all time · North Shore Full
J W Turner^[6]all time · North Shore Full
M W Shanahan^[6]all time · North Shore Full

Inbound mentions (18)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`shouldEquip`Should Equip(2)

Geraldton Residentsex:geraldton-residents
Townsville Merchantsex:townsville-merchants

`advocatedForProspecting`Advocated for Prospecting(1)

Public Expenseex:public-expense

`attackedWithShowerOfSpears`Attacked With Shower of Spears(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`followedBy`Followed by(1)

Hann Reportex:hann-report

`funds`Funds(1)

Public Expenseex:public-expense

`involvesGroup`Involves Group(1)

First Sub Eventex:first-sub-event

`isType`Is Type(1)

Prospecting Parties Southern Branchex:prospecting-parties-southern-branch

`leaderOf`Leader of(1)

P Reilleyex:p-reilley

`obtainedByWashing`Obtained by Washing(1)

Gold Sampleex:gold-sample

`ontologicalTargetOfProspecting`Ontological Target of Prospecting(1)

Deep Leadex:deep-lead

`presupposesExistenceOfParty`Presupposes Existence of Party(1)

Gold Rumorsex:gold-rumors

`presupposesKnowledgeOfMembers`Presupposes Knowledge of Members(1)

Experienced Personex:experienced-person

`reports`Reports(1)

Advertiserex:advertiser

`reportsPraises`Reports Praises(1)

Cooktown Independentex:cooktown-independent

`wereDoggingTracksOf`Were Dogging Tracks of(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`wereWatchingMovementsFromHills`Were Watching Movements From Hills(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`with`With(1)

Administrator Partyex:administrator-party

Other facts (90)

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90 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Consists of	Messrs Denny Mulligan Keegan Howe Moore	[2]
Consists of	O Geeves Senior	[6]
Consists of	Arthur Geeves	[6]
Consists of	Osborne Geeves	[6]
Consists of	Syd Geeves	[6]
Consists of	Richard Geeves	[6]
Consists of	four practical miners and Mr. Hodson	[14]
Driven Back to	Cooktown	[17]
Driven Back to	Cooktown	[19]
Driven Back to	Cooktown	[20]
Fitted Out at Expense of	Public	[1]
Fitted Out at Expense of	public	[1]
Is Publicly Funded	True	[1]
Is Publicly Funded	true	[1]
Purpose	Search for Deep Lead	[1]
Purpose	prospecting tour	[6]
Started From	Mackay	[2]
Started From	Springs	[16]
Prospecting Near	Knit Galore Brookong Run	[6]
Prospecting Near	Knit Galore	[6]
Attacked by	Aboriginal People	[19]
Attacked by	Aboriginal People	[20]
Formed for	Oakey Creek	[24]
Formed for	Saudi Creek	[24]
Has Purpose	Search for Deep Lead	[1]
Proceeds to Location	Conglomerate	[1]
Contextualizes Gold Rush Era	null	[1]
Has Teleological Purpose	Search for Deep Lead	[1]
Funded by Public	true	[1]
Is Future Action	true	[1]
Fitted Out at Expense Type	public	[1]
Purpose Is Searching for	Deep Lead	[1]
Funded by	Public Expense	[1]
Presupposes Deep Lead Exists	Deep Lead	[1]
Spatial Destination	Conglomerate	[1]
Involves Multiple People	True	[1]
Purpose Is	Search for Deep Lead	[1]
Proceeds to	Conglomerate	[1]
Funded by Government or Public	True	[1]
Exists As Entity	True	[1]
Engages in Prospecting	true	[1]
Fitted Out by	Public Expense	[1]
Purposes Leaving for	Mckinlay River	[2]
Led by	T White	[2]
Discovered Gold	Gold	[1]
Went by Advice of	John Douglas	[1]
Success Based on	John Douglas Anticipation	[1]
Departed From	Cooktown	[1]
Destination	Louisiade Archipelago	[1]
Being Organised at	Thursday Island	[3]
Shifted to	Peak Point	[4]
Purposes Shift to Peak Point	have work in hand, thoroughly prospect inland from Cape York	[4]
Being Formed for	Head Waters Normanby	[5]
Intend to Trial Country	null	[6]
In Vicinity of	Arthurs Range	[6]
Started on	10 days ago	[6]
Has No Immediate Prospect of Getting Gold	null	[7]
Saw Color Indicating Gold	null	[7]
Faces Water Shortage Challenge	null	[7]
Uncertain Gold Prospect	null	[7]
Returned to	Blackall	[7]
Confidently Expect to Strike	payable lead	[6]
Intend to Give	good trial	[6]
Met With	very encouraging prospects	[6]
Send Out As Early As	possible	[8]
Government Supported	Qld Government	[9]
To Start in June	null	[10]
Has Returned	Cooktown	[11]
Purposes Returning Almost Immediately	True	[11]
Sent Out by	Progress Association	[11]
Sent Out Some Time Ago	True	[11]
Should Be Experienced Miners	experienced miners	[12]
With Provisions for	Lengthy Trip	[12]
Presupposes Prior Sending	Auspices Association	[11]
Has Full Expectation of	Success	[11]
Worked Briefly in	Ravenswood District	[13]
Investigated	Seventy Mile	[13]
Pitched Camp at	North Australia Reef Outcrop	[13]
Accompanied by	Twelve native boys	[14]
Worked Ravenswood Seventy Mile Mt Leyshon Camp North Australia Reef Dec1871	null	[15]
Attacked on	Bloomfield River	[17]
To Prospect Conglomerate Country	Near Maytown	[18]
Opened Fire With Rifles on	Aboriginal People	[21]
Reached Location	Spot Between King and Lukin Rivers	[21]
Sighted Three Different Mobs of	Aboriginal People	[21]
Traveled to After Attack	Mulgrave Telegraph Station	[21]
Was Mobbed by	Troop of Natives	[22]
Attacked and Drove Off	Troop of Natives	[22]
Part of	R Logan Jack Party	[22]
Was Filling	Water Keg	[23]

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101 undated

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hasPurposetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:search-for-deep-lead

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proceedsToLocationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:conglomerate

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contextualizesGoldRushEratrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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hasTeleologicalPurposetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:search-for-deep-lead

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fundedByPublictrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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isFutureActiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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fittedOutAtExpenseTypetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

public

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fittedOutAtExpenseOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:public

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purposeIsSearchingFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:deep-lead

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fundedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:public-expense

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presupposesDeepLeadExiststrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:deep-lead

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spatialDestinationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:conglomerate

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fittedOutAtExpenseOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

public

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involvesMultiplePeopletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:true

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purposeIstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:search-for-deep-lead

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isPubliclyFundedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:true

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proceedsTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:conglomerate

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fundedByGovernmentOrPublictrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:true

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existsAsEntitytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:true

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isPubliclyFundedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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engagesInProspectingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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fittedOutBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:public-expense

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purposetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:search-for-deep-lead

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consistsOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:messrs-denny-mulligan-keegan-howe-moore

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purposesLeavingFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mckinlay-river

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ledBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:t-white

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startedFromtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mackay

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discoveredGoldtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:gold

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wentByAdviceOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:john-douglas

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successBasedOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:john-douglas-anticipation

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departedFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:cooktown

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destinationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:louisiade-archipelago

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beingOrganisedAttrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:thursday-island

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shiftedTotrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:peak-point

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purposesShiftToPeakPointtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

have work in hand, thoroughly prospect inland from Cape York

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beingFormedFortrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:head-waters-normanby

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prospectingNeartrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:knit-galore-brookong-run

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intendToTrialCountrytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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