Railway Extension

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Railway Extension

Benefits	Mackay District^[2]
Prevents Mills Closing	null^[2]
Leads to Development of	Agriculture Mining Resources^[13]
From Sydney Terminus to	Circular Quay^[9]
Causes Trade Shift	Townsville Advantage^[3]
Despite Opposition	null^[4]
To Central Site	Some Central Site^[15]
Inspected by Commissioner	{}^[11]

ex:railway-extension

Railway Extension has 27 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 15 references.

27 facts·27 predicates·15 sources

Mostly:benefits(1), prevents mills closing(1), leads to development of(1)

Benefits`benefits`

Mackay District^[2]all time · 168901733 Saturday 17 July 1897 Local Railway Extension

Prevents Mills Closing`preventsMillsClosing`

null^[2]all time · 168901733 Saturday 17 July 1897 Local Railway Extension

Leads to Development of`leadsToDevelopmentOf`

Agriculture Mining Resources^[13]all time · 83676840 Saturday 10 February 1883 the City Trams

From Sydney Terminus to`fromSydneyTerminusTo`

Circular Quay^[9]all time · 3499041 Tuesday 23 July 1889 Summary of News

Causes Trade Shift`causesTradeShift`

Townsville Advantage^[3]all time · Loop14 North Shore

Despite Opposition`despiteOpposition`

null^[4]all time · Storekeeper Cooktown

To Central Site`toCentralSite`

Some Central Site^[15]all time · Reynolds

Inspected by Commissioner`inspectedByCommissioner`

{}^[11]all time · Malay Cooktown

Alternative to Main Route`alternativeToMainRoute`

if not extended^[1]all time · Coloured Persons

Involves Expenditure`involvesExpenditure`

several thousands of pounds^[12]all time · Beche De Mer

From`from`

Present Station^[8]all time · John Davis

Teleologically Serves Profitability`teleologicallyServesProfitability`

null^[2]all time · 168901733 Saturday 17 July 1897 Local Railway Extension

Inbound mentions (21)

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Torbanlea Collieryex:torbanlea-colliery

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`precedesPublicTraffic`Precedes Public Traffic(1)

Killarney Line Openingex:killarney-line-opening

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Mr Kimberex:mr-kimber

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Contractorex:contractor

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`takingStepsToObtain`Taking Steps to Obtain(1)

Gleichen Divisional Boardex:gleichen-divisional-board

`warmlyEndorses`Warmly Endorses(1)

Bowen Publicex:bowen-public

Other facts (15)

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15 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Expected to Secure Traffic From	Western Pastoral Districts Queensland	[6]
Driving Town Growth At21 Mile Bore	True	[5]
Teleologically Aims at Economic Benefit	null	[14]
Strongly Implied by Visit	Sir Thomas Mcilwraith	[8]
Is Believed Likely	Sir Thomas Mcilwraith Impression	[8]
Presupposes Need	Childers Cordalba	[14]
Teleological Necessary	Progress Isis	[8]
Rhetorically Emphasizes Progress	null	[1]
Makes Country Accessible	Good Country	[1]
Causes Compulsion	Rich Country Use	[1]
Extension Route	from the river to Mitchell	[7]
Extension Length	about a mile and a half	[7]
Promotes Development	{}	[5]
Implies Economic Boost	Roma	[10]
Signals Progress	Infrastructure Development	[8]

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27 undated

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alternativeToMainRoutetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

if not extended

—

benefitsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION

ex:mackay-district

—

causesCompulsiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:rich-country-use

—

causesTradeShiftlaura-corridor/loop14-north-shore

ex:townsville-advantage

—

despiteOppositiontrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown

null

—

drivingTownGrowthAt21MileBoretrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:true

—

expectedToSecureTrafficFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/267147739_Saturday-23-July-1881

ex:western-pastoral-districts-queensland

—

extensionLengthdocument/028aa6af-b1b4-4d1b-850a-1925e48ea3bb

about a mile and a half

—

extensionRoutedocument/028aa6af-b1b4-4d1b-850a-1925e48ea3bb

from the river to Mitchell

—

fromtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:present-station

—

fromSydneyTerminusTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3499041_Tuesday-23-July-1889-summary-of-news

ex:circular-quay

—

impliesEconomicBoosttrove-cooktown/nunn

ex:roma

—

inspectedByCommissionertrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

{}

—

involvesExpendituretrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

several thousands of pounds

—

isBelievedLikelytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:sir-thomas-mcilwraith-impression

—

leadsToDevelopmentOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/83676840_Saturday-10-February-1883-the-city-trams

ex:agriculture-mining-resources

—

makesCountryAccessibletrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:good-country

—

presupposesNeedtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:childers-cordalba

—

preventsMillsClosingbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION

null

—

promotesDevelopmenttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

{}

—

rhetoricallyEmphasizesProgresstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

null

—

signalsProgresstrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:infrastructure-development

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stronglyImpliedByVisittrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:sir-thomas-mcilwraith

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teleologicallyAimsAtEconomicBenefittrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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teleologicallyServesProfitabilitybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION

null

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teleologicalNecessarytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:progress-isis

—

toCentralSitetrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:some-central-site

References (15)

15 references

[1]Coloured Persons4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[2]168901733 Saturday 17 July 1897 Local Railway Extension3 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168901733_Saturday-17-July-1897_LOCAL-RAILWAY-EXTENSION
[3]Loop14 North Shore1 fact
customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop14-north-shore
[4]Storekeeper Cooktown1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
[5]North Shore Full2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[6]267147739 Saturday 23 July 18811 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/267147739_Saturday-23-July-1881
[7]Latest Telegrams. Intercolonial. SYDNEY, Wednesday.2 facts
trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/028aa6af-b1b4-4d1b-850a-1925e48ea3bb
- full textLatest Telegrams. Intercolonial. SYDNEY, Wednesday.
  text/plain9 KBtrove:article/174164331
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  14 Jan 1885 - Latest Telegrams. Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Wednesday 14 January 1885, page 4 Latest Telegrams. [bbom oub own oobbbbfokdsots.] ! Intercolonial, a ,- ? * '?:?'? ' ? Sydse?, Woluesday. An extraordinary meeting 6f…
[8]John Davis5 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[9]3499041 Tuesday 23 July 1889 Summary of News1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3499041_Tuesday-23-July-1889-summary-of-news
[10]Nunn1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
[11]Malay Cooktown1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[12]Beche De Mer1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[13]83676840 Saturday 10 February 1883 the City Trams1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/83676840_Saturday-10-February-1883-the-city-trams
[14]Cingalese2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[15]Reynolds1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds

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Railway Extension

Benefitsbenefits

Prevents Mills ClosingpreventsMillsClosing

Leads to Development ofleadsToDevelopmentOf

From Sydney Terminus tofromSydneyTerminusTo

Causes Trade ShiftcausesTradeShift

Despite OppositiondespiteOpposition

To Central SitetoCentralSite

Inspected by CommissionerinspectedByCommissioner

Alternative to Main RoutealternativeToMainRoute

Involves ExpenditureinvolvesExpenditure

Fromfrom

Teleologically Serves ProfitabilityteleologicallyServesProfitability

Inbound mentions (21)

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causeForGovernmentActionCause for Government Action(1)

committedToCommitted to(1)

drivesLocalEconomyDrives Local Economy(1)

expressedNoHopeExpressed No Hope(1)

includesIncludes(1)

locatedCloseToLocated Close to(1)

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precedesPublicTrafficPrecedes Public Traffic(1)

putsQuestionInTrueLightPuts Question in True Light(1)

raisedMattersRaised Matters(1)

requiredToTakeUpMailsAtRequired to Take Up Mails at(1)

requiresLowLevelBridgeRequires Low Level Bridge(1)

takingStepsToObtainTaking Steps to Obtain(1)

warmlyEndorsesWarmly Endorses(1)

Other facts (15)

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References (15)

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Benefits`benefits`

Prevents Mills Closing`preventsMillsClosing`

Leads to Development of`leadsToDevelopmentOf`

From Sydney Terminus to`fromSydneyTerminusTo`

Causes Trade Shift`causesTradeShift`

Despite Opposition`despiteOpposition`

To Central Site`toCentralSite`

Inspected by Commissioner`inspectedByCommissioner`

Alternative to Main Route`alternativeToMainRoute`

Involves Expenditure`involvesExpenditure`

From`from`

Teleologically Serves Profitability`teleologicallyServesProfitability`

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`advocateFor`Advocate for(1)

`advocatesBenefitsOf`Advocates Benefits of(1)

`advocatesFor`Advocates for(1)

`areAgitatingFor`Are Agitating for(1)

`cannotStateDefinitely`Cannot State Definitely(1)

`causeForGovernmentAction`Cause for Government Action(1)

`committedTo`Committed to(1)

`drivesLocalEconomy`Drives Local Economy(1)

`expressedNoHope`Expressed No Hope(1)

`includes`Includes(1)

`locatedCloseTo`Located Close to(1)

`lowAttendanceImpliesLackSupport`Low Attendance Implies Lack Support(1)

`offeredNoHopeFor`Offered No Hope for(1)

`precedesPublicTraffic`Precedes Public Traffic(1)

`putsQuestionInTrueLight`Puts Question in True Light(1)

`raisedMatters`Raised Matters(1)

`requiredToTakeUpMailsAt`Required to Take Up Mails at(1)

`requiresLowLevelBridge`Requires Low Level Bridge(1)

`takingStepsToObtain`Taking Steps to Obtain(1)

`warmlyEndorses`Warmly Endorses(1)